Who Should I Trade?

Gordon Graceffo for Josh Ekness (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Gordon Graceffo RP - STL	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 325	‐
VBR	# 760	# 901

Projections

Strikeouts	17	9
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.55	3.99
WHIP	1.42	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 404	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 261	# 275

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gordon Graceffo RP - STL	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	41	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	48.1	5.1

Wins	6	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	29	2

Earned Runs	17	1

Home Runs Allowed	5	0

Strikeouts	26	5

Walks	22	5

ERA	3.17	1.69

WHIP	1.06	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gordon Graceffo RP - STL	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.8	9.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	22	8

Earned Runs	11	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	17	9

Walks	8	4

ERA	4.55	3.99

WHIP	1.42	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gordon Graceffo RP - STL	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
News
	The Cardinals recalled RHP Gordon Graceffo from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	Josh Ekness will begin a rehab assignment on Thursday with Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	The Cardinals optioned Gordon Graceffo to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	Josh Ekness is in the late stages of his progression. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Gordon Graceffo threw a scoreless frame on nine pitches in Thursday's 11-5 win over Atlanta. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 3rd	The Marlins transferred Josh Ekness to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Gordon Graceffo threw 10 pitches in a scoreless inning during Sunday's 12-10 win over the Royals. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 22nd	Josh Ekness is expected to miss roughly six weeks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Gordon Graceffo walked one batter in a scoreless outing during Friday's 5-4 win over the Royals. Chase Davis Sat, May 16th	The Marlins placed RHP Josh Ekness on the 15-day IL with a right calf strain. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Gordon Graceffo RP - STL			Josh Ekness RP - MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#197
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#225
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#399
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#412	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#399
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#340
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#324	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#142
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Tue, May 5th				vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Mon, May 18th				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Fri, May 22nd				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223
Sun, May 24th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Sat, Jun 20th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Mon, Jun 29th				@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ATL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PIT
Mon, Aug 24th				vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st				@ WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Gordon Graceffo for Josh Ekness (2026)

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