Who Should I Trade?

Garrett Cleavinger for Josh Ekness (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Garrett Cleavinger RP - TB	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 227	‐
VBR	# 379	# 1049

Projections

Strikeouts	31	10
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.49	4.37
WHIP	1.24	1.56

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 300	# 275

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 100	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Garrett Cleavinger RP - TB	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	32	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	28.0	5.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	2	1

Blown Saves	3	1

Holds	16	0

Hits Allowed	25	2

Earned Runs	12	1

Home Runs Allowed	4	0

Strikeouts	38	5

Walks	13	5

ERA	3.86	1.69

WHIP	1.36	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Garrett Cleavinger RP - TB	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	28	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	25.0	9.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	7	0

Hits Allowed	19	9

Earned Runs	10	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	31	10

Walks	10	5

ERA	3.49	4.37

WHIP	1.24	1.56

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Garrett Cleavinger RP - TB	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
News
	Garrett Cleavinger allowed a solo home run in Wednesday’s 7-5 victory over the Boston Red Sox, but still managed to secure his second save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jun 11th	Josh Ekness is in the late stages of his progression. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Garrett Cleavinger said he’s fine physically health wise. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th	The Marlins transferred Josh Ekness to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	The Rays activated LHP Garrett Cleavinger from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd	Josh Ekness is expected to miss roughly six weeks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Garrett Cleavinger is on track to return from the injured list later this week. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 27th	The Marlins placed RHP Josh Ekness on the 15-day IL with a right calf strain. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Garrett Cleavinger pitched 2/3 an inning in a rehab appearance on Wednesday for Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd	The Marlins recalled Josh Ekness from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Garrett Cleavinger RP - TB			Josh Ekness RP - MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#235
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#286	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#247	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#196	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX			@ NYM
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Sat, May 9th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Thu, May 14th				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sat, May 23rd				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Thu, Jun 11th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 29th				@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Mon, Jul 27th				vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ATL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PIT
Mon, Sep 7th				vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th				@ ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Garrett Cleavinger for Josh Ekness (2026)

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