Who Should I Trade?

Emilio Pagan for Evan Phillips (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 94	‐
VBR	# 284	# 411

Projections

Strikeouts	21	16
Wins	1	1
Saves	9	0
ERA	4.25	3.57
WHIP	1.26	1.23

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 110	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 79	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 101	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 148	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 83	# 156

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 179	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Evan Phillips RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	24.1	8.2

Wins	4	0

Losses	1	2

Saves	12	0

Blown Saves	3	1

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	21	9

Earned Runs	12	5

Home Runs Allowed	4	4

Strikeouts	27	9

Walks	8	2

ERA	4.44	5.19

WHIP	1.19	1.27

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Evan Phillips RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	19

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.2	15.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	9	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	5

Hits Allowed	17	13

Earned Runs	9	6

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	21	16

Walks	7	5

ERA	4.25	3.57

WHIP	1.26	1.23

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Evan Phillips RP - LAD
News
	Reds closer Emilio Pagan pitched a scoreless ninth inning to pick up the save against the A's on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Aug 5th	Evan Phillips struck out one batter while allowing one earned run on one hit to take the blown save in Sunday's 8-3 loss to the Mets. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 27th
	Reds closer Emilio Pagan pitched a scoreless ninth inning to earn the win over the Pirates on Friday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st	Evan Phillips allowed one earned run on two hits and one walk while striking out one batter in the Dodgers' 2-1 loss to the Yankees. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 20th
	Reds closer Emilio Pagan pitched a perfect ninth inning to earn the save over the Mariners on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd	The Dodgers activated Evan Phillips from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	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	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Evan Phillips will be activated on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	Reds right-hander Emilio Pagan (hamstring) has officially been activated from the injured list. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th	Evan Phillips threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Oklahoma City on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN			Evan Phillips RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#295	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#377	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#237
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ COL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ DET
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ SF
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Mon, Apr 13th				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 22nd				@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Sun, May 24th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Mon, Aug 10th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Emilio Pagan for Evan Phillips (2026)

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