Who Should I Trade?

Josh Ekness for Michael Mercado (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 991	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	10	1
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.19	5.66
WHIP	1.54	1.89

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 275	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Ekness RP - MIA	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	6	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	5.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	2	‐

Earned Runs	1	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	5	‐

Walks	5	‐

ERA	1.69	‐

WHIP	1.31	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Ekness RP - MIA	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.8	0.8

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	9	1

Earned Runs	5	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	10	1

Walks	5	1

ERA	4.19	5.66

WHIP	1.54	1.89

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Ekness RP - MIA	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
News
	Josh Ekness is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Phillies reassigned RHP Michael Mercado to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
	Josh Ekness will begin a rehab assignment on Thursday with Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Josh Ekness is in the late stages of his progression. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	The Marlins transferred Josh Ekness to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Josh Ekness is expected to miss roughly six weeks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
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			Michael Mercado RP - PHI
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#66
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#196	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#312
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#237	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#224	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#256
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#182	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#357	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#140	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM			@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			@ ATL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			vs TB
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Thu, Apr 30th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Thu, Jun 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Thu, Jun 25th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Mon, Jul 6th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Mon, Aug 10th				@ STL
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU
Thu, Sep 17th				@ NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Ekness for Michael Mercado (2026)

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