Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Kowar for Louis Varland (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Jackson Kowar RP - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 28	‐
VBR	# 221	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	22	3
Wins	1	0
Saves	9	0
ERA	3.40	5.19
WHIP	1.20	1.54

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 22	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 25	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 29	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 30	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 38	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 98	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Jackson Kowar RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	50	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	56.0	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	24	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	5	‐

Hits Allowed	40	‐

Earned Runs	7	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	73	‐

Walks	15	‐

ERA	1.13	‐

WHIP	0.98	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Jackson Kowar RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.2	2.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	9	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	18	3

Earned Runs	8	2

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	22	3

Walks	6	2

ERA	3.40	5.19

WHIP	1.20	1.54

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Jackson Kowar RP - BAL
News
	Blue Jays closer Louis Varland allowed one hit and one walk with two strikeouts while earning the save in a 3-2 win over the Nationals on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th	The Orioles designated RHP Jackson Kowar for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Blue Jays right-hander Louis Varland pitched a cleaning ninth inning with two strikeouts while earning the save in a 3-1 win over the Rays on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th	Jackson Kowar has been traded from the Minnesota Twins to the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for cash considerations. David Leisering Sat, Feb 14th
	Louis Varland struck out one batter in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Saturday's 1-0 win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	The Twins designated Jackson Kowar for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 12th
	Louis Varland allowed one earned run on three hits while striking out one to earn the save in Friday's 5-3 win over the Padres. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	Jackson Kowar has signed a minor league deal with the Minnesota Twins. The deal includes an invitation to major league spring training. David Leisering Tue, Feb 3rd
	Blue Jays right-hander Louis Varland pitched a scoreless ninth inning to earn the save in a 2-0 win over the Mariners on Friday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	The Seattle Mariners have designated right-hander Jackson Kowar for assignment. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jan 27th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Louis Varland RP - TOR			Jackson Kowar RP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#319	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#181
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, May 7th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#272
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jul 9th				vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#212
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#247	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#196	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#108	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th				@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st				@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Kowar for Louis Varland (2026)

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