Who Should I Trade?

Josh Ekness for Robert Stephenson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 949	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	10	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.23	‐
WHIP	1.46	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	OUT

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 275	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Ekness RP - MIA	Robert Stephenson RP - LAA
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	Robert Stephenson RP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	9.9	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	9	‐

Earned Runs	5	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	10	‐

Walks	5	‐

ERA	4.23	‐

WHIP	1.46	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Ekness RP - MIA	Robert Stephenson RP - LAA
News
	Josh Ekness is in the late stages of his progression. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Stephenson signed a three-year, $33 million deal with the Angels after the 2023 season and previously underwent UCL reconstruction in May 2024. He experienced thoracic outlet syndrome symptoms over the winter and was eased into spring workouts before right elbow inflammation emerged and landed him on the 60-day IL prior to Opening Day. Bruno Mulé Wed, Apr 8th
	The Marlins transferred Josh Ekness to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	The Angels placed RHP Robert Stephenson on the 60-day injured list with right elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Josh Ekness is expected to miss roughly six weeks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd	Angels reliever Robert Stephenson has suffered a setback and said there is concern of further damage to his UCL. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 14th
	The Marlins placed RHP Josh Ekness on the 15-day IL with a right calf strain. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st	Angels reliever Robert Stephenson (shoulder) has suffered a setback and wil undergo tests. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 14th
	The Marlins recalled Josh Ekness from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th	Robert Stephenson said he “felt great” after facing live hitters for the first time on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Mar 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Josh Ekness RP - MIA			Robert Stephenson RP - LAA
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#163	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#314
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#271
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#238
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#101
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74	vs LAD	Will Klein
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#299	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs TB	Casey Legumina
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#153	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#309	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#426	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI			vs HOU
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI			vs HOU
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			vs KC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs SEA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ SEA
Thu, Mar 26th				@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18
Thu, Apr 16th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TEX
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Ekness for Robert Stephenson (2026)

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