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Joey Lucchesi for Josh Ekness (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| Josh Ekness RP - MIA  | Joey Lucchesi RP - FA  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | ‐ | ‐ |
| VBR | # 821 | ‐ |
| Projections | ||
| Strikeouts | 11 | ‐ |
| Wins | 1 | ‐ |
| Saves | 0 | ‐ |
| ERA | 4.50 | ‐ |
| WHIP | 1.59 | ‐ |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | FA |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 275 | ‐ |
| Josh Ekness RP - MIA | Joey Lucchesi RP - FA | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 6 | 5 |
| Games Started | 0 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 5.1 | 3.1 |
| Wins | 0 | 0 |
| Losses | 0 | 1 |
| Saves | 1 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 1 | 1 |
| Holds | 0 | 1 |
| Hits Allowed | 2 | 7 |
| Earned Runs | 1 | 5 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 0 | 1 |
| Strikeouts | 5 | 4 |
| Walks | 5 | 6 |
| ERA | 1.69 | 13.50 |
| WHIP | 1.31 | 3.90 |
| Josh Ekness RP - MIA | Joey Lucchesi RP - FA | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 13 | ‐ |
| Games Started | 0 | ‐ |
| Innings Pitched | 10.7 | ‐ |
| Wins | 1 | ‐ |
| Losses | 1 | ‐ |
| Saves | 0 | ‐ |
| Blown Saves | 0 | ‐ |
| Holds | 0 | ‐ |
| Hits Allowed | 10 | ‐ |
| Earned Runs | 5 | ‐ |
| Home Runs Allowed | 1 | ‐ |
| Strikeouts | 11 | ‐ |
| Walks | 6 | ‐ |
| ERA | 4.50 | ‐ |
| WHIP | 1.59 | ‐ |
| Josh Ekness RP - MIA | Joey Lucchesi RP - FA | |
| News | ||
| Josh Ekness made his latest rehab appearance on Saturday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd | Joey Lucchesi has been released from his minor league contract by the Los Angeles Angels. David Leisering Tue, Jun 2nd | |
| Josh Ekness made his latest rehab appearance on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st | The Angels re-signed LHP Joey Luccesi to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th | |
| Josh Ekness is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th | Angels LHP Joey Lucchesi elected free agency. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd | |
| Josh Ekness will begin a rehab assignment on Thursday with Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd | The Angels sent LHP Joey Lucchesi outright to Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Fri, May 1st | |
| Josh Ekness is in the late stages of his progression. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th | The Angels designated LHP Joey Lucchesi for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 29th | |
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Josh Ekness RP - MIA | Joey Lucchesi RP - FA | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Mar 27th | vs COL | Kyle Freeland (3-10) | #318 | |||
| Sat, Mar 28th | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen (3-10) | #432 | |||
| Sun, Mar 29th | vs COL | Jose Quintana (2-3) | #429 | |||
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs CWS | Davis Martin (9-6) | #80 | |||
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (6-6) | #367 | |||
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs CWS | Shane Smith (0-2) | #216 | |||
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ NYY | Will Warren (8-5) | #64 | |||
| Sat, Apr 4th | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (5-7) | #66 | |||
| Sun, Apr 5th | @ NYY | Max Fried (4-3) | #14 | |||
| Mon, Apr 6th | vs CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #328 | |||
| Tue, Apr 7th | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (5-7) | #110 | |||
| Wed, Apr 8th | vs CIN | Brady Singer (5-10) | #151 | |||
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-7) | #279 | |||
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ DET | Keider Montero (8-6) | #104 | |||
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ DET | Casey Mize (4-6) | #37 | |||
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ DET | Tarik Skubal (7-6) | #2 | |||
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (7-4) | #182 | |||
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ ATL | Reynaldo Lopez (4-3) | #112 | |||
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (7-6) | #139 | |||
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs MIL | Coleman Crow (0-1) | #233 | |||
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs MIL | Brandon Woodruff (2-2) | ||||
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (11-5) | #5 | |||
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs STL | Michael McGreevy (4-9) | #98 | |||
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs STL | Dustin May (5-7) | #56 | |||
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs STL | Kyle Leahy (7-4) | #128 | |||
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ SF | Adrian Houser (2-7) | #187 | |||
