Who Should I Trade?

Julian Merryweather for Louis Varland (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 29	‐
VBR	# 197	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	20	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	9	‐
ERA	3.43	‐
WHIP	1.23	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

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	# 40	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 98	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	52	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	57.2	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	24	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	5	‐

Hits Allowed	43	‐

Earned Runs	8	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	74	‐

Walks	16	‐

ERA	1.25	‐

WHIP	1.02	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	18.8	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	9	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	17	‐

Earned Runs	7	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	20	‐

Walks	6	‐

ERA	3.43	‐

WHIP	1.23	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
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	Julian Merryweather is starting a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	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	Twins right-hander Julian Merryweather (hamstring) threw a bullpen session on Wednesday and plans to throw another session on Friday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Mar 12th
	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	Merryweather (hamstring) joined Minnesota as a non-roster invitee. Head trainer Nick Paparesta said Merryweather has been diagnosed with a Grade 1 left hamstring strain. Bruno Mulé Thu, Feb 26th
	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 Minnesota Twins signed Julian Merryweather to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Feb 12th
	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Louis Varland RP - TOR			Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#311	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#41	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#337
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#41	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Mon, Apr 13th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#155	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#217
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#330
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#293
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#394
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#394
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, Jun 21st				@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#329
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#190
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Thu, Jul 9th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#183
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#437
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#206	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#90	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#437
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st				vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL			@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#289
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#168
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Julian Merryweather for Louis Varland (2026)

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