Who Should I Trade?

Josh Ekness for Sean Manaea (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 138	‐
VBR	# 279	# 1049

Projections

Strikeouts	59	10
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.49	4.37
WHIP	1.33	1.56

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 155	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 156	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 85	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 145	# 275

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	6

Games Started	7	0

Innings Pitched	79.2	5.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	5	0

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	83	2

Earned Runs	45	1

Home Runs Allowed	12	0

Strikeouts	81	5

Walks	26	5

ERA	5.08	1.69

WHIP	1.37	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	10

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	59.8	9.3

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	57	9

Earned Runs	30	4

Home Runs Allowed	9	1

Strikeouts	59	10

Walks	19	5

ERA	4.49	4.37

WHIP	1.33	1.56

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
News
	Sean Manaea allowed four earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out seven over 4 2/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Phillies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	Josh Ekness is in the late stages of his progression. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Sean Manaea took the loss Monday against the Blue Jays after allowing two runs on three hits and two walks over 5.2 innings. He struck out four and finished one out shy of recording his second quality start of the season. Bruno Mulé Tue, Jun 30th	The Marlins transferred Josh Ekness to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Sean Manaea did not factor into the decision Wednesday against the Cubs after allowing four runs, three earned, on six hits and two walks over three innings. He struck out four and generated 10 swinging strikes. Manaea allowed consecutive doubles to begin the second inning before five straight batters reached in the fourth, with two Mets infield errors contributing to his early exit. Bruno Mulé Thu, Jun 25th	Josh Ekness is expected to miss roughly six weeks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Sean Manaea will start one of the two games in Wednesday's doubleheader. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	The Marlins placed RHP Josh Ekness on the 15-day IL with a right calf strain. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Sean Manaea did not factor into the decision Thursday against the Phillies, allowing three runs, two earned, on six hits and one walk over 5.1 innings. He struck out five while throwing 63 of his 95 pitches for strikes and generating 16 whiffs. Philadelphia scored in the first, third, and fourth innings, with the final run coming home after a throwing error by AJ Ewing. Bruno Mulé Fri, Jun 19th	The Marlins recalled Josh Ekness from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM			Josh Ekness RP - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Mon, Apr 6th				vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Mon, Apr 20th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Sat, Apr 25th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Mon, Apr 27th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, May 5th				vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#235
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Fri, Jun 19th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#196	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Fri, Jul 17th				@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL			vs PHI
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL			vs PHI
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA			@ NYM
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th				vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Ekness for Sean Manaea (2026)

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