Who Should I Trade?

Josh Simpson for Louis Varland (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 27	‐
VBR	# 221	# 690

Projections

Strikeouts	22	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	9	0
ERA	3.40	4.22
WHIP	1.20	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 22	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 25	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 36	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 30	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 38	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 98	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	51	4

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	56.2	3.0

Wins	3	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	24	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	43	4

Earned Runs	8	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	73	3

Walks	16	2

ERA	1.27	9.00

WHIP	1.04	2.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	14

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.2	10.7

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	9	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	18	10

Earned Runs	8	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	22	11

Walks	6	5

ERA	3.40	4.22

WHIP	1.20	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
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 Mariners recalled Josh Simpson from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	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	The Mariners optioned Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	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 Mariners recalled Josh Simpson from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	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	The Mariners optioned Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
	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 Mariners recalled Josh Simpson from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Louis Varland RP - TOR			Josh Simpson RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#319	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#304
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#325
Mon, Apr 13th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Thu, May 14th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124
Mon, Jun 1st				vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Thu, Jun 11th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sun, Jun 21st				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Thu, Jul 9th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#247	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Thu, Jul 30th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#196	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#108	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs DET	Ty Madden	#259
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st				@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th				vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			vs LAA
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Simpson for Louis Varland (2026)

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