Who Should I Trade?

Gus Varland for Scott Barlow (2026)

Summary
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News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 357	# 380
VBR	# 871	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	3	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.63	‐
WHIP	1.34	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	FA

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 455	# 378

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 331	# 369

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gus Varland RP - WSH	Scott Barlow RP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	33	36

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	31.2	33.1

Wins	1	2

Losses	2	0

Saves	6	2

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	6	10

Hits Allowed	43	26

Earned Runs	24	24

Home Runs Allowed	7	7

Strikeouts	30	29

Walks	15	19

ERA	6.82	6.48

WHIP	1.83	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gus Varland RP - WSH	Scott Barlow RP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	3.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	3	‐

Earned Runs	2	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	3	‐

Walks	1	‐

ERA	4.63	‐

WHIP	1.34	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gus Varland RP - WSH	Scott Barlow RP - FA
News
	The Nationals optioned RHP Gus Varland to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	The Royals released RHP Scott Barlow. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 21st
	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	Scott Barlow has agreed to a minor league contract with the Royals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 2nd
	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	Scott Barlow was released by the Athletics on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 25th
	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 Athletics designated RHP Scott Barlow for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	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	Scott Barlow has agreed to a one-year deal with the Athletics. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Feb 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Gus Varland RP - WSH			Scott Barlow RP - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#18
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#77
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-1)	#113
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#300
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#119
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#119
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#75
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#358
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#75
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#342
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#248
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#387
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#66
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#206
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#385
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#300
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#355
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#205
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#302
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#413
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#18
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI
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 Scott Barlow (2026)

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