Who Should I Trade?

Emilio Pagan for Jack Perkins (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Jack Perkins SP,RP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 94	# 151
VBR	# 289	# 361

Projections

Strikeouts	24	53
Wins	1	3
Saves	10	0
ERA	4.29	4.49
WHIP	1.27	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 112	# 137

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 79	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 101	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 95	# 144

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 179	# 214

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 148	# 142

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Jack Perkins SP,RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	25

Games Started	0	7

Innings Pitched	20.1	62.2

Wins	2	2

Losses	1	5

Saves	10	3

Blown Saves	3	2

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	17	65

Earned Runs	12	47

Home Runs Allowed	4	11

Strikeouts	21	76

Walks	8	24

ERA	5.31	6.75

WHIP	1.23	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Jack Perkins SP,RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	14

Games Started	0	8

Innings Pitched	22.7	51.8

Wins	1	3

Losses	1	3

Saves	10	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	20	47

Earned Runs	11	26

Home Runs Allowed	4	7

Strikeouts	24	53

Walks	8	22

ERA	4.29	4.49

WHIP	1.27	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Jack Perkins SP,RP - ATH
News
	Reds closer Emilio Pagan pitched a perfect ninth inning to earn the save over the Mariners on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd	Jack Perkins allowed three earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out four over five innings in Tuesday’s loss to the Diamondbacks. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd
	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	Jack Perkins allowed three earned runs on two hits and two walks while striking out two over three innings in Thursday’s loss to the Tigers. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th
	Reds right-hander Emilio Pagan (hamstring) has officially been activated from the injured list. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th	Jack Perkins allowed seven earned runs on seven hits and four walks while striking out eight over 3 2/3 innings in Friday's loss to the Marlins. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 4th
	Emilio Pagan is expected to return from the 15-day injured list this week. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	Jack Perkins allowed two earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out five over five innings in Saturday's loss to the Angels. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th
	Emilio Pagan threw a scoreless inning on Friday in a rehab appearance for Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	Jack Perkins allowed four earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out eight over five innings in Sunday’s loss to the Angels. Chris Schommer Mon, Jun 22nd
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN			Jack Perkins SP,RP - ATH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#179
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#317	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#353	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#264	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#159
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#227	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#273
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs BOS
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			vs TB
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs SEA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs HOU
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Mon, Apr 13th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, May 22nd				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Sun, May 24th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jun 4th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TB
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Emilio Pagan for Jack Perkins (2026)

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