Who Should I Trade?

Jose Alvarado for Louis Varland (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 26	# 282
VBR	# 214	# 430

Projections

Strikeouts	11	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	5	0
ERA	3.37	3.63
WHIP	1.22	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 19	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 25	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 36	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 30	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 29	# 181

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 98	# 427

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Jose Alvarado RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	61	55

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	67.2	48.0

Wins	5	3

Losses	4	3

Saves	30	1

Blown Saves	1	2

Holds	5	11

Hits Allowed	50	51

Earned Runs	10	31

Home Runs Allowed	2	5

Strikeouts	83	59

Walks	18	22

ERA	1.33	5.81

WHIP	1.00	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Jose Alvarado RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	10.5	9.7

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	5	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	9	8

Earned Runs	4	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	11	11

Walks	3	4

ERA	3.37	3.63

WHIP	1.22	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Jose Alvarado RP - PHI
News
	Louis Varland struck out two batters while allowing one hit over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Yankees. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd	Jose Alvarado gave up one hit while striking out two in a scoreless bottom of the ninth during Wednesday's 3-0 over the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, May 28th
	Louis Varland struck out three batters in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Saturday's 4-1 win over the Yankees. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th	Phillies manager Rob Thomson said he would like to stay away from Jose Alvarado on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd
	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
	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
	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Louis Varland RP - TOR			Jose Alvarado RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-1)	#53
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#419	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#33	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#33	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#214
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#178
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#116	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Thu, May 7th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#119
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Thu, May 14th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#348
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#210
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#281
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Sun, Jun 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Thu, Jul 9th				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#261	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#305	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#176	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Mon, Aug 17th				vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs MIA	Cade Gibson
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#176
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#68	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Mon, Aug 31st				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ ARI	Kade Strowd
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th				@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			vs TB
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Alvarado for Louis Varland (2026)

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