Who Should I Trade?

Jalen Beeks for Josh Ekness (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 357	‐
VBR	‐	# 901

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	9
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	3.99
WHIP	‐	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 462	# 275

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 326	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jalen Beeks RP - TEX	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	29	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	26.0	5.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	6	0

Hits Allowed	28	2

Earned Runs	11	1

Home Runs Allowed	6	0

Strikeouts	21	5

Walks	8	5

ERA	3.81	1.69

WHIP	1.38	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jalen Beeks RP - TEX	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	11

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	9.1

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	8

Earned Runs	‐	4

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	9

Walks	‐	4

ERA	‐	3.99

WHIP	‐	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jalen Beeks RP - TEX	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
News
	The Rangers transferred Jalen Beeks to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Josh Ekness will begin a rehab assignment on Thursday with Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Rangers left-hander Jalen Beeks (flexor) is out for the season after undergoing surgery. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	Josh Ekness is in the late stages of his progression. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	The Rangers placed LHP Jalen Beeks on the 15-day injured list with back spasms. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 11th	The Marlins transferred Josh Ekness to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Jalen Beeks and the Texas Rangers have agreed on a one-year contract. David Leisering Thu, Mar 12th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jalen Beeks RP - TEX			Josh Ekness RP - MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#197
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#139	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#218	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#225
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#399
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#73
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#399
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#80	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#340
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#222	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#142
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#73	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#142	@ NYM
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Mon, Apr 20th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Mon, May 4th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Thu, May 14th				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Wed, Jun 17th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th				vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th				@ ARI

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Jalen Beeks for Josh Ekness (2026)

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