Who Should I Trade?

Josh Ekness for Luis Curvelo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 901	# 1054

Projections

Strikeouts	10	6
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.19	4.70
WHIP	1.54	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 275	# 480

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Ekness RP - MIA	Luis Curvelo RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	6	8

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	5.1	8.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	2	13

Earned Runs	1	7

Home Runs Allowed	0	3

Strikeouts	5	4

Walks	5	3

ERA	1.69	7.56

WHIP	1.31	1.92

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Ekness RP - MIA	Luis Curvelo RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.8	7.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	9	7

Earned Runs	5	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	10	6

Walks	5	3

ERA	4.19	4.70

WHIP	1.54	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Ekness RP - MIA	Luis Curvelo RP - TEX
News
	Josh Ekness will begin a rehab assignment on Thursday with Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	The Rangers optioned RHP Luis Curvelo to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	Josh Ekness is in the late stages of his progression. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Rangers recalled RHP Luis Curvelo from Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 11th
	The Marlins transferred Josh Ekness to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	Luis Curvelo was in the Rangers clubhouse on Thursday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 11th
	Josh Ekness is expected to miss roughly six weeks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd	The Rangers optioned Luis Curvelo to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	The Marlins placed RHP Josh Ekness on the 15-day IL with a right calf strain. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st	Luis Curvelo left Saturday’s game in the eighth inning after being hit on the knee by a comebacker. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Josh Ekness RP - MIA			Luis Curvelo RP - TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#196	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#237	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#264
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#133
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#264
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#224	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#222
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#419
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#206
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#182	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#225
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#140	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM			@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#140
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL			vs SF
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ MIN
Thu, Mar 26th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				vs BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Ekness for Luis Curvelo (2026)

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