Who Should I Trade?

Josh Ekness for Kyle Hart (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Josh Ekness RP - MIA	Kyle Hart SP,RP - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 965	# 627

Projections

Strikeouts	9	20
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.12	4.37
WHIP	1.50	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 275	# 350

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Ekness RP - MIA	Kyle Hart SP,RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	6	25

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	5.1	35.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	2

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	2	28

Earned Runs	1	22

Home Runs Allowed	0	4

Strikeouts	5	30

Walks	5	12

ERA	1.69	5.66

WHIP	1.31	1.14

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Ekness RP - MIA	Kyle Hart SP,RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	23

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.2	22.5

Wins	0	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	8	22

Earned Runs	4	11

Home Runs Allowed	1	3

Strikeouts	9	20

Walks	5	8

ERA	4.12	4.37

WHIP	1.50	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Ekness RP - MIA	Kyle Hart SP,RP - SD
News
	Josh Ekness is in the late stages of his progression. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Kyle Hart blew a save opportunity on Friday against the Royals. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	The Marlins transferred Josh Ekness to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	Kyle Hart will open Saturday's game for the Padres against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	Josh Ekness is expected to miss roughly six weeks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd	The Padres recalled Kyle Hart from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	The Marlins placed RHP Josh Ekness on the 15-day IL with a right calf strain. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st	The Padres optioned Kyle Hart to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	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
	Josh Ekness RP - MIA			Kyle Hart SP,RP - SD
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#150	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#247
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#247
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#237	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#215	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#253
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#162	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#424
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#145	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs SF
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM			vs SF
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM			vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			vs ARI
Thu, Mar 26th				vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Thu, Jun 4th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Ekness for Kyle Hart (2026)

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