Who Should I Trade?

Louis Varland for Tyler Holton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 26	# 250
VBR	# 214	# 350

Projections

Strikeouts	11	9
Wins	1	1
Saves	5	1
ERA	3.37	3.64
WHIP	1.22	1.19

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

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	# 111

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 98	# 416

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Tyler Holton SP,RP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	61	58

Games Started	0	3

Innings Pitched	67.2	62.1

Wins	5	1

Losses	4	5

Saves	30	2

Blown Saves	1	2

Holds	5	14

Hits Allowed	50	65

Earned Runs	10	21

Home Runs Allowed	2	8

Strikeouts	83	50

Walks	18	15

ERA	1.33	3.03

WHIP	1.00	1.28

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Tyler Holton SP,RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	10.5	11.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	5	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	9	10

Earned Runs	4	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	11	9

Walks	3	3

ERA	3.37	3.64

WHIP	1.22	1.19

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Tyler Holton 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 left-hander Tyler Holton allowed one earned run across two innings as the opener Friday against the A's. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st
	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	Tyler Holton will open Friday's game for the Tigers against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	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	Tigers left-hander Tyler Holton allowed one unearned run in an inning of work while recording the save on Monday against the Cubs. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 21st
	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	Tyler Holton will serve as the opener for the Tigers on Monday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
	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	Tyler Holton will serve as opener for Sunday’s game against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Louis Varland RP - TOR			Tyler Holton SP,RP - DET
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#419
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#33	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#33	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#116	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#241
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#119
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#121
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#210
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#210
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#208
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#261	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#422
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#305	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#176	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#208
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#68	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201	@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
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)	#191
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Thu, May 14th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Mon, Jun 15th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Sun, Jun 21st				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#310
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Mon, Aug 31st				@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Louis Varland for Tyler Holton (2026)

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