Who Should I Trade?

Louis Varland for Luis Gastelum (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 26	‐
VBR	# 238	# 547

Projections

Strikeouts	26	17
Wins	1	1
Saves	10	0
ERA	3.43	4.08
WHIP	1.21	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 23	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 25	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 29	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 30	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 29	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 98	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Luis Gastelum RP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	45	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	50.0	5.0

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	20	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	36	7

Earned Runs	7	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	3

Strikeouts	68	6

Walks	13	1

ERA	1.26	7.20

WHIP	0.98	1.60

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Luis Gastelum RP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	27	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	24.2	17.3

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	10	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	3

Hits Allowed	21	16

Earned Runs	9	8

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	26	17

Walks	7	6

ERA	3.43	4.08

WHIP	1.21	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Luis Gastelum RP - STL
News
	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	Luis Gastelum struck out two batters while allowing one hit and no walks over 1.1 scoreless innings in Sunday's 8-7 loss to Arizona. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 20th
	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	Luis Gastelum allowed two earned runs on one hit and one walk while striking out one batter and taking a blown save in Friday's 5-4 win over the Diamondbacks. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 18th
	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 St. Louis Cardinals selected the contract of Luis Gastelum from Triple-A Memphis on Wednesday. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	Blue Jays closer Louis Varland pitched a scoreless ninth inning to earn the save on Monday against the Mets. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th	The Cardinals have reassigned right-hander Luis Gastelum to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 15th
	Blue Jays right-hander Louis Varland pitched a scoreless ninth inning to pick up a save in a 4-2 win over the Astros on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 23rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Louis Varland RP - TOR			Luis Gastelum RP - STL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#383	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#415
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, May 7th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, May 14th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Mon, Jun 15th				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218
Sun, Jun 21st				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224
Thu, Jul 9th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Thu, Jul 30th				vs CHC
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CIN
Thu, Sep 24th				@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Louis Varland for Luis Gastelum (2026)

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