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Gus Varland for Shawn Armstrong (2026)
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Experts' Pick | Experts' Pick | |
| Gus Varland RP - WSH  | Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE  | |
Expert |
50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts |
50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 255 | # 253 |
| VBR | # 527 | # 453 |
| Projections | ||
| Strikeouts | 35 | 41 |
| Wins | 2 | 2 |
| Saves | 6 | 1 |
| ERA | 4.37 | 3.72 |
| WHIP | 1.44 | 1.26 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Kelly Kirby FantasyPros | # 274 | # 234 |
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 236 | # 320 |
| Gus Varland RP - WSH | Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 23 | 17 |
| Games Started | 0 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 22.0 | 15.0 |
| Wins | 1 | 1 |
| Losses | 1 | 0 |
| Saves | 4 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 2 | 0 |
| Holds | 6 | 5 |
| Hits Allowed | 24 | 12 |
| Earned Runs | 10 | 6 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 1 | 2 |
| Strikeouts | 20 | 19 |
| Walks | 10 | 8 |
| ERA | 4.09 | 3.60 |
| WHIP | 1.55 | 1.33 |
| Gus Varland RP - WSH | Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 42 | 42 |
| Games Started | 0 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 37.9 | 40.2 |
| Wins | 2 | 2 |
| Losses | 2 | 2 |
| Saves | 6 | 1 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 7 | 10 |
| Hits Allowed | 37 | 35 |
| Earned Runs | 18 | 17 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 5 | 5 |
| Strikeouts | 35 | 41 |
| Walks | 16 | 14 |
| ERA | 4.37 | 3.72 |
| WHIP | 1.44 | 1.26 |
| Gus Varland RP - WSH | Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE | |
| News | ||
| 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 Guardians activated Shawn Armstrong from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th | |
| 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 | Shawn Armstrong will make his first rehab appearance for Double-A Akron on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th | |
| Gus Varland struck out one batter while allowing one hit and one walk over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Tuesday's 5-4 win over the Pirates. Jesse Garcia Wed, Apr 15th | Shawn Armstrong threw a bullpen session on Friday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 9th | |
| Gus Varland struck out one batter in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Sunday's 8-6 win over the Brewers. Jesse Garcia Mon, Apr 13th | Shawn Armstrong (groin) has been placed on the 15-day IL. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Apr 26th | |
| The Nationals claimed RHP Gus Varland off of waivers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jan 22nd | ||
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Gus Varland RP - WSH | Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ CHC | Matthew Boyd (2-1) | #40 | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ CHC | Cade Horton (1-0) | @ SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 | |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #24 | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #91 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | @ PHI | Taijuan Walker (1-4) | #413 | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #131 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | @ PHI | Andrew Painter (1-5) | #170 | @ LAD | Shohei Ohtani (5-2) | #1 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4) | #13 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | vs LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #42 | vs CHC | Cade Horton (1-0) | |
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs LAD | Tyler Glasnow (3-0) | #37 | |||
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #131 | vs CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #24 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | vs STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #163 | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #78 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | vs STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #114 | vs KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #92 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | vs STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #86 | vs KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #49 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ MIL | Aaron Ashby | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #113 | |
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #63 | @ ATL | Martin Perez (3-3) | #200 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ MIL | Brandon Woodruff (2-1) | #56 | @ ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #114 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #95 | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #86 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ PIT | Mason Montgomery (1-1) | #151 | @ STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #85 |
| Thu, Apr 16th | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #47 | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #84 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs SF | Logan Webb (2-4) | #12 | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #125 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs SF | Adrian Houser (2-5) | #189 | vs BAL | Dean Kremer (0-1) | #110 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #83 | vs BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #94 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #113 | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #126 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs ATL | Reynaldo Lopez (2-1) | #108 | vs HOU | Ryan Weiss (0-3) | #293 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs ATL | Didier Fuentes (4-0) | #153 | vs HOU | Peter Lambert (4-4) | #190 |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | vs ATL | JR Ritchie (1-1) | #236 | |||
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ CWS | Bryan Hudson (3-1) | #175 | @ TOR | Max Scherzer (1-3) | #149 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #221 | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #19 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ CWS | Bryan Hudson (3-1) | #175 | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #216 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #165 | vs TB | Nick Martinez (5-1) | #81 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ NYM | David Peterson (3-5) | #117 | vs TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-2) | #21 |
| Thu, Apr 30th | @ NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #28 | |||
| Fri, May 1st | vs MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #18 | @ ATH | J.T. Ginn (3-3) | #127 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #63 | @ ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-2) | #202 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs MIL | Logan Henderson (2-1) | #57 | @ ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #219 |
| Tue, May 5th | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (5-1) | #74 | @ KC | Stephen Kolek (3-1) | #166 |
| Wed, May 6th | vs MIN | Bailey Ober (6-3) | #72 | @ KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #49 |
| Thu, May 7th | vs MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7) | #222 | @ KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #104 |
| Fri, May 8th | @ MIA | Robby Snelling (0-1) | vs MIN | Connor Prielipp (1-3) | #124 | |
| Sat, May 9th | @ MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #116 | vs MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #15 |
| Sun, May 10th | @ MIA | Sandy Alcantara (3-4) | #73 | vs MIN | Andrew Morris (1-2) | #173 |
| Tue, May 12th | @ CIN | Brady Singer (2-5) | #143 | vs LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #421 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ CIN | Nick Lodolo (1-1) | #58 | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (2-5) | #41 |
| Thu, May 14th | @ CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #25 | |||
| Fri, May 15th | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #84 | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 |
| Sat, May 16th | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #125 | vs CIN | Chris Paddack (0-7) | #324 |
| Sun, May 17th | vs BAL | Brandon Young (3-1) | #194 | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-5) | #143 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs NYM | Christian Scott (1-0) | #90 | @ DET | Framber Valdez (2-4) | #26 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs NYM | Nolan McLean (2-4) | #29 | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #201 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs NYM | Zach Thornton (0-1) | #270 | @ DET | Drew Anderson | #101 |
| Thu, May 21st | vs NYM | David Peterson (3-5) | #117 | @ DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #65 |
