Who Should I Trade?

Connor Phillips for Josh Ekness (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 821	# 930

Projections

Strikeouts	11	8
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.50	4.55
WHIP	1.59	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 275	# 481

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Ekness RP - MIA	Connor Phillips RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	6	25

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	5.1	27.2

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	0

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	2	21

Earned Runs	1	17

Home Runs Allowed	0	3

Strikeouts	5	28

Walks	5	28

ERA	1.69	5.53

WHIP	1.31	1.77

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Ekness RP - MIA	Connor Phillips RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	10.7	7.4

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	10	6

Earned Runs	5	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	11	8

Walks	6	4

ERA	4.50	4.55

WHIP	1.59	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Ekness RP - MIA	Connor Phillips RP - CIN
News
	Josh Ekness made his latest rehab appearance on Saturday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	The Reds optioned RHP Connor Phillips to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	Josh Ekness made his latest rehab appearance on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Reds right-hander Connor Phillips notched his first career save on Monday against the visiting Pirates. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 31st
	Josh Ekness is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Josh Ekness will begin a rehab assignment on Thursday with Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Josh Ekness is in the late stages of his progression. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
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			Connor Phillips RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#216	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#295
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#377
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#301	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#323	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

Connor Phillips for Josh Ekness (2026)

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