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Louis Varland

#77 - Relief Pitcher

Toronto Blue Jays

Bats / Throws Left / Right
Date of Birth 12/9/1997 (28)
Height, Weight 6'1", 205 lb
Hometown St. Paul, MN

2026 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average
Sv IP ERA WHIP K% BB%
35 78.0 1.27 1.00 31.6% 7.5%
7th 3
Sv
43rd 52.0
IP
4th 4.21
ERA
26th 1.34
WHIP
20th 22.6%
K%
93rd 9.8%
BB%
FB MPH SwStr% CSW% Str-ICR MTK% PLV PLA
98.8 15.3% 30.4% 57.0% 2.6% 5.28 2.20
13th 94.7
FB MPH
55th 12.1%
SwStr%
91st 28.5%
CSW%
18th 51.2%
Str-ICR
27th 4.7%
MTK%
3rd 4.94
PLV
7th 3.52
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Louis Varland Overview

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Year Team G GS IP W-L Sv Hld ERA WHIP xERA FIP xFIP PLA K% BB% H/9 HR/9 BABIP HR/FB% LOB% ICR% GB% SwStr% CSW% IPR% PLV
2022 MIN 5 5 26.0 1-2 0 0 3.81 1.23 4.05 4.30 4.42 3.02 19.8% 5.7% 9.0 1.38 .297 16.7% 80.3% 42.3% 39.7% 10.2% 28.0% 0.54 5.07
2023 MIN 17 10 68.0 4-3 0 2 4.63 1.22 4.41 5.02 3.72 2.90 25.1% 6.0% 8.7 2.12 .284 34.0% 79.5% 40.7% 46.4% 13.9% 29.2% 0.61 5.19
2024 MIN 16 7 49.2 0-6 0 0 7.61 1.69 5.28 5.56 4.23 3.70 20.6% 6.7% 12.3 2.17 .359 31.6% 61.8% 47.3% 46.2% 11.8% 26.1% 0.45 5.01
2025 TOR/MIN 74 1 72.2 4-3 0 22 2.97 1.20 4.24 3.14 2.94 2.16 25.3% 7.4% 8.1 0.74 .314 23.1% 76.9% 40.6% 55.7% 14.3% 29.0% 0.56 5.28
2026 TOR 71 0 78.0 5-6 35 5 1.27 1.00 2.65 1.83 2.44 2.20 31.6% 7.5% 6.3 0.23 .288 6.5% 77.1% 33.7% 58.8% 15.3% 30.4% 0.65 5.28
RP MLB Percentile 93 0 87 76-7 98 46 99 91 93 99 98 98 94 72 85 97 48 93 68 78 94 84 73 89 99
RP MLB AVG 42 2 52.0 3-3 3 7 4.21 1.34 4.18 4.20 4.26 3.52 22.6% 9.8% 8.3 1.10 .291 17.7% 72.5% 36.8% 44.0% 12.1% 28.5% 0.50 4.94
Career 183 23 294.1 14-20 35 29 3.76 1.24 4.02 3.73 3.34 2.68 25.4% 6.8% 8.6 1.22 .308 24.1% 74.4% 40.6% 50.7% 13.6% 28.8% 0.57 5.19

Louis Varland Repertoire

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Louis Varland Standard

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Year Team G GS IP W-L QS Sv Hld P Strikes Balls TBF H 1B 2B 3B HR K BB HB WP
2022 MIN 5 5 26.0 1-2 0 0 0 411 280 131 106 26 16 5 1 4 21 6 1 1
2023 MIN 17 10 68.0 4-3 5 0 2 1,091 754 337 283 66 39 7 4 16 71 17 1 2
2024 MIN 16 7 49.2 0-6 1 0 0 901 586 315 238 68 48 8 0 12 49 16 4 0
2025 TOR/MIN 74 1 72.2 4-3 0 0 22 1,066 717 349 296 65 41 17 1 6 75 22 2 0
2026 TOR 71 0 78.0 5-6 0 35 5 1,236 830 406 307 55 45 8 0 2 97 23 0 3
RP MLB Percentile 93 0 87 76-7 0 98 46 86 88 22 84 25 14 42 49 84 94 32 85 20
RP MLB AVG 42 2 52.0 3-3 0 3 7 875 560 316 225 47 31 9 1 6 51 21 3 2
Career 183 23 294.1 14-20 6 35 29 4,705 3,167 1,538 1,230 280 189 45 6 40 313 84 8 6

