Who Should I Trade?

Louis Varland for Victor Mederos (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 29	‐
VBR	# 197	# 789

Projections

Strikeouts	20	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	9	0
ERA	3.43	4.77
WHIP	1.23	1.49

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	# 40	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 98	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Victor Mederos SP,RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	52	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	57.2	14.1

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	0

Saves	24	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	43	12

Earned Runs	8	6

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	74	11

Walks	16	4

ERA	1.25	3.77

WHIP	1.02	1.12

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Victor Mederos SP,RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	16

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.8	13.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	9	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	17	13

Earned Runs	7	7

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	20	11

Walks	6	6

ERA	3.43	4.77

WHIP	1.23	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Victor Mederos SP,RP - ATL
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	Victor Mederos gave up no runs, one hit, and a walk while striking out one across 2 1/3 innings to earn the save in Monday's 3-2 win over the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros 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	Victor Mederos was called up from Triple-A Gwinnett on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros 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	The Braves optioned Victor Mederos to Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	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	The Atlanta Braves have called up RHP Victor Mederos. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	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 Angels designated RHP Victor Mederos for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 29th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Louis Varland RP - TOR			Victor Mederos SP,RP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#311	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#41	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#41	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#155	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#280
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#217
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#355
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#162
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#95
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#202
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#165
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#201
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#289	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#206	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#168
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#90	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			vs COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ MIA
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Mon, Apr 13th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Thu, May 14th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157
Sun, Jun 21st				vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Thu, Jul 9th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Thu, Jul 30th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Mon, Aug 17th				@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Louis Varland for Victor Mederos (2026)

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