Josh Ekness or Mason Black

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Josh Ekness or Mason Black Player Statistics
	Josh Ekness RP - MIA	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	23	17

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.2	31.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	20	29

Earned Runs	11	15

Home Runs Allowed	2	6

Strikeouts	16	19

Walks	16	20

ERA	4.37	4.31

WHIP	1.59	1.56

Josh Ekness or Mason Black Player Projections
	Josh Ekness RP - MIA	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	28

Games Started	0	3

Innings Pitched	16.7	48.0

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	16	49

Earned Runs	8	28

Home Runs Allowed	2	7

Strikeouts	15	38

Walks	8	20

ERA	4.50	5.18

WHIP	1.42	1.44

Josh Ekness or Mason Black Player Notes
	Josh Ekness RP - MIA	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
News
	Josh Ekness made his latest rehab appearance on Saturday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	The Royals recalled Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Josh Ekness made his latest rehab appearance on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Royals optioned Mason Black to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	Josh Ekness is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Royals recalled Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	Josh Ekness will begin a rehab assignment on Thursday with Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	The Royals optioned Mason Black to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	Josh Ekness is in the late stages of his progression. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Royals have recalled right-hander Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Brenton Kemp Sun, Apr 19th
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Josh Ekness or Mason Black Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Josh Ekness RP - MIA			Mason Black SP,RP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#378	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#127	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#79
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#401	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#137
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#395
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#263	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#71
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#167	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#29
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#18	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#65
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-4)	#405	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#115	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#142	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#74
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#184	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#141
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#119	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#50	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#395
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#21
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#137
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#79	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#43
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#282	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#204	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#71
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#167
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#99	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#60
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#138
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#78
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#113	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#32
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#175
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#17	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#10	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#15
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#125	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#198
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#7	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#102
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#52	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#138	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#118	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#74
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#222	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#162
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#59	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#119
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#230	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#39	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#93	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#395
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#92	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#141
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#54	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#88	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#110
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#33
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#163	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#4	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#189
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#190	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#12
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#48	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#26
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#15
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#71
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#188	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#14
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#25	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#20
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#48	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#40
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#185
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#39	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#230	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#115
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#120	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#92
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#178	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#24	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#131	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#128
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#40
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#135	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#30	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#96
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#143
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#10	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#120
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#7	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#59
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#125	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#332
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#99
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#27	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#170	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#158	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#178
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#24
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#99	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#250
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#110	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#141
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#373
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#310	vs TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#24
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#378	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#178
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#127	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#54
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#134
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#175	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#7
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#105	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#15	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#26	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#53	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#77
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#34	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#118
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#60
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#74	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#29	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#61
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#91	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#208
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#96	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#136	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#169	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#50
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#159	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#43
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#10
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#52	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#45
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#7	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#93
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#108	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#122	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#400
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#304	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#378
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#137	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#282	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#84
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#163	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#93
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#305	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#25
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#89	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#58
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5	@ LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#16
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#98	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#349
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#30
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#89
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#142	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#32
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#112	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#148
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#402
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#10	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#248
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#52	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#180
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#187	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#70
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#157	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#75
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-4)	#144	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#28	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#33	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#153
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-4)	#144	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#39	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#59
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#120	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#34
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH	Will Dion (1-2)	#183
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#393	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#155
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#51
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#73	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#83
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#37	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#253	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#143
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM	Jonah Tong (2-1)	#103	vs ARI	Derek Law
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#77	vs ARI	Corbin Burnes (0-0)	#55
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#304	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#131
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#16	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#33
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#17	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#28
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI	Corbin Burnes (0-0)	#55
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#131	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#23
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#135	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#121
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#38	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			vs CLE
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#45
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#119
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#180
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#195
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#80
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#297
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#70
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#105
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#143
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#216