Who Should I Trade?

Grant Taylor for Gus Varland (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS	Gus Varland RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 132	# 355
VBR	# 196	# 786

Projections

Strikeouts	34	11
Wins	2	0
Saves	6	0
ERA	3.26	4.52
WHIP	1.21	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 108	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 130	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 49	# 323

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 181	# 455

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS	Gus Varland RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	38	32

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	51.1	31.2

Wins	4	1

Losses	2	2

Saves	5	6

Blown Saves	3	2

Holds	6	6

Hits Allowed	38	41

Earned Runs	15	22

Home Runs Allowed	4	6

Strikeouts	72	30

Walks	17	15

ERA	2.63	6.25

WHIP	1.07	1.77

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS	Gus Varland RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	30	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	27.7	12.2

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	6	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	1

Hits Allowed	23	12

Earned Runs	10	6

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	34	11

Walks	10	5

ERA	3.26	4.52

WHIP	1.21	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS	Gus Varland RP - WSH
News
	Grant Taylor allowed two hits over a scoreless inning to earn the save in a 3-0 win over the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	The Nationals optioned RHP Gus Varland to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Grant Taylor allowed one walk while striking out two over 1 2/3 scoreless innings to earn the save in a 1-0 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	Gus Varland allowed one earned run on one hit and one walk while striking out one batter to earn the save in Tuesday's 6-4 win over the Royals. Jesse Garcia Wed, Jun 17th
	Grant Taylor walked one and struck out one over one scoreless inning to earn the save in Saturday's 3-1 win over the Guardians. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	Gus Varland struck out two batters while allowing one hit and one walk over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Monday's 4-3 win over the Giants. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jun 9th
	Grant Taylor struck out three over one scoreless inning to pick up the save in Saturday's win over the Phillies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 7th	Gus Varland struck out two batters while allowing one hit over 1.1 scoreless frames to earn the save in Thursday's 7-5 win over the Twins. Jesse Garcia Fri, May 8th
	Grant Taylor will serve as an opener in Friday’s game against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd	Gus Varland struck out one batter and allowed one hit over 1 1/3 innings pitched in the Nationals win over the Mets. Jesse Garcia Thu, Apr 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Grant Taylor SP,RP - CWS			Gus Varland RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#162	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#126
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#191
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#180
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#182	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#227
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#140	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#273
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ SD
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			vs NYM
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Thu, May 7th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 15th				vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#320
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SD
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Grant Taylor for Gus Varland (2026)

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