Who Should I Trade?

John Schreiber for Josh Ekness (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 381	‐
VBR	# 659	# 965

Projections

Strikeouts	20	9
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.29	4.12
WHIP	1.39	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 419	# 275

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 370	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	John Schreiber RP - KC	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	41	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	37.1	5.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	6	0

Hits Allowed	34	2

Earned Runs	14	1

Home Runs Allowed	6	0

Strikeouts	28	5

Walks	14	5

ERA	3.38	1.69

WHIP	1.29	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	John Schreiber RP - KC	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.3	9.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	21	8

Earned Runs	11	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	20	9

Walks	9	5

ERA	4.29	4.12

WHIP	1.39	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	John Schreiber RP - KC	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
News
	John Schreiber took the loss on Tuesday, allowing one unearned run on one hit while striking out one in the tenth inning. Chase Davis Wed, Jun 3rd	Josh Ekness is in the late stages of his progression. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	John Schreiber allowed one hit and fired a scoreless frame on 15 pitches to earn the save. Chase Davis Tue, Mar 31st	The Marlins transferred Josh Ekness to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	John Schreiber and the Kansas City Royals avoided arbitration and agreed to a one-year deal worth $3.715 million for the 2026 season. David Leisering Mon, Jan 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
		The Marlins recalled Josh Ekness from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	John Schreiber RP - KC			Josh Ekness RP - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#156
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#245
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#216
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#155
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#168
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#145
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs ATL
Tue, Mar 31st				vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Mon, Apr 27th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Sat, Jun 20th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Mon, Jun 29th				@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Mon, Jul 27th				vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PIT
Mon, Aug 24th				vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st				@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th				@ ARI

Who Should I Trade?

John Schreiber for Josh Ekness (2026)

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