Who Should I Trade?

Josh Ekness for PJ Poulin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 882	# 712

Projections

Strikeouts	3	14
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.75	4.41
WHIP	1.43	1.52

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 260	# 275

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	7

Games Started	11	0

Innings Pitched	36.2	6.1

Wins	3	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	3	1

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	7	0

Hits Allowed	27	3

Earned Runs	10	1

Home Runs Allowed	4	0

Strikeouts	25	5

Walks	21	5

ERA	2.45	1.42

WHIP	1.31	1.26

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	16

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	3.6	13.5

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	3	12

Earned Runs	1	7

Home Runs Allowed	0	2

Strikeouts	3	14

Walks	2	7

ERA	3.75	4.41

WHIP	1.43	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
News
	The Nationals transferred PJ Poulin to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Josh Ekness made his latest rehab appearance on Saturday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	PJ Poulin is expected to miss 2-6 weeks with a flexor strain. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Josh Ekness made his latest rehab appearance on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	PJ Poulin allowed zero earned runs on zero hits and one walk over two innings in Sunday's win over the Orioles. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jun 29th	Josh Ekness is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	PJ Poulin will open for the Nationals on Tuesday against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	Josh Ekness will begin a rehab assignment on Thursday with Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	PJ Poulin will start Friday's game against the Rays after Cade Cavalli was scratched with an illness. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jun 19th	Josh Ekness is in the late stages of his progression. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	PJ Poulin SP,RP - WSH			Josh Ekness RP - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#225
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#95	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#330
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#145	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Mon, Apr 27th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Mon, May 4th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#197
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#355
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#184
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#373	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#186	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#355
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Thu, Jun 11th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#307	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#172	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (2-2)	#171
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#420
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Thu, Jul 9th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#265	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#245
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#287
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#245	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th				@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th				@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Ekness for PJ Poulin (2026)

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