Who Should I Trade?

Josh Ekness for Zack Thompson (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 691	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	11	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.96	‐
WHIP	1.49	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 275	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Ekness RP - MIA	Zack Thompson RP - STL
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	Zack Thompson RP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	11.7	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	11	‐

Earned Runs	5	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	11	‐

Walks	6	‐

ERA	3.96	‐

WHIP	1.49	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Ekness RP - MIA	Zack Thompson RP - STL
News
	Josh Ekness made his latest rehab appearance on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Cardinals reassigned LHP Zack Thompson to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Tue, Mar 3rd
	Josh Ekness is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Josh Ekness will begin a rehab assignment on Thursday with Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Josh Ekness is in the late stages of his progression. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	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
	Josh Ekness RP - MIA			Zack Thompson RP - STL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#226	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#223	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#411
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#222
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#230
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#157	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#424	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#306
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ MIL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 18th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Mon, Aug 10th				vs PHI
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Ekness for Zack Thompson (2026)

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