Who Should I Trade?

Emilio Pagan for Francis Pena (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 93	‐
VBR	# 273	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	23	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	10	0
ERA	4.27	4.29
WHIP	1.26	1.43

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	Francis Pena RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	20.1	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	10	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	17	‐

Earned Runs	12	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	21	‐

Walks	8	‐

ERA	5.31	‐

WHIP	1.23	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Francis Pena RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.8	2.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	10	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	19	2

Earned Runs	10	1

Home Runs Allowed	4	0

Strikeouts	23	2

Walks	8	1

ERA	4.27	4.29

WHIP	1.26	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Francis Pena RP - SD
News
	Reds closer Emilio Pagan pitched a perfect ninth inning to earn the save over the Mariners on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd
	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
	Reds right-hander Emilio Pagan (hamstring) has officially been activated from the injured list. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
	Emilio Pagan is expected to return from the 15-day injured list this week. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
	Emilio Pagan threw a scoreless inning on Friday in a rehab appearance for Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
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			Francis Pena RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#234
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#306	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#234
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#248	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#308	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs ARI
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Fri, May 22nd				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Sun, May 24th				vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#223
Thu, Jun 4th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Emilio Pagan for Francis Pena (2026)

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