Who Should I Trade?

Ben Bowden for Josh Ekness (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Josh Ekness RP - MIA	Ben Bowden RP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 965	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	9	1
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.12	7.83
WHIP	1.50	0.87

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 275	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Ekness RP - MIA	Ben Bowden RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	6	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	5.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	2	‐

Earned Runs	1	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	5	‐

Walks	5	‐

ERA	1.69	‐

WHIP	1.31	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Ekness RP - MIA	Ben Bowden RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.2	0.6

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	8	1

Earned Runs	4	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	9	1

Walks	5	0

ERA	4.12	7.83

WHIP	1.50	0.87

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Ekness RP - MIA	Ben Bowden RP - ATH
News
	Josh Ekness is in the late stages of his progression. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Bowden (lat) compiled a 4.22 ERA and 1.31 WHIP with seven strikeouts and five walks across 10.2 innings over 11 appearances for Oakland in 2025. He joined camp this spring as a non-roster invitee. Bruno Mulé Mon, Mar 9th
	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
	Josh Ekness RP - MIA			Ben Bowden RP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#185
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#150	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#225
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#237	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#215	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jun 4th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#161
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#145	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#194
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#275
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#229
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#146
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM			vs DET
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM			vs DET
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM			vs DET
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th				@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			vs HOU
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#162
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Bowden for Josh Ekness (2026)

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