Who Should I Trade?

Jared Shuster for Josh Ekness (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 991	# 1014

Projections

Strikeouts	10	3
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.19	4.61
WHIP	1.54	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 275	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Ekness RP - MIA	Jared Shuster RP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	6	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	5.1	9.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	2	11

Earned Runs	1	9

Home Runs Allowed	0	1

Strikeouts	5	4

Walks	5	6

ERA	1.69	9.00

WHIP	1.31	1.89

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Ekness RP - MIA	Jared Shuster RP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	7

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.8	4.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	9	4

Earned Runs	5	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	10	3

Walks	5	1

ERA	4.19	4.61

WHIP	1.54	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Ekness RP - MIA	Jared Shuster RP - STL
News
	Josh Ekness is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Jared Shuster was designated for assignment ahead of Wednesday's game against the Brewers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th
	Josh Ekness will begin a rehab assignment on Thursday with Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	The Cardinals recalled Jared Shuster from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Josh Ekness is in the late stages of his progression. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Jared Shuster was assigned to Triple-A Memphis on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, May 18th
	The Marlins transferred Josh Ekness to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	The Cardinals designated Jared Shuster for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, May 16th
	Josh Ekness is expected to miss roughly six weeks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd	The Cardinals sent LHP Jared Shuster outright to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th
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			Jared Shuster RP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#189
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#196	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#237	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#224	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#417
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#206
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156
Thu, Jun 18th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#182	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#286
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#140	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM			@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th				vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ MIL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Jared Shuster for Josh Ekness (2026)

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