Who Should I Trade?

Josh Ekness for Nick Raquet (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 965	# 829

Projections

Strikeouts	9	11
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.12	4.61
WHIP	1.50	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 275	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Ekness RP - MIA	Nick Raquet RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	6	4

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	5.1	3.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	2	3

Earned Runs	1	3

Home Runs Allowed	0	1

Strikeouts	5	1

Walks	5	2

ERA	1.69	7.36

WHIP	1.31	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Ekness RP - MIA	Nick Raquet RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	18

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.2	14.1

Wins	0	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	8	14

Earned Runs	4	7

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	9	11

Walks	5	5

ERA	4.12	4.61

WHIP	1.50	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Ekness RP - MIA	Nick Raquet RP - BAL
News
	Josh Ekness will begin a rehab assignment on Thursday with Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	The Baltimore Orioles have optioned Nick Raquet to Triple-A Norfolk. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 15th
	Josh Ekness is in the late stages of his progression. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Orioles recalled Nick Raquet from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	The Marlins transferred Josh Ekness to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	The Orioles optioned LHP Nick Raquet to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	Josh Ekness is expected to miss roughly six weeks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd	Nick Raquet was called back up to the Baltimore Orioles from Triple-A Norfolk on Tuesday. Diego Sandoval Tue, May 26th
	The Marlins placed RHP Josh Ekness on the 15-day IL with a right calf strain. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st	Nick Raquet has been called up to the Baltimore Orioles from Triple-A Norfolk in a series of moves made by the organization on Saturday. David Leisering Sat, May 2nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Josh Ekness RP - MIA			Nick Raquet RP - BAL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#150	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#150
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#237	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#215	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#257
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#99
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#162	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#145	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#214
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs PHI
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA			@ TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			vs TB
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ NYY
Thu, Mar 26th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Thu, Apr 30th				vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Ekness for Nick Raquet (2026)

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