Who Should I Trade?

Gus Varland for Tyler Zuber (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 355	‐
VBR	# 950	# 682

Projections

Strikeouts	8	15
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.66	4.48
WHIP	1.45	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 455	# 321

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 328	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gus Varland RP - WSH	Tyler Zuber RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	33	22

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	31.2	19.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	6	1

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	6	7

Hits Allowed	43	23

Earned Runs	24	10

Home Runs Allowed	7	4

Strikeouts	30	22

Walks	15	3

ERA	6.82	4.66

WHIP	1.83	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gus Varland RP - WSH	Tyler Zuber RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	19

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	8.8	14.6

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	9	14

Earned Runs	5	7

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	8	15

Walks	4	6

ERA	4.66	4.48

WHIP	1.45	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gus Varland RP - WSH	Tyler Zuber RP - MIA
News
	The Nationals optioned RHP Gus Varland to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	Tyler Zuber struck out the only batter he faced in Saturday's 4-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays, earning the first save of his major league career. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 7th
	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 Marlins selected the contract of RHP Tyler Zuber from Triple-A Jacksonville Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	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 Marlins reassigned RHP Tyler Zuber to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 22nd
	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			Tyler Zuber RP - MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#218
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#148	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#215
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#309	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#175
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#296
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ SD
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Mon, Apr 27th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Mon, May 4th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Thu, Jun 11th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, Jul 9th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PHI
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ KC
Mon, Sep 14th				@ ARI
Thu, Sep 24th				@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Gus Varland for Tyler Zuber (2026)

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