Who Should I Trade?

Kenley Jansen for Louis Varland (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 28	# 80
VBR	# 223	# 294

Projections

Strikeouts	22	19
Wins	1	1
Saves	9	8
ERA	3.43	4.05
WHIP	1.21	1.26

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 22	# 63

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 25	# 78

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 29	# 82

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 30	# 64

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 38	# 128

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 98	# 175

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Kenley Jansen RP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	50	32

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	56.0	28.2

Wins	3	2

Losses	3	4

Saves	24	12

Blown Saves	0	4

Holds	5	1

Hits Allowed	40	17

Earned Runs	7	12

Home Runs Allowed	1	5

Strikeouts	73	32

Walks	15	18

ERA	1.13	3.77

WHIP	0.98	1.22

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Kenley Jansen RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.4	18.8

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	9	8

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	18	15

Earned Runs	8	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	22	19

Walks	6	8

ERA	3.43	4.05

WHIP	1.21	1.26

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Kenley Jansen RP - DET
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	Kenley Jansen struck out one batter in a scoreless inning to earn the save in Friday's 2-1 win over the Royals. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 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	Kenley Jansen struck out one batter while allowing one hit and one walk over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Thursday's 4-1 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th
	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	Tigers right-hander Kenley Jansen nailed down a save in a 6-3 win over the Rangers on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jul 6th
	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	Tigers right-hander Kenley Jansen picked up a save in a 4-1 win over the White Sox on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 21st
	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	Kenley Jansen struck out one batter in a scoreless inning to earn the save in Friday's 4-3 win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 20th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Louis Varland RP - TOR			Kenley Jansen RP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#118	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#210
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, May 14th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#149
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#291
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Mon, Jun 15th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136
Sun, Jun 21st				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#171
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#285	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#360
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#257	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews	#208	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#112	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st				@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#333
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Kenley Jansen for Louis Varland (2026)

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