Who Should I Trade?

Josh Ekness for Scott Effross (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 963	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	10	5
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.21	4.67
WHIP	1.52	1.56

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 275	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Ekness RP - MIA	Scott Effross RP - DET
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	Scott Effross RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	18

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.7	6.8

Wins	0	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	9	7

Earned Runs	5	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	10	5

Walks	5	3

ERA	4.21	4.67

WHIP	1.52	1.56

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Ekness RP - MIA	Scott Effross RP - DET
News
	Josh Ekness is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Tigers have reassigned reliever Scott Effross (oblique) to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 18th
	Josh Ekness will begin a rehab assignment on Thursday with Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	Effross (oblique) joined Detroit as a non-roster invitee. He allowed four runs on six hits and five walks across 2.2 innings during spring training. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 10th
	Josh Ekness is in the late stages of his progression. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Tigers have signed right-hander Scott Effross to a minor-league deal. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jan 4th
	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Josh Ekness RP - MIA			Scott Effross RP - DET
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#228
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#172
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#212
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#126
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#151
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#133	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#406
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			@ TOR
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			vs PIT
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Ekness for Scott Effross (2026)

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