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ SF | Robbie Ray (10-6) | #97 | |||
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ SF | Landen Roupp (7-10) | #61 | |||
| Mon, Apr 27th | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7) | #13 | |||
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ LAD | Shohei Ohtani (8-2) | #1 | |||
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ LAD | Tyler Glasnow (3-0) | #59 | |||
| Fri, May 1st | vs PHI | Zack Wheeler (10-2) | #6 | |||
| Sat, May 2nd | vs PHI | Andrew Painter (1-8) | #207 | |||
| Sun, May 3rd | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo (10-5) | #10 | |||
| Mon, May 4th | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-9) | #55 | |||
| Tue, May 5th | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-4) | #135 | |||
| Wed, May 6th | vs BAL | Brandon Young (8-2) | #132 | |||
| Thu, May 7th | vs BAL | Cade Povich (2-1) | #210 | |||
| Fri, May 8th | vs WSH | Foster Griffin (12-3) | #53 | |||
| Sat, May 9th | vs WSH | Richard Lovelady (2-4) | #407 | |||
| Sun, May 10th | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (8-5) | #52 | |||
| Tue, May 12th | @ MIN | Bailey Ober (7-3) | #84 | |||
| Wed, May 13th | @ MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7) | ||||
| Thu, May 14th | @ MIN | Zebby Matthews (4-8) | #131 | |||
| Fri, May 15th | @ TB | Ian Seymour (8-3) | #87 | |||
| Sat, May 16th | @ TB | Nick Martinez (10-3) | #100 | |||
| Sun, May 17th | @ TB | Drew Rasmussen (10-5) | #17 | |||
| Mon, May 18th | vs ATL | JR Ritchie (1-2) | #290 | |||
| Tue, May 19th | vs ATL | Martin Perez (7-6) | #204 | |||
| Wed, May 20th | vs ATL | Chris Sale (12-6) | #7 | |||
| Thu, May 21st | vs ATL | Spencer Strider (4-2) | #333 | |||
| Fri, May 22nd | vs NYM | Tobias Myers (0-2) | #205 | |||
| Sat, May 23rd | vs NYM | Freddy Peralta (5-9) | #50 | |||
| Sun, May 24th | vs NYM | Christian Scott (3-3) | #45 | |||
| Mon, May 25th | @ TOR | Trey Yesavage (5-5) | #73 | |||
| Tue, May 26th | @ TOR | Braydon Fisher (3-3) | #177 | |||
| Wed, May 27th | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (5-10) | #25 | |||
| Fri, May 29th | @ NYM | Freddy Peralta (5-9) | #50 | |||
| Sat, May 30th | @ NYM | Christian Scott (3-3) | #45 | |||
| Sun, May 31st | @ NYM | Nolan McLean (7-7) | #34 | |||
| Mon, Jun 1st | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli (8-5) | #52 | |||
| Tue, Jun 2nd | @ WSH | Richard Lovelady (2-4) | #407 | |||
| Wed, Jun 3rd | @ WSH | Andrew Alvarez (2-3) | #200 | |||
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs TB | Drew Rasmussen (10-5) | #17 | |||
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs TB | Shane McClanahan (9-6) | #68 | |||
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs TB | Griffin Jax (6-9) | #49 | |||
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs ARI | Zac Gallen (3-9) | #228 | |||
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs ARI | Ryne Nelson (3-5) | #194 | |||
| Thu, Jun 11th | vs ARI | Merrill Kelly (8-9) | #126 | |||
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (11-4) | #31 | |||
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (4-8) | #101 | |||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (9-9) | #3 | |||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ PHI | Zack Wheeler (10-2) | #6 | |||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ PHI | Jesus Luzardo (10-5) | #10 | |||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ PHI | Andrew Painter (1-8) | #207 | |||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs SF | Landen Roupp (7-10) | #61 | |||
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs SF | Trevor McDonald (3-7) | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs SF | Logan Webb (7-7) | #16 | |||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | vs TEX | Tyler Alexander (1-2) | #172 | |||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs TEX | Cal Quantrill (4-4) | #267 | |||
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs TEX | Jacob deGrom (7-7) | #11 | |||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (4-9) | #98 | |||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ STL | Andre Pallante (11-6) | #111 | |||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (7-4) | #128 | |||
| Mon, Jun 29th | @ COL | Sean Sullivan (0-3) | #427 | |||
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ COL | Tanner Gordon (0-2) | #422 | |||
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ COL | Kyle Freeland (3-10) | #318 | |||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | @ COL | Michael Lorenzen (3-10) | #432 | |||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | @ ATH | Jack Perkins (2-7) | #95 | |||
| Sat, Jul 4th | @ ATH | Aaron Civale (5-7) | #189 | |||
| Sun, Jul 5th | @ ATH | Gage Jump (4-7) | #81 | |||
