Who Should I Trade?

Louis Varland for Zach Maxwell (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 28	‐
VBR	# 224	# 1096

Projections

Strikeouts	23	12
Wins	1	0
Saves	9	0
ERA	3.51	4.94
WHIP	1.22	1.58

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 22	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 25	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 29	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 30	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 38	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 98	# 464

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	49	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	55.0	10.0

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	23	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	1

Hits Allowed	39	14

Earned Runs	7	11

Home Runs Allowed	1	3

Strikeouts	73	9

Walks	15	10

ERA	1.15	9.90

WHIP	0.98	2.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	16

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.7	11.7

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	9	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	18	11

Earned Runs	8	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	23	12

Walks	6	7

ERA	3.51	4.94

WHIP	1.22	1.58

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Louis Varland RP - TOR	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN
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	The Reds optioned Zach Maxwell to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	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	The Reds recalled RHP Zach Maxwell from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	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 Reds recalled RHP Zach Maxwell from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd
	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 Reds optioned RHP Zach Maxwell to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 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	The Reds recalled Zach Maxwell from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Louis Varland RP - TOR			Zach Maxwell RP - CIN
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#332	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#301
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#250
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews	#218	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#109	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ SF
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Thu, Mar 26th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Thu, May 14th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Sun, Jun 21st				@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Thu, Jul 9th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Louis Varland for Zach Maxwell (2026)

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