Who Should I Trade?

Grant Anderson for Louis Varland (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Grant Anderson RP - MIL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 26	# 343
VBR	# 214	# 720

Projections

Strikeouts	11	8
Wins	1	0
Saves	5	0
ERA	3.37	4.45
WHIP	1.22	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 19	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 25	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 36	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 30	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 29	# 310

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 98	# 360

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Grant Anderson RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	61	49

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	67.2	53.1

Wins	5	3

Losses	4	3

Saves	30	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	5	5

Hits Allowed	50	38

Earned Runs	10	20

Home Runs Allowed	2	7

Strikeouts	83	46

Walks	18	21

ERA	1.33	3.38

WHIP	1.00	1.11

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Grant Anderson RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	10.5	8.4

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	5	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	9	8

Earned Runs	4	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	11	8

Walks	3	3

ERA	3.37	4.45

WHIP	1.22	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Grant Anderson RP - MIL
News
	Louis Varland struck out two batters while allowing one hit over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Yankees. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd	The Brewers recalled RHP Grant Anderson from Triple-A Nashville. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th
	Louis Varland struck out three batters in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Saturday's 4-1 win over the Yankees. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th	The Brewers optioned Grant Anderson to Triple-A Nashville. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th
	Blue Jays closer Louis Varland allowed one hit and one walk with two strikeouts while earning the save in a 3-2 win over the Nationals on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th	Grant Anderson is hopeful to avoid a stint on the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 6th
	Blue Jays right-hander Louis Varland pitched a cleaning ninth inning with two strikeouts while earning the save in a 3-1 win over the Rays on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th	Grant Anderson told reporters he will attempt to play catch on Friday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	Louis Varland struck out one batter in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Saturday's 1-0 win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	Grant Anderson left Thursday's game early with a forearm contusion. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Louis Varland RP - TOR			Grant Anderson RP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#301
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#419	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#33	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#116	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#107
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Thu, May 14th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Mon, Jun 1st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sun, Jun 21st				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Thu, Jul 9th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#305	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#176	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#68	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th				@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			vs STL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#33
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#261
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Grant Anderson for Louis Varland (2026)

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