Who Should I Trade?

Albert Suarez for Josh Ekness (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Albert Suarez SP,RP - BAL	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 797	# 691

Projections

Strikeouts	13	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.71	3.96
WHIP	1.43	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 164	# 275

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Albert Suarez SP,RP - BAL	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	44.0	5.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	41	2

Earned Runs	18	1

Home Runs Allowed	7	0

Strikeouts	32	5

Walks	15	5

ERA	3.68	1.69

WHIP	1.27	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Albert Suarez SP,RP - BAL	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	14

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	15.5	11.7

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	16	11

Earned Runs	8	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	13	11

Walks	5	6

ERA	4.71	3.96

WHIP	1.43	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Albert Suarez SP,RP - BAL	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
News
	Albert Suarez has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th	Josh Ekness made his latest rehab appearance on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	The Orioles designated RHP Albert Suárez for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th	Josh Ekness is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	The Orioles selected the contract of Albert Suarez. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th	Josh Ekness will begin a rehab assignment on Thursday with Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	The Orioles sent Albert Suarez outright to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th	Josh Ekness is in the late stages of his progression. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Albert Suarez has been designated for assignment by the Baltimore Orioles in a series of moves made by the organization on Saturday. David Leisering Sat, May 2nd	The Marlins transferred Josh Ekness to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Albert Suarez SP,RP - BAL			Josh Ekness RP - MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#226
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#223
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#246	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#157
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#424
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#232	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Brad Keller		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ SD
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Mon, Apr 27th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th				@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Thu, May 14th				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Sat, May 23rd				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Mon, Jun 1st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Mon, Jun 15th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Tue, Jul 21st				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Thu, Jul 30th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PIT
Mon, Aug 24th				vs BOS
Thu, Sep 24th				@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Albert Suarez for Josh Ekness (2026)

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