Louis Varland Advanced

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Year Team K% BB% AVG SLG OPS wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA xERA
2022 MIN 19.8% 5.7% .263 .455 .766 .329 .297 .333 .251 .312 .286 .366 88.7 87.4 14.8 4.05
2023 MIN 25.1% 6.0% .252 .492 .791 .335 .284 .344 .241 .320 .272 .399 90.4 94.2 11.7 4.41
2024 MIN 20.6% 6.7% .318 .523 .894 .382 .359 .405 .286 .354 .325 .417 90.0 94.4 10.8 5.28
2025 TOR/MIN 25.3% 7.4% .244 .383 .687 .299 .314 .335 .265 .324 .337 .401 89.3 90.8 5.0 4.24
2026 TOR 31.6% 7.5% .196 .246 .501 .228 .288 .296 .217 .253 .320 .330 86.4 87.0 4.1 2.65
RP MLB Percentile 94 72 86 97 97 97 48 70 71 93 11 69 74 80 93 93
RP MLB AVG 22.6% 9.8% .241 .389 .713 .315 .291 .321 .235 .315 .280 .358 87.6 89.3 13.1 4.18
Career 25.4% 6.8% .250 .408 .712 .311 .308 .342 .250 .313 .311 .388 89.0 91.4 8.5 4.02

Louis Varland Pitch › Mix

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Year Team FF% (MPH) SI% (MPH) FC% (MPH) SL% (MPH) ST% (MPH) CB% (MPH) CH% (MPH) FS% (MPH) KN% (MPH) Fastball% Secondary%
2022 MIN47.9% (93.8)-15.6% (89.3)21.9% (83.8)--14.6% (83.8)-- 47.9% 52.1%
2023 MIN42.7% (95.3)0.9% (95.7)32.0% (89.3)13.1% (83.8)--11.3% (85.9)-- 43.6% 56.4%
2024 MIN42.6% (96.2)3.7% (93.9)27.8% (90.1)--15.5% (84.6)10.4% (89.4)-- 46.3% 53.7%
2025 TOR/MIN44.8% (98.1)6.0% (97.0)-7.1% (91.6)-37.4% (88.0)4.7% (91.9)-- 50.8% 49.2%
2026 TOR41.2% (98.8)2.4% (97.1)-8.1% (92.1)-30.3% (87.7)18.0% (93.1)-- 43.5% 56.5%
RP MLB Percentile 53 (95) 0 (88) - 9 (99) - 91 (99) 58 (98) - - 32.3% 67.1%
RP MLB AVG 38.9% (94.7) 26.7% (94.1) 19.6% (89.4) 25.6% (86.1) 20.8% (82.3) 15.4% (80.3) 17.6% (86.1) 19.1% (86.6) 42.7% (61.5) 48.6% 51.2%
Career43.2% (96.9)2.9% (96.1)14.1% (89.6)8.7% (87.3)-19.4% (87.4)11.7% (89.7)-- 46.1% 53.9%

Louis Varland Pitch › Results

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Year Team FF CSW% SI CSW% FC CSW% SL CSW% ST CSW% CB CSW% CH CSW% FS CSW% KN CSW% Fastball CSW% Secondary CSW%
2022 MIN30.5% (17)-28.1% (7)18.9% (12)--33.3% (6)-- 30.5% 25.7%
2023 MIN33.0% (60)30.0% (1)30.4% (58)18.2% (19)--24.4% (14)-- 33.0% 26.3%
2024 MIN31.0% (50)18.2% (1)22.4% (30)--27.1% (21)17.0% (4)-- 30.0% 22.7%
2025 TOR/MIN28.7% (43)21.9% (4)-28.9% (13)-31.8% (85)18.0% (7)-- 27.9% 30.1%
2026 TOR33.4% (68)17.2% (0)-26.0% (11)-28.5% (63)30.5% (47)-- 32.5% 28.8%
RP MLB Percentile 93 (9) 4 (97) - 29 (60) - 51 (4) 86 (14) - - 88.9% 46.9%
RP MLB AVG 27.2% (32) 27.5% (13) 26.9% (14) 29.6% (27) 28.4% (20) 27.1% (15) 22.4% (20) 22.7% (21) 19.3% (9) 27.9% 28.8%
Career31.5% (238)20.6% (6)27.1% (95)22.2% (55)-29.8% (169)26.0% (78)-- 30.8% 27.1%

