Who Should I Trade?

Louis Varland for Pete Fairbanks (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 29	# 61
VBR	# 209	# 273

Projections

Strikeouts	21	19
Wins	1	1
Saves	8	9
ERA	3.34	3.73
WHIP	1.22	1.27

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 19	# 48

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 25	# 47

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 36	# 87

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 30	# 69

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 40	# 71

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 98	# 158

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Pete Fairbanks RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	51	38

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	56.2	35.1

Wins	3	3

Losses	4	4

Saves	24	17

Blown Saves	0	3

Holds	5	2

Hits Allowed	43	32

Earned Runs	8	25

Home Runs Allowed	1	8

Strikeouts	73	47

Walks	16	16

ERA	1.27	6.37

WHIP	1.04	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Pete Fairbanks RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.4	17.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	8	9

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	17	14

Earned Runs	7	7

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	21	19

Walks	6	7

ERA	3.34	3.73

WHIP	1.22	1.27

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Pete Fairbanks RP - MIA
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	Pete Fairbanks tossed a scoreless ninth inning in Sunday's 2-0 win over the New York Mets to record his 17th save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 2nd
	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	Pete Fairbanks tossed a scoreless ninth inning in Friday's 5-2 win over the New York Mets to record his 16th save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 1st
	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	Pete Fairbanks tossed a 1-2-3 ninth inning on Wednesday to record his 15th save of the season in an 8-6 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 29th
	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	Pete Fairbanks tossed a scoreless ninth inning on Tuesday to earn his 14th save of the season in a 1-0 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 29th
	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	Pete Fairbanks allowed one hit while striking out two in a scoreless ninth inning to earn the save in Wednesday's 2-0 win over the Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Louis Varland RP - TOR			Pete Fairbanks RP - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#216
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#247	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#208	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#301
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#107	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#323
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			@ SD
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			vs ATL
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Thu, May 7th				vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210
Thu, May 14th				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jun 1st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Thu, Jun 11th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Mon, Jun 15th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, Jun 21st				vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, Jul 9th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Thu, Jul 30th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th				vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st				@ WSH
Thu, Sep 24th				@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Louis Varland for Pete Fairbanks (2026)

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