Who Should I Trade?

Gus Varland for Ryan Watson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Gus Varland RP - WSH	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 355	‐
VBR	# 877	# 768

Projections

Strikeouts	11	15
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.69	4.54
WHIP	1.50	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 455	# 294

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 322	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gus Varland RP - WSH	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	32	30

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	31.2	48.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	6	1

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	6	1

Hits Allowed	41	46

Earned Runs	22	25

Home Runs Allowed	6	7

Strikeouts	30	38

Walks	15	18

ERA	6.25	4.62

WHIP	1.77	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gus Varland RP - WSH	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	23

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	12.0	18.5

Wins	0	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	3

Hits Allowed	12	19

Earned Runs	6	9

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	11	15

Walks	5	7

ERA	4.69	4.54

WHIP	1.50	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gus Varland RP - WSH	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
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			Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#241
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#314
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#128	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#312
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#370
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#235	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#196	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#323
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#218
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#235
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#145
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs BAL
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#317	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#214	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ ATH
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR			@ ATH
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR			@ ATH
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs ARI
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ TB
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs CHC
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Mon, May 4th				@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#148
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, Jun 4th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Thu, Jul 9th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Mon, Aug 10th				@ TOR
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ BAL
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TEX
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Gus Varland for Ryan Watson (2026)

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