Who Should I Trade?

Louis Varland for Richard Lovelady (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 29	‐
VBR	# 197	# 910

Projections

Strikeouts	20	5
Wins	1	0
Saves	9	0
ERA	3.43	4.13
WHIP	1.23	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 19	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 25	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 36	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 30	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 40	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 98	# 370

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	52	33

Games Started	0	5

Innings Pitched	57.2	30.1

Wins	4	2

Losses	4	4

Saves	24	4

Blown Saves	0	3

Holds	5	9

Hits Allowed	43	34

Earned Runs	8	13

Home Runs Allowed	1	4

Strikeouts	74	27

Walks	16	21

ERA	1.25	3.86

WHIP	1.02	1.81

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.8	5.5

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	9	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	17	5

Earned Runs	7	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	20	5

Walks	6	2

ERA	3.43	4.13

WHIP	1.23	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH
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	Richard Lovelady has been able to progress to playing catch. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	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	Nationals left-hander Richard Lovelady (triceps) is throwing out to 60 feet. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th
	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	Richard Lovelady (triceps) was placed on the IL ahead of Monday's game. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 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	Richard Lovelady will open for the Nationals on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	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	Richard Lovelady pitched one scoreless inning, registering one strikeout and his fourth save of the season in the Nationals win over the Braves. Jesse Garcia Sat, May 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			Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#311	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#41	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#41	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#155	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#95
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#145
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#373
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#186
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#172
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#265
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#289	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#206	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#168	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#90	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL			@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			vs NYM
Thu, Mar 26th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Thu, May 7th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, May 14th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Mon, Jun 15th				vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#307
Sun, Jun 21st				@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Louis Varland for Richard Lovelady (2026)

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