Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Kay for Emilio Pagan (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 94	# 226
VBR	# 277	# 581

Projections

Strikeouts	26	37
Wins	1	2
Saves	10	0
ERA	4.27	4.47
WHIP	1.26	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 112	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 79	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 101	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 148	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 95	# 296

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 179	# 111

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	21

Games Started	0	19

Innings Pitched	20.1	98.1

Wins	2	7

Losses	1	4

Saves	10	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	17	95

Earned Runs	12	47

Home Runs Allowed	4	14

Strikeouts	21	80

Walks	8	40

ERA	5.31	4.30

WHIP	1.23	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	9

Games Started	0	9

Innings Pitched	24.8	47.0

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	3

Saves	10	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	21	48

Earned Runs	12	23

Home Runs Allowed	4	6

Strikeouts	26	37

Walks	9	18

ERA	4.27	4.47

WHIP	1.26	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS
News
	Reds closer Emilio Pagan pitched a perfect ninth inning to earn the save over the Mariners on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd	Anthony Kay allowed two earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out four over five innings in Wednesday’s win over the Rangers. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 23rd
	Reds right-hander Emilio Pagan allowed one earned run in one inning of work while picking up the save in a 3-2 win over the Orioles on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jul 6th	Anthony Kay allowed two earned runs one two hits and three walks while striking out five over four innings in Friday’s win over the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th
	Reds right-hander Emilio Pagan (hamstring) has officially been activated from the injured list. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th	Anthony Kay will start on Friday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	Emilio Pagan is expected to return from the 15-day injured list this week. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	Anthony Kay allowed two earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out four over 5 1/3 innings in Thursday's loss to the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 9th
	Emilio Pagan threw a scoreless inning on Friday in a rehab appearance for Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	Anthony Kay allowed one earned run on one hit and two walks while striking out two over four innings in Friday's 4-3 loss to the Guardians. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN			Anthony Kay SP,RP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#324	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Mon, Apr 27th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Fri, May 22nd				@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Sun, May 24th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Thu, May 28th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#133
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs COL
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Kay for Emilio Pagan (2026)

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