Who Should I Trade?

Gus Varland for Spencer Bivens (2026)

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News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 356	‐
VBR	# 962	# 635

Projections

Strikeouts	8	11
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.63	4.11
WHIP	1.47	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 328	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 455	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gus Varland RP - WSH	Spencer Bivens RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	33	2

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	31.2	2.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	6	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	6	0

Hits Allowed	43	3

Earned Runs	24	0

Home Runs Allowed	7	0

Strikeouts	30	3

Walks	15	1

ERA	6.82	0.00

WHIP	1.83	2.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gus Varland RP - WSH	Spencer Bivens RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	18

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	8.6	14.4

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	9	15

Earned Runs	4	7

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	8	11

Walks	4	5

ERA	4.63	4.11

WHIP	1.47	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gus Varland RP - WSH	Spencer Bivens RP - SF
News
	The Nationals optioned RHP Gus Varland to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	The Giants optioned Spencer Bivens to Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	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	The Giants are calling up Spencer Bivens. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	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	The Giants have optioned right-hander Spencer Bivens to Triple-A Sacramento. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 24th
	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Gus Varland RP - WSH			Spencer Bivens RP - SF
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#148	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#306
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#375
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ TEX	Cody Bradford	#137
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs DET	Jackson Jobe	#198
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs LAD
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Mar 27th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Mon, May 4th				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233
Thu, Jul 9th				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Mon, Aug 10th				vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#107
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				@ STL

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