Who Should I Trade?

Gus Varland for JT Brubaker (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Gus Varland RP - WSH	JT Brubaker RP - SF
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 355	‐
VBR	# 781	# 769

Projections

Strikeouts	11	13
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.66	4.47
WHIP	1.46	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 455	# 268

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 327	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gus Varland RP - WSH	JT Brubaker RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	33	32

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	31.2	52.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	6	1

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	6	3

Hits Allowed	43	41

Earned Runs	24	18

Home Runs Allowed	7	4

Strikeouts	30	36

Walks	15	20

ERA	6.82	3.10

WHIP	1.83	1.17

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gus Varland RP - WSH	JT Brubaker RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	15	19

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	11.4	16.5

Wins	0	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	3

Hits Allowed	11	16

Earned Runs	6	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	11	13

Walks	5	6

ERA	4.66	4.47

WHIP	1.46	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gus Varland RP - WSH	JT Brubaker RP - SF
News
	The Nationals optioned RHP Gus Varland to Triple-A Rochester. 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
	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
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Gus Varland RP - WSH			JT Brubaker RP - SF
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#150	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#318
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#359
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs LAD
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Mon, May 4th				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205
Thu, Jul 9th				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Mon, Aug 10th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				@ STL

Who Should I Trade?

Gus Varland for JT Brubaker (2026)

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