Who Should I Trade?

Louis Varland for Luis Mey (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 27	‐
VBR	# 221	# 890

Projections

Strikeouts	22	10
Wins	1	1
Saves	9	0
ERA	3.40	4.71
WHIP	1.20	1.63

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

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	Luis Mey RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	50	7

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	56.0	8.2

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	24	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	1

Hits Allowed	40	7

Earned Runs	7	7

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	73	14

Walks	15	10

ERA	1.13	7.27

WHIP	0.98	1.96

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Luis Mey RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	14

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.2	10.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	9	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	18	9

Earned Runs	8	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	22	10

Walks	6	6

ERA	3.40	4.71

WHIP	1.20	1.63

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Luis Mey RP - CIN
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 Reds optioned Luis Mey to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	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 Reds recalled RHP Luis Mey from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	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 Reds optioned Luis Mey to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
	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 Reds have optioned right-hander Luis Mey to Triple-A Louisville. Brenton Kemp Thu, Mar 19th
	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			Luis Mey RP - CIN
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#319	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#304
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#247
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#196	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#108	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#342
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ SF
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Thu, Mar 26th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Thu, May 14th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Sun, Jun 21st				@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Thu, Jul 9th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Louis Varland for Luis Mey (2026)

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