Who Should I Trade?

Connor Brogdon for Emilio Pagan (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 94	‐
VBR	# 303	# 949

Projections

Strikeouts	25	5
Wins	1	0
Saves	11	0
ERA	4.28	4.78
WHIP	1.25	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

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	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 179	# 331

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Connor Brogdon RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.1	15.1

Wins	2	2

Losses	1	2

Saves	8	1

Blown Saves	3	1

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	17	14

Earned Runs	12	9

Home Runs Allowed	4	5

Strikeouts	19	14

Walks	8	3

ERA	5.89	5.28

WHIP	1.36	1.11

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Connor Brogdon RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	27	8

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	24.3	5.4

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	11	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	21	5

Earned Runs	12	3

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	25	5

Walks	9	2

ERA	4.28	4.78

WHIP	1.25	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Connor Brogdon RP - CLE
News
	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 Guardians sent RHP Connor Brogdon outright to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
	Reds right-hander Emilio Pagan (hamstring) has officially been activated from the injured list. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th	The Guardians designated Connor Brogdon for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	Emilio Pagan is expected to return from the 15-day injured list this week. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	Connor Brogdon struck out two batters while allowing one earned run on one hit to earn the save in Saturday's 6-5 win over the Mariners in 10 innings. Matthew Adam Sun, Mar 29th
	Emilio Pagan threw a scoreless inning on Friday in a rehab appearance for Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	The Reds sent Emilio Pagán on a rehab assignment at Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN			Connor Brogdon RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#326	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#360	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#350
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#155
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#100
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, May 24th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#162
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#121
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#229
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#215
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Connor Brogdon for Emilio Pagan (2026)

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