Who Should I Trade?

Gus Varland for Zach Maxwell (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 355	‐
VBR	# 810	# 1086

Projections

Strikeouts	10	13
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.72	4.75
WHIP	1.48	1.55

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 327	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 455	# 464

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gus Varland RP - WSH	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	32	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	31.2	10.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	6	1

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	6	1

Hits Allowed	41	14

Earned Runs	22	11

Home Runs Allowed	6	3

Strikeouts	30	9

Walks	15	10

ERA	6.25	9.90

WHIP	1.77	2.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gus Varland RP - WSH	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	15	16

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	11.1	12.3

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	11	11

Earned Runs	6	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	10	13

Walks	5	7

ERA	4.72	4.75

WHIP	1.48	1.55

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gus Varland RP - WSH	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN
News
	The Nationals optioned RHP Gus Varland to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	The Reds optioned Zach Maxwell to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	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 Reds recalled RHP Zach Maxwell from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	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 Reds recalled RHP Zach Maxwell from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd
	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 Reds optioned RHP Zach Maxwell to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
	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	The Reds recalled Zach Maxwell from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow 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			Zach Maxwell RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#306
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#136	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#203	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#324	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#248
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#179	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#308
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#275	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI			vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			@ SF
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ TOR
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Mon, May 4th				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Thu, Jul 9th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Gus Varland for Zach Maxwell (2026)

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