Who Should I Trade?

Jose Alvarado for Josh Ekness (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 279	‐
VBR	# 380	# 965

Projections

Strikeouts	25	9
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.54	4.12
WHIP	1.30	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 427	# 275

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 187	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jose Alvarado RP - PHI	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	41	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	35.0	5.1

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	9	0

Hits Allowed	44	2

Earned Runs	25	1

Home Runs Allowed	3	0

Strikeouts	49	5

Walks	14	5

ERA	6.43	1.69

WHIP	1.66	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jose Alvarado RP - PHI	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.7	9.2

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	18	8

Earned Runs	9	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	25	9

Walks	9	5

ERA	3.54	4.12

WHIP	1.30	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jose Alvarado RP - PHI	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
News
	Jose Alvarado gave up one hit while striking out two in a scoreless bottom of the ninth during Wednesday's 3-0 over the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, May 28th	Josh Ekness is in the late stages of his progression. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Phillies manager Rob Thomson said he would like to stay away from Jose Alvarado on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd	The Marlins transferred Josh Ekness to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
		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
	Jose Alvarado RP - PHI			Josh Ekness RP - MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#73	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#156
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#330	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#245
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#216
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#292	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#168
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#145
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			vs ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Mon, Apr 27th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th				@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Mon, Jun 1st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Thu, Jun 11th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Fri, Jun 19th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Fri, Jul 17th				@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Thu, Jul 30th				@ NYM
Fri, Aug 14th				@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ KC
Mon, Sep 14th				@ ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Alvarado for Josh Ekness (2026)

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