Who Should I Trade?

Gus Varland for Tim Herrin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 357	# 368
VBR	# 895	# 711

Projections

Strikeouts	2	7
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.30	4.12
WHIP	1.46	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 455	# 431

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 331	# 353

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gus Varland RP - WSH	Tim Herrin RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	33	59

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	31.2	49.2

Wins	1	2

Losses	2	4

Saves	6	0

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	6	15

Hits Allowed	43	37

Earned Runs	24	17

Home Runs Allowed	7	5

Strikeouts	30	45

Walks	15	25

ERA	6.82	3.08

WHIP	1.83	1.25

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gus Varland RP - WSH	Tim Herrin RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	2.2	7.3

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	2	6

Earned Runs	1	3

Home Runs Allowed	0	1

Strikeouts	2	7

Walks	1	4

ERA	4.30	4.12

WHIP	1.46	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gus Varland RP - WSH	Tim Herrin RP - CLE
News
	The Nationals optioned RHP Gus Varland to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	The Guardians activated LHP Tim Herrin from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	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	Tim Herrin is scheduled to make a rehab outing with Double-A Akron on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st
	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 Guardians placed Tim Herrin on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 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	Tim Herrin underwent X-rays that came back negative for any fractures. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 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			Tim Herrin RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#57	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#11
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#25	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#197
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#156	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#67	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#14
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#197	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#25
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#225	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#77
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#165
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#188
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#61	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#62
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#73
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#149
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#88
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#135	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#51
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#165	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#176
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#102	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#345
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-1)	#90	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#236
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#169	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#119
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#331	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#169	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#38	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#95
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#101	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#55
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#161
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#133
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#29	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#203
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#53	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#89	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#112	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#76	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#183
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#168	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#209
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#113	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#28
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#36
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#73	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#149	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#168
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#30
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#26	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#126
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#121	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#70
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#101	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#165	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#167	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#10
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#188	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#156
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#75	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#315	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#37
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#185	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#76
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#241	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#16
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#173	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#115
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#117	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#193
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#43
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#135	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#35
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#284
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#77	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#86
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#229
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#41	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#125
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#65	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#176
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#95	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#239
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#181	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#140
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#51	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#59	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#124
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#129	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#32	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#44
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#140
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#233
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#125	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#53
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#176	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#207	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#76
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#16	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#47
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#43	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#200
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#106
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#161	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#61
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#133	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#405	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#154	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#339	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#89
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#117	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#40
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#262	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#95
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#384	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#119
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#187	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#228	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#168
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#167
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#165	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#262
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#188	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#384
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#236	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#173
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#156	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#26
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#410	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#331
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#36	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#140
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#168	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#25	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#70
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#101	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#30
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#126
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#171	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#246
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#164	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#115	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-3)	#280
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#96
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#146	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#406
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#47	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#339
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#112	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#423
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#422	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#352
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#358	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#209
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#406	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#92
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#339
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#47	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#77
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#76	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#177
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#112	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#146
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#122	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#134
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#167	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#15	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#158
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#14	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#30
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#336	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#191
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#212	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#51
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#180	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#73
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#84	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#53
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#209	@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#92	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#89
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 (9-10)	#22
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#186
Mon, May 4th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#77
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#214
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#35
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#103
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107
Thu, Jul 9th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#89
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#53
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#31
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th				@ BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Gus Varland for Tim Herrin (2026)

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