Who Should I Trade?

Gus Varland for Jake Cousins (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Gus Varland RP - WSH	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 355	‐
VBR	# 847	# 920

Projections

Strikeouts	12	3
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.75	4.10
WHIP	1.51	1.30

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 323	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 455	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gus Varland RP - WSH	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	32	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	31.2	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	6	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	6	‐

Hits Allowed	41	‐

Earned Runs	22	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	30	‐

Walks	15	‐

ERA	6.25	‐

WHIP	1.77	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gus Varland RP - WSH	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	15	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	12.4	3.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	12	3

Earned Runs	7	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	12	3

Walks	5	1

ERA	4.75	4.10

WHIP	1.51	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gus Varland RP - WSH	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
News
	The Nationals optioned RHP Gus Varland to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	The Dodgers signed RHP Jake Cousins to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	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
	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
	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
	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
	Gus Varland RP - WSH			Jake Cousins RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#139	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#197	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#326	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#200
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#232
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#229
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			@ COL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ DET
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs SF
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ SF
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th				@ HOU	Steven Okert
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Mon, Aug 10th				vs KC
Mon, Aug 17th				@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs STL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CIN
Thu, Sep 24th				vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Gus Varland for Jake Cousins (2026)

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