Who Should I Trade?

Louis Varland for Sawyer Gipson-Long (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 26	‐
VBR	# 196	# 894

Projections

Strikeouts	11	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	5	0
ERA	3.37	4.30
WHIP	1.22	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

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	# 29	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 98	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Sawyer Gipson-Long SP,RP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	61	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	67.2	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	30	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	5	‐

Hits Allowed	50	‐

Earned Runs	10	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	83	‐

Walks	18	‐

ERA	1.33	‐

WHIP	1.00	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Sawyer Gipson-Long SP,RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	10.5	2.5

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	5	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	9	2

Earned Runs	4	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	11	2

Walks	3	1

ERA	3.37	4.30

WHIP	1.22	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Sawyer Gipson-Long SP,RP - DET
News
	Louis Varland struck out two batters while allowing one hit over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Yankees. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd	Tigers manager AJ Hinch said Sawyer Gipson-Long is “not 100 percent” and is shut down from throwing. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
	Louis Varland struck out three batters in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Saturday's 4-1 win over the Yankees. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th	Sawyer Gipson-Long was pulled from his start for Triple-A Toledo on Friday due to discomfort. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
	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	Sawyer Gipson-Long (oblique) has been activated off the 15-day injured list and optioned to Triple-A Toledo. David Leisering Mon, Apr 6th
	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	Tigers right-hander Sawyer Gipson-Long (oblique) has been placed on the 15-day injured list. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 25th
	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	Tigers right-hander Sawyer Gipson-Long (oblique) threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Louis Varland RP - TOR			Sawyer Gipson-Long SP,RP - DET
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#424
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#437	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#39	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#39	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#120	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#155
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#243
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#127
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#35	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#35	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#48	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#134
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#13	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#59
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#36	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#220
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#144	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#295
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#59
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#13	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#25
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#184	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#220
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#119
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#25	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#226
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#25
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#72	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#121	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#417
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#368	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#210	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#79	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#72
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#25	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#121	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#59
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#119
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#13	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#13	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#72	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#80
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#59
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			@ TOR
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#203
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Thu, May 14th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Mon, Jun 15th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Sun, Jun 21st				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#235
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Mon, Aug 31st				@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Louis Varland for Sawyer Gipson-Long (2026)

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