Who Should I Trade?

Christian Roa for Emilio Pagan (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 94	‐
VBR	# 273	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	23	7
Wins	1	1
Saves	10	0
ERA	4.27	4.41
WHIP	1.26	1.61

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 111	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 79	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 101	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 148	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 90	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 179	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Christian Roa RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	7

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.1	8.2

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	10	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	17	10

Earned Runs	12	5

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	21	6

Walks	8	7

ERA	5.31	5.19

WHIP	1.23	1.96

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Christian Roa RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	17

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.8	7.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	10	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	19	7

Earned Runs	10	4

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	23	7

Walks	8	4

ERA	4.27	4.41

WHIP	1.26	1.61

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Christian Roa RP - HOU
News
	Reds closer Emilio Pagan pitched a perfect ninth inning to earn the save over the Mariners on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd	The Cubs designated Christian Roa for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	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	The Orioles designated Christian Roa for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	Reds right-hander Emilio Pagan (hamstring) has officially been activated from the injured list. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th	The Orioles claimed RHP Christian Roa off of waivers from the Twins and optioned him to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
	Emilio Pagan is expected to return from the 15-day injured list this week. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	The Twins designated RHP Christian Roa for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th
	Emilio Pagan threw a scoreless inning on Friday in a rehab appearance for Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	The Twins claimed RHP Christian Roa off waivers from the Astros and optioned him to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
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			Christian Roa RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#365
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#306	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#303
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, May 22nd				@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Sun, May 24th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#215
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#339
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#145
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#248	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#308	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Mon, Jul 27th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	vs TOR
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Roa for Emilio Pagan (2026)

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