2026 Stats
W-L
1-1
ERA
0.00
WHIP
1.00
K
16
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2026 Fantasy Outlook
Varland excelled in his transition to a full-time relief role in 2025, posting a respectable 2.97 ERA (3.15 FIP), 1.20 WHIP and 75:22 K:BB over 72.2 regular-season innings between the Blue Jays and Twins. Pitching in shorter stints, the right-hander added velocity on his four-seamer - he threw it 98.1 mph on average - and added more knuckle curves, tossing it 38 percent of the time. Varland still threw the occasional slider, sinker and changeup, but he relied heavily on his two primary offerings. His curve, in particular, induced more whiffs and ground balls whenever opposing hitters did make contact. Varland established new career-highs with a 13.5 percent swinging strike rate, 25.3 percent K-rate and 52.6 ground ball percentage. Given the 28-year-old has a career 5.18 ERA over 23 starts at the major-league level, it does not appear the Blue Jays have interest in giving Varland another chance to start anytime soon. He's slated to begin the 2026 campaign in a setup role. Read Past Outlooks
Signed a one-year contract with the Twins in March of 2025. Traded to the Blue Jays in July of 2025.
Notches first win of 2026
Varland (1-1) earned the win against the Brewers on Tuesday, allowing one unearned run on two hits while striking out two across 1.1 innings.
Analysis
Jeff Hoffman blew his save chance after giving up two runs in the ninth, and after loading the bases, Blue Jays manager John Schneider opted to turn things over to Varland, who promptly struck out Joey Ortiz in three pitches. Varland was brought back out for the 10th to protect the Jays' three-run lead, and he ended the game by punching out Gary Sanchez. Varland has yet to give up an earned run through 10.1 innings this season and is building off a strong 2025 campaign in which he posted a 2.97 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, 23 holds and a 75:22 K:BB across 72.2 innings. The 28-year-old right-hander is clearly trusted to handle high-leverage situations, which makes him a candidate to see save opportunities if Hoffman is unable to snap out of his slow start to the season.
Jeff Hoffman blew his save chance after giving up two runs in the ninth, and after loading the bases, Blue Jays manager John Schneider opted to turn things over to Varland, who promptly struck out Joey Ortiz in three pitches. Varland was brought back out for the 10th to protect the Jays' three-run lead, and he ended the game by punching out Gary Sanchez. Varland has yet to give up an earned run through 10.1 innings this season and is building off a strong 2025 campaign in which he posted a 2.97 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, 23 holds and a 75:22 K:BB across 72.2 innings. The 28-year-old right-hander is clearly trusted to handle high-leverage situations, which makes him a candidate to see save opportunities if Hoffman is unable to snap out of his slow start to the season.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
18
Last 10 Games
18
Last 5 Games
17
How many pitches does Louis Varland generally throw?
1-10
11-20
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41-50
51-60
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101-110
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121+
What part of the game does Louis Varland generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2024
-4%
BAA vs RHP
2026
-51%
BAA vs LHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2024vs Left | .279 | 61 | 13 | 70 | 10 | |||
| Since 2024vs Right | .267 | 79 | 28 | 71 | 8 | |||
| 2026vs Left | .133 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2026vs Right | .273 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2025vs Left | .254 | 29 | 6 | 31 | 4 | |||
| 2025vs Right | .236 | 46 | 16 | 34 | 2 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .325 | 26 | 6 | 37 | 6 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .310 | 23 | 10 | 31 | 6 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2024
-26%
ERA at Home
2026
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| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2024Home | 3.95 | 1.22 | 84.1 | 9.2 | 2.6 | ||||
| Since 2024Away | 5.33 | 1.61 | 49.0 | 9.9 | 3.1 | ||||
| 2026Home | 0.00 | 0.88 | 8.0 | 13.5 | 3.4 | ||||
| 2026Away | 0.00 | 1.33 | 3.0 | 12.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| 2025Home | 2.18 | 0.94 | 41.1 | 8.7 | 2.2 | ||||
| 2025Away | 4.02 | 1.53 | 31.1 | 10.1 | 3.4 | ||||
| 2024Home | 6.94 | 1.63 | 35.0 | 8.7 | 2.8 | ||||
| 2024Away | 9.20 | 1.84 | 14.2 | 9.2 | 3.1 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Louis Varland compare to other relievers?
This section compares his stats with all relief pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 30 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
5.00K/9
13.1BB/9
2.6HR/9
0.0Fastball
98.0 mphERA
0.00WHIP
0.97BABIP
.331GB/FB
3.25Left On Base
70.0%Exit Velocity
84.0 mphBarrels/BBE
0.0%Spin Rate
2278 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
23.3%Swinging Strike
14.2%Prospect Rankings History
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Varland's future role and status as a major league pitcher are in question after he took a big step backward lats season. Varland ended the 2023 season as a weapon out of the bullpen posting a 1.50 ERA in 12 innings with a 17:1 K:BB ratio and a fastball that touched triple digits. The Twins debated whether to keep him in the major league bullpen in the spring, but decided to return him back to the rotation at Triple-A. He wasn't impressive at Triple-A with a 4.75 ERA but he may have been unlucky with a .357 BABIP as he had a 10.4 K/9 and 3.76 xFIP. When he was finally called up to the major league rotation, Varland struggled with home runs. He gave up an astounding 12 homers in 49.2 innings. After seven starts (6.40 ERA) he was moved to the bullpen where he continued to flounder. Despite his troubles, Varland was likely unlucky with a meteoric 21.1 HR/FB rate and .357 BABIP. He still had a strong 96.1 average mph fastball. He could stick in the bullpen next season and will compete for a major league role in the spring.
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Impressive start to season
Varland struck out the side in a perfect seventh inning during Sunday's loss to the Twins.
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Stuck with loss Monday
Varland (0-1) took the loss Monday as the Blue Jays fell 14-5 to the Rockies, allowing an unearned run on two hits over 1.1 innings of relief. He struck out three without walking a batter.
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Serves up homer Sunday
Varland struck out one and gave up a solo home run to Carson Williams in an inning of relief during Sunday's Grapefruit League game against the Rays.
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Will remain in bullpen
Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins said Monday that Varland will remain in a bullpen role in 2026, Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet.ca reports.
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Kicking off bullpen day in Game 4
Varland is slated to serve as the Blue Jays' opening pitcher Wednesday for Game 4 of the ALDS versus the Yankees, Arden Zwelling of Sportsnet.ca reports.
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Long-time interest from Toronto
According to Keegan Matheson of MLB.com, GM Ross Atkins said last week that the Blue Jays had been interested in acquiring Varland from the Twins for at least two years.
Analysis
Varland, picked up at the trade deadline, has made the transition to a full-time relief role this season and excelled with a 2.08 ERA, 1.10 WHIP and 50:14 K:BB over 52 innings while recording 18 holds. The 27-year-old righty is still two seasons away from arbitration eligibility, so he could be a key piece of Toronto's bullpen for years to come. The organization's interest extends back to his time as a starting prospect however, so a transition back to that role in the future can't be ruled out.
Varland, picked up at the trade deadline, has made the transition to a full-time relief role this season and excelled with a 2.08 ERA, 1.10 WHIP and 50:14 K:BB over 52 innings while recording 18 holds. The 27-year-old righty is still two seasons away from arbitration eligibility, so he could be a key piece of Toronto's bullpen for years to come. The organization's interest extends back to his time as a starting prospect however, so a transition back to that role in the future can't be ruled out.