Who Should I Trade?

Gus Varland for Zack Thompson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 355	‐
VBR	# 781	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	11	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.66	‐
WHIP	1.46	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 327	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 455	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gus Varland RP - WSH	Zack Thompson RP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	33	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	31.2	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	6	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	6	‐

Hits Allowed	43	‐

Earned Runs	24	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	30	‐

Walks	15	‐

ERA	6.82	‐

WHIP	1.83	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gus Varland RP - WSH	Zack Thompson RP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	15	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	11.4	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	11	‐

Earned Runs	6	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	11	‐

Walks	5	‐

ERA	4.66	‐

WHIP	1.46	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gus Varland RP - WSH	Zack Thompson RP - STL
News
	The Nationals optioned RHP Gus Varland to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	The Cardinals reassigned LHP Zack Thompson to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 3rd
	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
	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
	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			Zack Thompson RP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#150	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#391
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#226
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#318	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC			vs PHI
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Mon, May 4th				vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, Jun 18th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#322
Thu, Jul 9th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Mon, Aug 10th				vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ LAD
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SF
Thu, Sep 24th				@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Gus Varland for Zack Thompson (2026)

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