Who Should I Trade?

Gus Varland for Josh Sborz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 355	‐
VBR	# 962	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	8	7
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.63	4.56
WHIP	1.47	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 328	# 433

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 455	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gus Varland RP - WSH	Josh Sborz RP - TEX
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	Josh Sborz RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	8.6	7.9

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	9	7

Earned Runs	4	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	8	7

Walks	4	4

ERA	4.63	4.56

WHIP	1.47	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gus Varland RP - WSH	Josh Sborz RP - TEX
News
	The Nationals optioned RHP Gus Varland to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	The Rangers re-signed RHP Josh Sborz to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	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	Josh Sborz was granted his release from Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	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	Josh Sborz was reinstated from the development list and is headed to Double-A Frisco. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	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	The Rangers reassigned RHP Josh Sborz to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	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	Rangers reliever Josh Sborz (shoulder) is feeling better after shoulder issues cost him the 2025 season. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 18th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Gus Varland RP - WSH			Josh Sborz RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#148	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#197
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#356
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#415
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#306	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#250
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#157
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#323
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ MIN
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Jul 9th				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS
Thu, Sep 24th				vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Gus Varland for Josh Sborz (2026)

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