Who Should I Trade?

Gus Varland for Mike Burrows (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mike Burrows SP,RP - HOU	Gus Varland RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 193	# 355
VBR	# 621	# 781

Projections

Strikeouts	23	11
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.62	4.66
WHIP	1.39	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 156	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 145	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 220	# 327

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 449	# 455

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mike Burrows SP,RP - HOU	Gus Varland RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	33

Games Started	17	0

Innings Pitched	94.2	31.2

Wins	4	1

Losses	9	2

Saves	0	6

Blown Saves	0	2

Holds	0	6

Hits Allowed	112	43

Earned Runs	63	24

Home Runs Allowed	21	7

Strikeouts	75	30

Walks	35	15

ERA	5.99	6.82

WHIP	1.55	1.83

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mike Burrows SP,RP - HOU	Gus Varland RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	15

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	26.4	11.4

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	26	11

Earned Runs	14	6

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	23	11

Walks	10	5

ERA	4.62	4.66

WHIP	1.39	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mike Burrows SP,RP - HOU	Gus Varland RP - WSH
News
	Mike Burrows threw a 35-pitch live batting practice session on Friday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 2nd	The Nationals optioned RHP Gus Varland to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Mike Burrows is continuing to throw bullpens at Astros team facility in Florida. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	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
	Astros right-hander Mike Burrows (elbow) will throw a bullpen session at the team's Florida complex on Friday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd	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
	Mike Burrows could resume throwing in 7-10 days. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	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 Astros placed Mike Burrows on the 15-day injured list with right elbow neuritis. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th	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
	Mike Burrows SP,RP - HOU			Gus Varland RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#319	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#150
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Wed, Apr 29th				@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Thu, May 7th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#327	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#137	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#318
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Thu, Aug 6th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Gus Varland for Mike Burrows (2026)

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