Who Should I Trade?

Gus Varland for Jorge Lopez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 359	‐
VBR	# 859	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	2	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.37	‐
WHIP	1.43	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	FA

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 335	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 455	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gus Varland RP - WSH	Jorge Lopez RP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	33	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	31.2	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	6	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	6	‐

Hits Allowed	43	‐

Earned Runs	24	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	30	‐

Walks	15	‐

ERA	6.82	‐

WHIP	1.83	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gus Varland RP - WSH	Jorge Lopez RP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	2.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	2	‐

Earned Runs	1	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	2	‐

Walks	1	‐

ERA	4.37	‐

WHIP	1.43	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gus Varland RP - WSH	Jorge Lopez RP - FA
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
	Gus Varland RP - WSH			Jorge Lopez RP - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#154
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#59
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#14
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#206
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#79
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#94
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-1)	#91
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#264
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#141
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#100
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#56
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#28
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#92
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#105
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#156
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#116
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#147
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#112
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#100
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#57
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#222
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#189
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#167
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#119
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#96
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#47
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#280
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#45
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#175
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#60
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#159
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#108
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#164
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#201
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#103
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#143
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#373
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#119
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#266
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#360
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#182
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#207
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#264
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#154
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#407
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#156
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#100
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#161
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#71
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#165
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#153
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#105
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#419
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#277
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#358
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#373
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#105
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#153
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#109
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#13
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#14
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#114
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#134
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#178
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#77
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#190
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#95
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Gus Varland for Jorge Lopez (2026)

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