Who Should I Trade?

Josh Ekness for Ryan Helsley (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan Helsley RP - BAL	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 122	‐
VBR	# 646	# 821

Projections

Strikeouts	9	11
Wins	0	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.51	4.50
WHIP	1.24	1.59

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 217	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 39	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 116	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 58	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 197	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 187	# 275

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan Helsley RP - BAL	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	15.1	5.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	8	1

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	13	2

Earned Runs	7	1

Home Runs Allowed	3	0

Strikeouts	21	5

Walks	9	5

ERA	4.11	1.69

WHIP	1.43	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan Helsley RP - BAL	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	7.9	10.7

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	6	10

Earned Runs	3	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	9	11

Walks	3	6

ERA	3.51	4.50

WHIP	1.24	1.59

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan Helsley RP - BAL	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
News
	Orioles GM Mike Elias said Ryan Helsley resumed throwing. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Josh Ekness made his latest rehab appearance on Saturday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	The Orioles transferred Ryan Helsley to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Josh Ekness made his latest rehab appearance on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Ryan Helsley said he has inflammation around his UCL but the ligament itself is intact. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th	Josh Ekness is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Ryan Helsley will seek a second opinion on his right elbow in the coming weeks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	Josh Ekness will begin a rehab assignment on Thursday with Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Orioles manager Craig Albernaz said Ryan Helsley is "looking at all his options." Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	Josh Ekness is in the late stages of his progression. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ryan Helsley RP - BAL			Josh Ekness RP - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#216
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#216	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Mon, Apr 27th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th				@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, May 14th				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205
Sat, May 23rd				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#275	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Tue, Jul 21st				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#215	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Thu, Jul 30th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#301
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#323
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th				vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th				@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Ekness for Ryan Helsley (2026)

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