Who Should I Trade?

AJ Blubaugh for Josh Ekness (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 309	‐
VBR	# 616	# 965

Projections

Strikeouts	21	9
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.33	4.12
WHIP	1.38	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 396	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 228	# 275

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	38	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	63.0	5.1

Wins	4	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	50	2

Earned Runs	27	1

Home Runs Allowed	8	0

Strikeouts	66	5

Walks	31	5

ERA	3.86	1.69

WHIP	1.29	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.7	9.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	20	8

Earned Runs	10	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	21	9

Walks	9	5

ERA	4.33	4.12

WHIP	1.38	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
News
	The Astros are reportedly drawing trade interest in AJ Blubaugh. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	Josh Ekness is in the late stages of his progression. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
		The Marlins transferred Josh Ekness to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
		Josh Ekness is expected to miss roughly six weeks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
		The Marlins placed RHP Josh Ekness on the 15-day IL with a right calf strain. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
		The Marlins recalled Josh Ekness from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU			Josh Ekness RP - MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#150
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#383	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#229	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#215
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#378	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#100	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#162
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#187	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#145
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs ATL
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Mon, Apr 27th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th				@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Thu, May 7th				vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#237
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208
Mon, Jun 1st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Thu, Jun 11th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Thu, Jul 9th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Thu, Jul 30th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ATL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PIT
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th				vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th				vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th				@ ARI

Who Should I Trade?

AJ Blubaugh for Josh Ekness (2026)

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