Who Should I Trade?

Jeff Hoffman for Josh Ekness (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jeff Hoffman RP - TOR	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 114	‐
VBR	# 350	# 743

Projections

Strikeouts	23	11
Wins	2	1
Saves	2	0
ERA	3.46	4.22
WHIP	1.20	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 205	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 118	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 121	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 61	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 236	# 275

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jeff Hoffman RP - TOR	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	51	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	48.0	5.1

Wins	6	0

Losses	7	0

Saves	5	1

Blown Saves	4	1

Holds	12	0

Hits Allowed	49	2

Earned Runs	21	1

Home Runs Allowed	4	0

Strikeouts	75	5

Walks	18	5

ERA	3.94	1.69

WHIP	1.40	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jeff Hoffman RP - TOR	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.6	10.9

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	15	10

Earned Runs	7	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	23	11

Walks	7	5

ERA	3.46	4.22

WHIP	1.20	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jeff Hoffman RP - TOR	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
News
	Blue Jays right-hander Jeff Hoffman earned the save on Saturday in a 5-2 win over the Pirates. Brenton Kemp Sun, May 24th	Josh Ekness made his latest rehab appearance on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Blue Jays GM Ross Atkins said the team is moving to a closer by committee approach. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 24th	Josh Ekness is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Jeff Hoffman will be unavailable on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd	Josh Ekness will begin a rehab assignment on Thursday with Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Blue Jays closer Jeff Hoffman blew his third save of the season in an eventual 9-7 win over the Brewers on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Apr 15th	Josh Ekness is in the late stages of his progression. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Blue Jays closer Jeff Hoffman recorded a save as part of Wednesday's 4-3 win over the Dodgers. Brenton Kemp Thu, Apr 9th	The Marlins transferred Josh Ekness to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jeff Hoffman RP - TOR			Josh Ekness RP - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#319	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#181
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#247	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#196	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ NYM	Robert Stock	#362
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			@ SD
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			vs ATL
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Thu, May 7th				vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218
Thu, May 14th				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jun 1st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Thu, Jun 11th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Mon, Jun 15th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, Jun 21st				vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Thu, Jul 9th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Thu, Jul 30th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th				vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st				@ WSH
Thu, Sep 24th				@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Jeff Hoffman for Josh Ekness (2026)

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