Who Should I Trade?

Louis Varland for Manuel Rodriguez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 28	‐
VBR	# 221	# 509

Projections

Strikeouts	22	13
Wins	1	1
Saves	9	0
ERA	3.40	3.81
WHIP	1.20	1.31

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 22	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 25	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 29	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 30	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 38	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 98	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Manuel Rodriguez RP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	50	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	56.0	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	24	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	5	‐

Hits Allowed	40	‐

Earned Runs	7	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	73	‐

Walks	15	‐

ERA	1.13	‐

WHIP	0.98	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Manuel Rodriguez RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	16

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.2	13.6

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	9	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	2

Hits Allowed	18	12

Earned Runs	8	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	22	13

Walks	6	5

ERA	3.40	3.81

WHIP	1.20	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Manuel Rodriguez RP - TB
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	Manuel Rodriguez made a rehab appearance for Triple-A Durham on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	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	Manuel Rodriguez threw a scoreless inning for Single-A Charleston on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	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	Manuel Rodriguez began a rehab assignment in the FCL on Thursday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	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	Rays manager Kevin Cash said Manuel Rodriguez will throw his first live BP session on June 30. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 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	Manuel Rodriguez has progressed to throwing bullpen sessions. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Louis Varland RP - TOR			Manuel Rodriguez RP - TB
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#319	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#212
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#247
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#196	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#180
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#108	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ SEA
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			@ ATH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ BAL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ DET
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ PHI
Thu, Mar 26th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Thu, May 7th				@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Ty Madden	#259
Mon, Jun 15th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Sun, Jun 21st				vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Thu, Jul 9th				vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#215
Thu, Jul 30th				vs TEX	Cole Winn
Mon, Aug 17th				vs BAL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ DET
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYM
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs ATH
Thu, Sep 24th				@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Louis Varland for Manuel Rodriguez (2026)

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