| Fri, May 22nd | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #113 | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 |
| Sat, May 23rd | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #139 | @ PHI | Zack Wheeler (4-1) | #7 |
| Sun, May 24th | @ ATL | Martin Perez (3-3) | #200 | @ PHI | Andrew Painter (1-5) | #170 |
| Mon, May 25th | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 | vs WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | #237 |
| Tue, May 26th | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #106 | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #87 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | vs WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | #237 |
| Fri, May 29th | vs SD | Lucas Giolito (2-0) | #172 | vs BOS | Tyler Samaniego | |
| Sat, May 30th | vs SD | Michael King (4-4) | #35 | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (6-1) | #30 |
| Sun, May 31st | vs SD | Griffin Canning (0-3) | #141 | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #32 |
| Mon, Jun 1st | vs MIA | Sandy Alcantara (3-4) | #73 | |||
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #109 | @ NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #68 | @ NYY | Gerrit Cole (1-0) | #23 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ ARI | Merrill Kelly (5-3) | #93 | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #103 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1) | #112 | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #76 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ ARI | Michael Soroka (7-2) | #67 | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #8 |
| Mon, Jun 8th | @ SF | Logan Webb (2-4) | #12 | vs NYY | Gerrit Cole (1-0) | #23 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ SF | Adrian Houser (2-5) | #189 | vs NYY | Carlos Rodon (1-2) | #34 |
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ SF | vs NYY | ||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs SEA | vs DET | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs SEA | vs DET | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs SEA | vs DET | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | vs KC | |||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | vs KC | @ MIL | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | vs KC | @ MIL | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ TB | @ HOU | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ TB | @ HOU | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | @ TB | @ HOU | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | vs PHI | @ CWS | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs PHI | @ CWS | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs PHI | @ CWS | ||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | vs PHI | |||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ BAL | vs SEA | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ BAL | vs SEA | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ BAL | vs SEA | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | @ BOS | vs TEX | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ BOS | vs TEX | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ BOS | vs TEX | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs PIT | vs CWS | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs PIT | vs CWS | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs PIT | vs CWS | ||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs HOU | |||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | vs HOU | @ MIN | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | vs HOU | @ MIN | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | vs NYY | @ MIA | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | vs NYY | @ MIA | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | vs NYY | @ MIA | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | @ ATH | vs PIT | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | @ ATH | vs PIT | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | @ ATH | vs PIT | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | @ COL | vs MIN | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | @ COL | vs MIN | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | @ COL | vs MIN | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | vs ARI | @ TB | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | vs ARI | @ TB | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | vs ARI | @ TB | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | vs TOR | @ CIN | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs TOR | @ CIN | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs TOR | @ CIN | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ ATL | |||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ ATL | vs ARI | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ ATL | vs ARI | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ ATL | vs ARI | ||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | @ PHI | |||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ PHI | vs NYM | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ PHI | vs NYM | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | @ PHI | vs NYM | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs CIN | @ CWS | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs CIN | @ CWS | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs CIN | @ CWS | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | vs CHC | @ DET | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | vs CHC | @ DET | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | vs CHC | @ DET | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | @ NYM | vs SD | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | @ NYM | vs SD | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | @ NYM | vs SD | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | @ TEX | vs SF | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | @ TEX | vs SF | ||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | @ TEX | vs SF | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ MIA | @ COL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ MIA | @ COL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ MIA | @ COL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | vs COL | @ LAA | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | vs COL | @ LAA | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | vs COL | @ LAA | ||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | vs COL | |||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs MIA | vs KC | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs MIA | vs KC | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs MIA | vs KC | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs MIA | |||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs ATL | vs TOR | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs ATL | vs TOR | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | @ LAD | vs DET | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | @ LAD | vs DET | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | @ LAD | vs DET | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ SD | @ BAL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ SD | @ BAL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ SD | @ BAL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | vs LAA | @ MIN | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | vs LAA | @ MIN | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | vs LAA | @ MIN | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs PHI | vs CWS | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs PHI | vs CWS | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | @ STL | vs ATH | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | @ STL | vs ATH | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | @ STL | vs ATH | ||||
| Mon, Sep 21st | @ DET | |||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ DET | @ BOS | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ DET | @ BOS | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | vs NYM | @ KC | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | vs NYM | @ KC | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | vs NYM | @ KC | ||||
| Fri, Mar 27th | @ SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #14 | |||
| Mon, Apr 27th | vs TB | Steven Matz (4-2) | #98 | |||
| Mon, May 4th | @ KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #78 | |||
| Mon, May 11th | vs LAA | Brent Suter (1-2) | #241 | |||
| Thu, Jun 4th | @ NYY | Carlos Rodon (1-2) | #34 | |||
| Thu, Jun 18th | @ MIL | |||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | vs CWS | |||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ MIN | |||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | vs MIN | |||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs TOR | |||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs CWS | |||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ BOS | |||||
