Who Should I Trade?

Emilio Pagan for Jake Bird (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 94	# 340
VBR	# 277	# 648

Projections

Strikeouts	26	14
Wins	1	1
Saves	10	0
ERA	4.27	4.15
WHIP	1.26	1.44

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	# 95	# 290

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 179	# 414

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Jake Bird RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	36

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.1	30.1

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	10	0

Blown Saves	3	3

Holds	0	7

Hits Allowed	17	36

Earned Runs	12	20

Home Runs Allowed	4	4

Strikeouts	21	31

Walks	8	11

ERA	5.31	5.93

WHIP	1.23	1.55

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Jake Bird RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	16

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	24.8	13.6

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	2

Strikeouts	26	14

Walks	9	6

ERA	4.27	4.15

WHIP	1.26	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Jake Bird RP - NYY
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 Yankees optioned Jake Bird to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	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 Yankees have recalled right-hander Jake Bird from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	Reds right-hander Emilio Pagan (hamstring) has officially been activated from the injured list. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th	The Yankees optioned RHP Jake Bird to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
	Emilio Pagan is expected to return from the 15-day injured list this week. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	The Yankees recalled RHP Jake Bird from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd
	Emilio Pagan threw a scoreless inning on Friday in a rehab appearance for Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	Jake Bird and the New York Yankees have avoided arbitration with Bird set to make $975K in 2026. David Leisering Sat, Jan 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN			Jake Bird RP - NYY
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#324	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#210
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#212
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			vs STL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			vs STL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ SD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Mon, Apr 13th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Fri, May 22nd				vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sun, May 24th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Thu, Jun 4th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL

Who Should I Trade?

Emilio Pagan for Jake Bird (2026)

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