| Tue, Jul 7th | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (7-8) | #12 | |||
| Wed, Jul 8th | vs SEA | George Kirby (8-9) | #19 | |||
| Thu, Jul 9th | vs SEA | Bryce Miller (4-5) | #33 | |||
| Fri, Jul 10th | vs CLE | Parker Messick (8-6) | #42 | |||
| Sat, Jul 11th | vs CLE | Tanner Bibee (4-11) | #51 | |||
| Sun, Jul 12th | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (8-7) | #85 | |||
| Fri, Jul 17th | @ MIL | Logan Henderson (6-1) | #39 | |||
| Sat, Jul 18th | @ MIL | Shane Drohan (6-4) | #71 | |||
| Sun, Jul 19th | @ MIL | Robert Gasser (3-4) | #109 | |||
| Mon, Jul 20th | @ HOU | Ronel Blanco (0-1) | #130 | |||
| Tue, Jul 21st | @ HOU | Tatsuya Imai (6-4) | #143 | |||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | @ HOU | Peter Lambert (8-5) | #116 | |||
| Fri, Jul 24th | vs SD | German Marquez (4-2) | #390 | |||
| Sat, Jul 25th | vs SD | Randy Vasquez (7-6) | #378 | |||
| Sun, Jul 26th | vs SD | Walker Buehler (6-5) | #248 | |||
| Mon, Jul 27th | vs PHI | Zack Wheeler (10-2) | #6 | |||
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-9) | #55 | |||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo (10-5) | #10 | |||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ NYM | Nolan McLean (7-7) | #34 | |||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ NYM | Kodai Senga (0-8) | #133 | |||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ NYM | Zac Thornton (2-2) | #156 | |||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ NYM | Robert Stock (0-1) | #301 | |||
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (7-4) | #182 | |||
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (7-6) | #139 | |||
| Thu, Aug 6th | @ ATL | Martin Perez (7-6) | #204 | |||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs LAA | Brett Kerry (0-0) | #323 | |||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs LAA | Walbert Urena (7-7) | #263 | |||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs LAA | Grayson Rodriguez (3-4) | #127 | |||
| Tue, Aug 11th | vs PIT | Paul Skenes (9-9) | #3 | |||
| Wed, Aug 12th | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (11-4) | #31 | |||
| Thu, Aug 13th | vs PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3) | #120 | |||
| Fri, Aug 14th | @ CIN | |||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | @ CIN | |||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | @ CIN | |||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | @ PHI | |||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | @ PHI | |||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | @ PHI | |||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | vs WSH | |||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | vs WSH | |||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | vs WSH | |||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | vs BOS | |||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | vs BOS | |||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | vs BOS | |||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ WSH | |||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ WSH | |||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | @ WSH | |||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | @ WSH | |||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | @ KC | |||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | @ KC | |||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | @ KC | |||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs CHC | |||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs CHC | |||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs CHC | |||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | vs NYM | |||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | vs NYM | |||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | vs NYM | |||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | vs LAD | |||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | vs LAD | |||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | vs LAD | |||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | @ ARI | |||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | @ ARI | |||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | @ ARI | |||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | @ SD | |||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | @ SD | |||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | @ SD | |||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ CHC | |||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ CHC | |||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ CHC | |||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | vs ATL | |||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | vs ATL | |||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | vs ATL | |||||