Louis Varland Batted Ball › Contact

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Year Team GB% LD% FB% PU% SS% Pull% Cent% Oppo% Foul Str% PC% Fl&B% Solid% Brl% ICR%
2022 MIN 39.7% 20.5% 30.8% 9.0% 50.0% 43.6% 32.1% 24.4% 21.2% 57.7% 32.1% 3.8% 6.4% 42.3%
2023 MIN 46.4% 21.1% 24.2% 8.2% 33.5% 36.6% 34.5% 28.9% 22.1% 59.3% 24.2% 6.2% 10.3% 40.7%
2024 MIN 46.2% 26.0% 22.5% 5.3% 42.6% 33.7% 36.1% 30.2% 20.2% 52.7% 32.0% 7.7% 7.7% 47.3%
2025 TOR/MIN 55.7% 24.2% 13.4% 6.7% 35.1% 43.7% 28.4% 27.9% 19.8% 58.8% 25.3% 7.2% 8.8% 40.6%
2026 TOR 58.8% 17.6% 16.6% 7.0% 27.8% 35.3% 35.3% 29.4% 21.6% 66.3% 27.3% 3.7% 2.7% 33.7%
RP MLB Percentile 94 83 7 22 89 14 67 81 93 79 27 79 95 78
RP MLB AVG 44.0% 21.6% 24.2% 10.2% 34.6% 41.0% 33.7% 25.4% 18.2% 63.0% 24.5% 5.8% 6.8% 36.8%
Career 50.7% 22.0% 20.2% 7.1% 36.0% 38.1% 33.3% 28.6% 21.0% 59.2% 27.5% 6.0% 7.3% 40.6%

Louis Varland Batted Ball › Outcomes

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Year Team AVG wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA HR/FB ICR% IPA%
2022 MIN .263 .329 .297 .333 .251 .312 .286 .366 88.7 87.4 14.8 16.7% 42.3% 31.1%
2023 MIN .252 .335 .284 .344 .241 .320 .272 .399 90.4 94.2 11.7 34.0% 40.7% 27.9%
2024 MIN .318 .382 .359 .405 .286 .354 .325 .417 90.0 94.4 10.8 31.6% 47.3% 33.6%
2025 TOR/MIN .244 .299 .314 .335 .265 .324 .337 .401 89.3 90.8 5.0 23.1% 40.6% 27.0%
2026 TOR .196 .228 .288 .296 .217 .253 .320 .330 86.4 87.0 4.1 6.5% 33.7% 20.5%
RP MLB Percentile 86 97 48 70 71 93 11 69 74 80 93 93 78 84
RP MLB AVG .241 .315 .291 .321 .235 .315 .280 .358 87.6 89.3 13.1 17.7% 36.8% 24.4%
Career .250 .311 .308 .342 .250 .313 .311 .388 89.0 91.4 8.5 24.1% 40.6% 27.2%

Louis Varland Approach › Plate Discipline

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Year Team Zone% Str% Swing% O-Sw% Whiff% Foul Str% Con% Z-Con% O-Con% CS% SwStr% CSW% BIP% PLUS% IPR% Str-ICR
2022 MIN 51.8% 68.1% 50.4% 30.8% 20.3% 21.2% 79.7% 87.7% 60.7% 17.8% 10.2% 28.0% 19.0% 61.8% 0.54 52.1%
2023 MIN 50.5% 69.1% 53.8% 33.9% 25.9% 22.1% 74.1% 82.4% 55.7% 15.3% 13.9% 29.2% 17.8% 63.1% 0.61 54.6%
2024 MIN 50.6% 65.0% 50.7% 27.0% 23.2% 20.2% 76.8% 85.8% 51.7% 14.3% 11.8% 26.1% 18.8% 57.5% 0.45 47.3%
2025 TOR/MIN 50.4% 67.3% 52.5% 34.2% 27.1% 19.8% 72.9% 86.0% 45.3% 14.7% 14.3% 29.0% 18.5% 61.2% 0.56 52.3%
2026 TOR 43.6% 67.2% 52.0% 37.7% 29.4% 21.6% 70.6% 83.7% 51.7% 15.1% 15.3% 30.4% 15.1% 62.7% 0.65 57.0%
RP MLB Percentile 37 88 88 92 77 93 77 53 81 28 84 73 20 92 89 95
RP MLB AVG 44.5% 63.8% 47.4% 31.7% 25.5% 18.2% 74.5% 84.0% 58.5% 16.4% 12.1% 28.5% 17.1% 58.3% 0.50 51.2%
Career 48.8% 67.3% 52.2% 33.5% 26.1% 21.0% 73.9% 84.7% 51.9% 15.2% 13.6% 28.8% 17.5% 61.4% 0.57 53.1%

