Who Should I Trade?

Cooper Criswell for Emilio Pagan (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 94	# 326
VBR	# 277	# 650

Projections

Strikeouts	26	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	10	0
ERA	4.27	4.03
WHIP	1.26	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

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	# 295

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 179	# 336

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Cooper Criswell RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	26

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.1	30.2

Wins	2	2

Losses	1	1

Saves	10	1

Blown Saves	3	1

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	17	28

Earned Runs	12	12

Home Runs Allowed	4	3

Strikeouts	21	23

Walks	8	8

ERA	5.31	3.52

WHIP	1.23	1.17

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Cooper Criswell RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	24.8	13.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	10	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	21	13

Earned Runs	12	6

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	26	11

Walks	9	4

ERA	4.27	4.03

WHIP	1.26	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Cooper Criswell RP - SEA
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 Mariners transferred Cooper Criswell to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	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	Mariners GM Justin Hollander said Cooper Criswell will undergo an MRI on July 6. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Reds right-hander Emilio Pagan (hamstring) has officially been activated from the injured list. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th	The Mariners expect Cooper Criswell to return in early August. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	Emilio Pagan is expected to return from the 15-day injured list this week. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	The Mariners placed RHP Cooper Criswell on the 15-day injured list with a right shoulder strain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	Emilio Pagan threw a scoreless inning on Friday in a rehab appearance for Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	Criswell allowed no runs and only two hits through three inninings, while picking up the save in Seattle's 8-0 win over the Guardians. Robert Finkelstein Sun, Mar 29th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN			Cooper Criswell RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Fri, Mar 27th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#324
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#324	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#305
Mon, Apr 13th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Mon, Apr 27th				@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Fri, May 22nd				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Sun, May 24th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Thu, Jun 11th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Thu, Jun 18th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Thu, Jun 25th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			vs DET
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			vs DET
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH			vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			vs TB
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			vs TB
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs LAA
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Cooper Criswell for Emilio Pagan (2026)

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