Who Should I Trade?

Gus Varland for Jared Koenig (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 331	# 357
VBR	# 630	# 895

Projections

Strikeouts	6	3
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.88	4.63
WHIP	1.31	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 272	# 331

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 384	# 455

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jared Koenig RP - MIL	Gus Varland RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	33

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	7.0	31.2

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	2

Saves	0	6

Blown Saves	0	2

Holds	1	6

Hits Allowed	12	43

Earned Runs	7	24

Home Runs Allowed	1	7

Strikeouts	7	30

Walks	7	15

ERA	9.00	6.82

WHIP	2.71	1.83

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jared Koenig RP - MIL	Gus Varland RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	6.2	3.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	6	3

Earned Runs	3	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	6	3

Walks	2	1

ERA	3.88	4.63

WHIP	1.31	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jared Koenig RP - MIL	Gus Varland RP - WSH
News
	The Brewers optioned Jared Koenig to Triple-A Nashville. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Nationals optioned RHP Gus Varland to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	The Brewers activated Jared Koenig from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	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
	Jared Koenig will be activated from the injured list on Friday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	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
	The Brewers say Jared Koenig’s next outing may very well be back in the majors. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	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
	Jared Koenig’s next rehab outing is slated for Wednesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	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
	Jared Koenig RP - MIL			Gus Varland RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#259	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#18
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#146	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#160	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#77
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-1)	#113
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#300
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#119
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#119
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#75
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Tue, May 5th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Thu, May 7th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#358
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-3)	#123	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#202	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#75
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#342
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#248
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#426	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Mon, Jun 15th				vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#387
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#66
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#206
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Fri, Jul 10th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#385
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#245	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#300
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#355
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#205
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#302
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#205	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#413
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#93	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#18
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			vs NYM
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Gus Varland for Jared Koenig (2026)

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