Who Should I Trade?

Jordan Romano for Josh Ekness (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 478	# 821

Projections

Strikeouts	17	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	4	0
ERA	4.78	4.50
WHIP	1.43	1.59

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 202	# 275

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jordan Romano RP - COL	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.2	5.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	9	1

Blown Saves	3	1

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	19	2

Earned Runs	12	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	24	5

Walks	12	5

ERA	6.48	1.69

WHIP	1.86	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jordan Romano RP - COL	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.0	10.7

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	4	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	16	10

Earned Runs	9	5

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	17	11

Walks	7	6

ERA	4.78	4.50

WHIP	1.43	1.59

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jordan Romano RP - COL	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
News
	Jordan Romano struck out one batter in a scoreless outing to earn the save in Friday's 3-1 win over the Royals. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st	Josh Ekness made his latest rehab appearance on Saturday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	Jordan Romano struck out one batter while allowing two hits over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Friday's 5-2 win over the Brewers. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	Josh Ekness made his latest rehab appearance on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Jordan Romano struck out two batters in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Tuesday's 8-7 win over the Nationals. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	Josh Ekness is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Jordan Romano allowed one hit and one walk while striking out one batter to earn the save in Tuesday’s 4-3 win over the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th	Josh Ekness will begin a rehab assignment on Thursday with Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Jordan Romano allowed one hit while striking out two over one scoreless inning to record the save in Sunday's 7-6 win over the Giants. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	Josh Ekness is in the late stages of his progression. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jordan Romano RP - COL			Josh Ekness RP - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#216
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#299	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#243	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#370
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#395	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#301
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#323
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sat, Apr 25th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Apr 27th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, May 5th				vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Mon, Jul 27th				vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Jul 30th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th				vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Jordan Romano for Josh Ekness (2026)

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