Louis Varland Approach › Locations

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Year Team Zone% aLoc% x-mLoc% gLoc% hiLoc% y-mLoc% loLoc% iLoc% oLoc% mmLoc%
2022 MIN 51.8% 27.3% 27.0% 45.7% 35.5% 27.3% 37.2% 26.0% 47.0% 9.5%
2023 MIN 50.5% 25.9% 29.6% 44.5% 30.4% 25.9% 43.6% 25.2% 45.2% 8.8%
2024 MIN 50.6% 28.0% 28.6% 43.4% 32.7% 25.2% 42.1% 23.6% 47.7% 8.9%
2025 TOR/MIN 50.4% 27.0% 30.4% 42.6% 23.3% 26.4% 50.4% 25.1% 44.5% 8.3%
2026 TOR 43.6% 32.6% 28.5% 38.9% 27.3% 21.0% 51.8% 23.2% 48.3% 6.3%
RP MLB Percentile 37 37 29 53 10 72 92 5 87 43
RP MLB AVG 44.5% 34.6% 27.0% 38.4% 36.2% 22.9% 40.9% 29.9% 43.1% 6.6%
Career 48.8% 28.4% 29.1% 42.5% 28.9% 24.7% 46.4% 24.4% 46.5% 8.1%

Louis Varland Approach › Counts

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Year Team Early% Behind% 2-Str% Early BIP% F-Str% TF-Str% ECS% 2-Str O-Sw% PAR%
2022 MIN 58.4% 10.7% 31.9% 15.0% 64.2% 53.8% 23.8% 25.2% 16.0%
2023 MIN 57.5% 9.2% 33.4% 15.3% 69.7% 57.0% 21.1% 23.6% 19.5%
2024 MIN 59.8% 11.7% 29.0% 15.2% 61.6% 51.9% 17.4% 21.1% 18.8%
2025 TOR/MIN 61.5% 10.7% 28.1% 17.2% 64.1% 50.5% 17.5% 28.0% 25.0%
2026 TOR 56.2% 9.7% 34.4% 14.2% 69.1% 56.0% 20.6% 32.9% 22.8%
RP MLB Percentile 14 87 95 47 96 89 44 94 80
RP MLB AVG 58.5% 12.1% 29.9% 14.5% 61.1% 50.2% 21.1% 26.7% 19.3%
Career 58.6% 10.3% 31.5% 15.5% 66.2% 53.9% 19.6% 26.9% 21.1%

Louis Varland PLV

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Year Team P PLV QP% AP% BP% Q-BP% MTK% HP HL PLA
2022 MIN 411 5.07 47.2% 19.5% 33.3% 13.9% 6.3% 3.4 +3 3.02
2023 MIN 1,091 5.19 48.3% 21.6% 30.1% 18.2% 6.9% 18.6 +10 2.90
2024 MIN 901 5.01 45.3% 19.5% 35.2% 10.1% 8.1% 24.6 +24 3.70
2025 TOR/MIN 1,066 5.28 53.0% 17.0% 30.0% 23.0% 5.2% 9.2 +13 2.16
2026 TOR 1,236 5.28 53.2% 18.2% 28.6% 24.7% 2.6% -12.4 -5 2.20
RP MLB Percentile 86 99 98 63 99 99 90 92 73 98
RP MLB AVG 875 4.94 45.8% 17.4% 36.7% 9.1% 4.7% 0.7 0 3.52
Career 4,705 5.19 50.0% 19.1% 30.9% 19.1% 5.5% 43.4 +44 2.68
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