Who Should I Trade?

Gregory Soto for Josh Ekness (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Gregory Soto RP - PIT	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 87	‐
VBR	# 358	# 949

Projections

Strikeouts	27	10
Wins	1	0
Saves	8	0
ERA	3.85	4.23
WHIP	1.39	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 59	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 76	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 112	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 81	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 120	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 161	# 275

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gregory Soto RP - PIT	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	40	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	40.0	5.1

Wins	5	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	12	1

Blown Saves	4	1

Holds	7	0

Hits Allowed	26	2

Earned Runs	18	1

Home Runs Allowed	5	0

Strikeouts	44	5

Walks	17	5

ERA	4.05	1.69

WHIP	1.08	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gregory Soto RP - PIT	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	28	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	24.5	9.9

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	8	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	22	9

Earned Runs	10	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	27	10

Walks	11	5

ERA	3.85	4.23

WHIP	1.39	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gregory Soto RP - PIT	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
News
	Gregory Soto earned the save in Game 1 of Saturday's doubleheader against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	Josh Ekness is in the late stages of his progression. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Gregory Soto allowed three runs in a blown save and loss on Saturday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	The Marlins transferred Josh Ekness to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Gregory Soto tossed a scoreless ninth to earn his 10th save of the season and to preserve a 3-2 victory over the Marlins on Saturday. David Leisering Sun, Jun 14th	Josh Ekness is expected to miss roughly six weeks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Gregory Soto struck out both hitters he faced to earn his eighth save of the season on Tuesday, preserving a 10-6 win over the Astros. David Leisering Wed, Jun 3rd	The Marlins placed RHP Josh Ekness on the 15-day IL with a right calf strain. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Gregory Soto pitched a perfect ninth inning, striking out one, to secure his sixth save of the season as the Pirates held off the Cubs, 2-1, on Monday. David Leisering Mon, May 25th	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
	Gregory Soto RP - PIT			Josh Ekness RP - MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#163
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#172
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#238
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#196	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#309
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#426
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#307	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#286	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#247	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#167	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Tue, Jul 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI			vs PHI
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI			vs PHI
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Mon, Apr 20th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Mon, May 4th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Mon, May 18th				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216
Mon, Jun 1st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#153
Fri, Jul 10th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Fri, Jul 17th				@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59
Mon, Aug 31st				@ WSH
Mon, Sep 7th				vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th				@ ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Gregory Soto for Josh Ekness (2026)

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