Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Nunez for Emilio Pagan (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Anthony Nunez RP - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 93	# 279
VBR	# 276	# 481

Projections

Strikeouts	21	18
Wins	1	1
Saves	9	1
ERA	4.16	3.98
WHIP	1.26	1.38

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	# 90	# 251

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 179	# 295

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Anthony Nunez RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	25	39

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	23.1	44.0

Wins	4	3

Losses	1	2

Saves	11	3

Blown Saves	3	3

Holds	0	6

Hits Allowed	19	37

Earned Runs	12	22

Home Runs Allowed	4	5

Strikeouts	26	46

Walks	8	20

ERA	4.63	4.50

WHIP	1.16	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Anthony Nunez RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.9	16.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	9	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	3

Hits Allowed	17	15

Earned Runs	9	7

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	21	18

Walks	7	8

ERA	4.16	3.98

WHIP	1.26	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Anthony Nunez RP - BAL
News
	Reds closer Emilio Pagan pitched a scoreless ninth inning to earn the win over the Pirates on Friday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st	The Orioles recalled Anthony Nunez from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Reds closer Emilio Pagan pitched a perfect ninth inning to earn the save over the Mariners on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd	The Orioles optioned Anthony Nunez to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	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 Nunez picked up a save Friday against Detroit, his third of the season. Jesse Garcia Sat, May 23rd
	Reds right-hander Emilio Pagan (hamstring) has officially been activated from the injured list. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th	Anthony Nunez struck out one batter while allowing one hit on 11 pitches in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Monday's 3-2 win over the Yankees. Jesse Garcia Tue, May 12th
	Emilio Pagan is expected to return from the 15-day injured list this week. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	Anthony Nunez struck out two batters in a scoreless outing to earn the save in Wednesday's 8-6 win over the Royals. Jesse Garcia Thu, Apr 23rd
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 Nunez RP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#181
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#304	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Fri, May 22nd				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sun, May 24th				vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#272
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#212
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Mon, Jul 27th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ NYY
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Nunez for Emilio Pagan (2026)

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