Who Should I Trade?

Louis Varland for Matt Svanson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 28	# 384
VBR	# 224	# 554

Projections

Strikeouts	23	17
Wins	1	1
Saves	9	0
ERA	3.51	3.83
WHIP	1.22	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

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	# 380

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 98	# 437

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Matt Svanson RP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	49	41

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	55.0	43.1

Wins	3	2

Losses	3	3

Saves	23	0

Blown Saves	0	2

Holds	5	2

Hits Allowed	39	55

Earned Runs	7	35

Home Runs Allowed	1	5

Strikeouts	73	41

Walks	15	21

ERA	1.15	7.27

WHIP	0.98	1.75

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Matt Svanson RP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.7	18.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	9	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	3

Hits Allowed	18	16

Earned Runs	8	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	23	17

Walks	6	7

ERA	3.51	3.83

WHIP	1.22	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Matt Svanson RP - STL
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	Matt Svanson entered a tie game in the tenth inning and gave up three runs, two earned, on two hits while recording only one out. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 27th
	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	Matt Svanson allowed no runs on one hit while striking out one in an inning of work in Tuesday's game one of the doubleheader against the Brewers. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 8th
	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	Matt Svanson recorded one out while giving up four runs, three earned, three hits and a walk to take the loss against the Diamondbacks. Chase Davis Wed, Jun 24th
	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	Matt Svanson fired 1.2 scoreless innings with two strikeouts in Saturday's win over the Twins. Chase Davis Sun, Jun 14th
	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 Cardinals recalled RHP Matt Svanson from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Louis Varland RP - TOR			Matt Svanson RP - STL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#332	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#411
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#222
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#250	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews	#218	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#109	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
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 (9-5)	#20
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Thu, May 7th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Thu, May 14th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Mon, Jun 15th				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#230
Sun, Jun 21st				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#306
Thu, Jul 9th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Thu, Jul 30th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CIN
Thu, Sep 24th				@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Louis Varland for Matt Svanson (2026)

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