Who Should I Trade?

Josh Ekness for Trevor McDonald (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 176	‐
VBR	# 758	# 691

Projections

Strikeouts	8	11
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.48	3.96
WHIP	1.49	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 191	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 197	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 243	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 172	# 275

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	6

Games Started	14	0

Innings Pitched	70.1	5.1

Wins	3	0

Losses	7	0

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	69	2

Earned Runs	40	1

Home Runs Allowed	7	0

Strikeouts	57	5

Walks	23	5

ERA	5.12	1.69

WHIP	1.31	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	14

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	9.8	11.7

Wins	0	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	10	11

Earned Runs	5	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	8	11

Walks	4	6

ERA	4.48	3.96

WHIP	1.49	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
News
	The Giants say Trevor McDonald will undergo UCL reconstruction surgery next week. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Josh Ekness made his latest rehab appearance on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Giants right-hander Trevor McDonald (elbow) isn't likely to return this season, according to manager Tony Vitello. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th	Josh Ekness is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Giants right-hander Trevor McDonald's MRI revealed a moderate UCL sprain, and he will seek a second opinion. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th	Josh Ekness will begin a rehab assignment on Thursday with Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	The Giants are expected to have the MRI results for Trevor McDonald on Thursday at the earliest. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	Josh Ekness is in the late stages of his progression. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Giants right-hander Trevor McDonald (elbow) is likely to land on the injured list on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 21st	The Marlins transferred Josh Ekness to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF			Josh Ekness RP - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sun, Mar 29th				vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#223	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#226
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Mon, Apr 20th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Mon, Apr 27th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th				@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Thu, May 7th				vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#223
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#424	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Thu, Jun 11th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Tue, Jun 16th				@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#157
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#424
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#424	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#424	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#372	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th				@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th				@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			vs ATL
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#226
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Ekness for Trevor McDonald (2026)

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