Who Should I Trade?

Carson Spiers for Emilio Pagan (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Carson Spiers SP,RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 94	‐
VBR	# 284	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	21	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	9	‐
ERA	4.25	‐
WHIP	1.26	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 115	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 79	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 101	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 148	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 83	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 179	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Carson Spiers SP,RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	24.1	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	12	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	21	‐

Earned Runs	12	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	27	‐

Walks	8	‐

ERA	4.44	‐

WHIP	1.19	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Carson Spiers SP,RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	19.2	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	9	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	17	‐

Earned Runs	9	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	21	‐

Walks	7	‐

ERA	4.25	‐

WHIP	1.26	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Carson Spiers SP,RP - CIN
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 Reds reassigned RHP Carson Spiers to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 4th
	Reds closer Emilio Pagan pitched a perfect ninth inning to earn the save over the Mariners on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp 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
	Reds right-hander Emilio Pagan (hamstring) has officially been activated from the injured list. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
	Emilio Pagan is expected to return from the 15-day injured list this week. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN			Carson Spiers SP,RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#295	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#295
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#377	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#377
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Carson Spiers for Emilio Pagan (2026)

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