Who Should I Trade?

Josh Ekness for Kirby Yates (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 189	‐
VBR	# 431	# 901

Projections

Strikeouts	25	9
Wins	1	0
Saves	3	0
ERA	3.94	3.99
WHIP	1.31	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 189	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 185	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 188	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 330	# 275

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.2	5.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	5	0

Saves	3	1

Blown Saves	3	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	15	2

Earned Runs	9	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	30	5

Walks	9	5

ERA	3.57	1.69

WHIP	1.06	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.3	9.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	17	8

Earned Runs	9	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	25	9

Walks	9	4

ERA	3.94	3.99

WHIP	1.31	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
News
	Kirby Yates allowed one hit in a scoreless frame to earn the save in a 4-3 win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	Josh Ekness will begin a rehab assignment on Thursday with Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Kirby Yates struck out one batter to earn the save in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	Josh Ekness is in the late stages of his progression. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Kirby Yates pitched a perfect ninth inning for his first save of the season on Saturday, securing a 5-2 Angels' win over the Rangers. David Leisering Sun, May 24th	The Marlins transferred Josh Ekness to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Kirby Yates blew a save opportunity on Wednesday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st	Josh Ekness is expected to miss roughly six weeks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Kirby Yates tossed a scoreless seventh inning on Friday, pitching around a one-out single in his season debut against the Blue Jays. David Leisering Sat, May 9th	The Marlins placed RHP Josh Ekness on the 15-day IL with a right calf strain. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA			Josh Ekness RP - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#197
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#300	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#275	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, May 7th				vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#225
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#399
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354
Thu, May 14th				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Mon, May 25th				@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#399
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Thu, Jun 11th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#340
Wed, Jul 1st				@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#142
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Thu, Jul 30th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Ekness for Kirby Yates (2026)

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