Who Should I Trade?

Emilio Pagan for Janson Junk (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA
Expert Recommendation	60% Recommended by 3 of 5 experts	40% Recommended by 2 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 104	# 142
VBR	# 303	# 360

Projections

Strikeouts	25	37
Wins	1	3
Saves	11	0
ERA	4.28	4.59
WHIP	1.25	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 112	# 179

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 79	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 95	# 146

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 148	# 146

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 179	# 120

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	13

Games Started	0	13

Innings Pitched	18.1	69.0

Wins	2	4

Losses	1	6

Saves	8	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	17	73

Earned Runs	12	39

Home Runs Allowed	4	11

Strikeouts	19	51

Walks	8	20

ERA	5.89	5.09

WHIP	1.36	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	27	12

Games Started	0	9

Innings Pitched	24.3	50.7

Wins	1	3

Losses	1	3

Saves	11	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	21	54

Earned Runs	12	26

Home Runs Allowed	4	7

Strikeouts	25	37

Walks	9	12

ERA	4.28	4.59

WHIP	1.25	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA
News
	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	Janson Junk allowed six runs on five hits and three walks while striking out three across four innings in Monday's 8-5 loss to the Houston Astros. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st
	Reds right-hander Emilio Pagan (hamstring) has officially been activated from the injured list. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th	Janson Junk will start Monday's series opener against the Astros. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Emilio Pagan is expected to return from the 15-day injured list this week. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	Janson Junk allowed one earned run on three hits and four walks while striking out five across five innings in Thursday's 8-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
	Emilio Pagan threw a scoreless inning on Friday in a rehab appearance for Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	The Marlins activated RHP Janson Junk from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	The Reds sent Emilio Pagán on a rehab assignment at Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	Janson Junk will be activated from the 15-day injured list to start Thursday's game against the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN			Janson Junk SP,RP - MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#150
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#326	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#360	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#237
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#215	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#162
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#145
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Mon, Apr 27th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208
Fri, May 22nd				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#215
Sun, May 24th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Thu, Jun 11th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

Emilio Pagan for Janson Junk (2026)

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