Who Should I Trade?

Josh Ekness for Lazaro Estrada (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 901	# 755

Projections

Strikeouts	9	13
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.99	4.75
WHIP	1.45	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 275	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Ekness RP - MIA	Lazaro Estrada SP,RP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	6	4

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	5.1	9.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	2	4

Earned Runs	1	5

Home Runs Allowed	0	2

Strikeouts	5	6

Walks	5	5

ERA	1.69	4.82

WHIP	1.31	0.96

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Ekness RP - MIA	Lazaro Estrada SP,RP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	19

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.1	15.3

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	8	15

Earned Runs	4	8

Home Runs Allowed	1	3

Strikeouts	9	13

Walks	4	5

ERA	3.99	4.75

WHIP	1.45	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Ekness RP - MIA	Lazaro Estrada SP,RP - TOR
News
	Josh Ekness will begin a rehab assignment on Thursday with Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	The Blue Jays optioned Lazaro Estrada to Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Josh Ekness is in the late stages of his progression. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Blue Jays recalled Lazaro Estrada from Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	The Marlins transferred Josh Ekness to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	The Blue Jays are expected to recall Lazaro Estrada from Triple-A on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Josh Ekness is expected to miss roughly six weeks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd	The Blue Jays placed Lazaro Estrada on their taxi squad. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	The Marlins placed RHP Josh Ekness on the 15-day IL with a right calf strain. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st	Lazaro Estrada was optioned back to the minors ahead of Tuesday's game against the Astros. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 23rd
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Josh Ekness RP - MIA			Lazaro Estrada SP,RP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#362
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#197	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#419	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#355
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#355
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#225
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#400	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#355	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#73	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#292	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#400	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#300	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#300
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#430	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#341	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#142	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM			vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL			@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			vs CIN
Thu, Apr 16th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#273
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BOS
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Ekness for Lazaro Estrada (2026)

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