Who Should I Trade?

Josh Ekness for Welinton Herrera (2026)

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News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 712	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	14	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.41	7.03
WHIP	1.52	1.56

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 275	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Ekness RP - MIA	Welinton Herrera RP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	6.1	2.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	3	2

Earned Runs	1	0

Home Runs Allowed	0	0

Strikeouts	5	2

Walks	5	1

ERA	1.42	0.00

WHIP	1.26	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Ekness RP - MIA	Welinton Herrera RP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	13.5	0.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	12	1

Earned Runs	7	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	14	1

Walks	7	1

ERA	4.41	7.03

WHIP	1.52	1.56

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Ekness RP - MIA	Welinton Herrera RP - COL
News
	Josh Ekness made his latest rehab appearance on Saturday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	Welinton Herrera will undergo season-ending Tommy John surgery. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 30th
	Josh Ekness made his latest rehab appearance on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Welinton Herrera is receiving a second opinion on his UCL tear. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 6th
	Josh Ekness is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Welinton Herrera (elbow) has been transferred to the 60-day IL by the Colorado Rockies. The move allows an open spot on the 40-man roster for righthander TJ Shook, who was called up on Monday. David Leisering Mon, Jun 1st
	Josh Ekness will begin a rehab assignment on Thursday with Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	The Rockies placed Welinton Herrera on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
	Josh Ekness is in the late stages of his progression. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Rockies recalled LHP Welinton Herrera from Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Josh Ekness RP - MIA			Welinton Herrera RP - COL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#225	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#297
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#168
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#104
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#322
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#330	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#197	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#355	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#95
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (2-2)	#171
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#184	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#355	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#370
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (2-2)	#171	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#396
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#420	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#165
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#201
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#245	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#344	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#265
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ CWS
Thu, Apr 16th				@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#402
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#356
Thu, Apr 30th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Ekness for Welinton Herrera (2026)

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