Josh Ekness or Steven Cruz

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Josh Ekness or Steven Cruz Player Statistics
	Steven Cruz RP - KC	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	49	17

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	51.2	18.2

Wins	2	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	6	1

Blown Saves	1	2

Holds	5	1

Hits Allowed	46	11

Earned Runs	25	3

Home Runs Allowed	12	1

Strikeouts	56	13

Walks	19	8

ERA	4.35	1.45

WHIP	1.26	1.02

Josh Ekness or Steven Cruz Player Projections
	Steven Cruz RP - KC	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	39	16

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	40.6	16.7

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	1

Hits Allowed	36	16

Earned Runs	20	8

Home Runs Allowed	5	2

Strikeouts	37	15

Walks	17	8

ERA	4.48	4.50

WHIP	1.33	1.42

Josh Ekness or Steven Cruz Player Notes
	Steven Cruz RP - KC	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
News
	Steven Cruz struck out two batters while allowing two hits over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Friday's 3-0 win over the Guardians. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 29th	Josh Ekness made his latest rehab appearance on Saturday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	Steven Cruz threw a scoreless frame to earn the save in Monday's 9-5 win over the Athletics. Chase Davis Tue, Aug 18th	Josh Ekness made his latest rehab appearance on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Steven Cruz struck out one batter while allowing one hit in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Friday's 7-6 win over the Angels. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 15th	Josh Ekness is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Steven Cruz struck out one batter in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Wednesday's 2-1 win over the Twins. Chase Davis Thu, Aug 6th	Josh Ekness will begin a rehab assignment on Thursday with Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Steven Cruz struck out two batters while allowing one hit and one walk over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Sunday's 5-4 win over the Tigers. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 27th	Josh Ekness is in the late stages of his progression. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
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Josh Ekness or Steven Cruz Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Steven Cruz RP - KC			Josh Ekness RP - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#358	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Tue, Mar 31st				vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#259
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#57
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#277
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#34	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#45	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#263
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#57	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#110	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#95	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Mon, Apr 27th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#18
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#110
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#288
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#358
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#105
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#66
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#300
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#30	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#315
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#13	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#152
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#57	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#143
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#105	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sat, Jun 20th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#136
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#384	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Mon, Jun 29th				@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#413
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#66	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#172
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#45	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Mon, Jul 27th				vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#102
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#435	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#205
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#230
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#31
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#434	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#231	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#251	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#161
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack		vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186
Mon, Aug 24th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#30
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#149	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#107	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#32	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144
Mon, Aug 31st				@ WSH	Will Dion (1-1)	#209
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#149	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th				@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs ATL
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#251
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#124
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#100
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#180
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU