Who Should I Trade?

Emilio Pagan for Eric Cerantola (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 93	‐
VBR	# 274	# 1016

Projections

Strikeouts	23	4
Wins	1	0
Saves	10	0
ERA	4.27	4.66
WHIP	1.26	1.52

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	# 90	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 179	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Eric Cerantola RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	23	4

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.1	5.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	11	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	18	4

Earned Runs	12	6

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	23	7

Walks	8	10

ERA	5.06	10.13

WHIP	1.22	2.63

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Eric Cerantola RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.8	3.5

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	10	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	19	3

Earned Runs	10	2

Home Runs Allowed	4	0

Strikeouts	23	4

Walks	8	2

ERA	4.27	4.66

WHIP	1.26	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Eric Cerantola RP - SF
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 Royals designated Eric Cerantola for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	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 Royals optioned RHP Eric Cerantola to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
	Reds right-hander Emilio Pagan (hamstring) has officially been activated from the injured list. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th	The Royals recalled RHP Eric Cerantola from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	Emilio Pagan is expected to return from the 15-day injured list this week. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	The Royals optioned Eric Cerantola to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	Emilio Pagan threw a scoreless inning on Friday in a rehab appearance for Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	The Royals recalled Eric Cerantola from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, May 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			Eric Cerantola RP - SF
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#180
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#115
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#313	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#284
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#217
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#356
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#163
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#191	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#294	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#341
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#321	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#204
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#226
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#281
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#198
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#270	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#203
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#89
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#226	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#235	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#156
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#155
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			vs DET
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			vs DET
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			vs DET
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs COL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#294
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ STL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Mar 27th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Fri, May 22nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Sun, May 24th				vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#214
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Mon, Jul 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Mon, Jul 27th				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Mon, Aug 10th				vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ PIT
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Emilio Pagan for Eric Cerantola (2026)

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