Who Should I Trade?

Josh Ekness for Matt Gage (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	# 374
VBR	# 949	# 946

Projections

Strikeouts	10	7
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.23	4.23
WHIP	1.46	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL15

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 356

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 275	# 430

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Ekness RP - MIA	Matt Gage RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	6	34

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	5.1	27.1

Wins	0	4

Losses	0	1

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	2	28

Earned Runs	1	17

Home Runs Allowed	0	6

Strikeouts	5	22

Walks	5	17

ERA	1.69	5.60

WHIP	1.31	1.65

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Ekness RP - MIA	Matt Gage RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.9	9.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	9	9

Earned Runs	5	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	10	7

Walks	5	4

ERA	4.23	4.23

WHIP	1.46	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Ekness RP - MIA	Matt Gage RP - SF
News
	Josh Ekness is in the late stages of his progression. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Matt Gage is scheduled to undergo an MRI on Monday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	The Marlins transferred Josh Ekness to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	The Giants activated Matt Gage from the injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	Josh Ekness is expected to miss roughly six weeks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd	Giants manager Tony Vitello said Matt Gage will be activated from the injured list this week. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	The Marlins placed RHP Josh Ekness on the 15-day IL with a right calf strain. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st	The Giants placed Matt Gage on the 15-day injured list with knee inflammation. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
	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			Matt Gage RP - SF
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#163	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#238
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#238
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#426
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#196
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#153
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#309	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#426	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#426
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#101
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#426
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI			vs MIL
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI			vs MIL
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM			@ SD
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM			@ SD
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM			@ SD
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM			@ SD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA			vs DET
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA			vs DET
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA			vs DET
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			vs COL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			vs LAD
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Mon, Jul 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th				vs HOU
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CLE
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Ekness for Matt Gage (2026)

ExpertRecommendation

Expert
Recommendation