Who Should I Trade?

Emilio Pagan for Josh Ekness (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 94	‐
VBR	# 289	# 901

Projections

Strikeouts	25	9
Wins	1	0
Saves	10	0
ERA	4.25	3.99
WHIP	1.25	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

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	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 179	# 275

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.1	5.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	9	1

Blown Saves	3	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	17	2

Earned Runs	12	1

Home Runs Allowed	4	0

Strikeouts	19	5

Walks	8	5

ERA	5.59	1.69

WHIP	1.29	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	27	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	23.7	9.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	10	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	20	8

Earned Runs	11	4

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	25	9

Walks	9	4

ERA	4.25	3.99

WHIP	1.25	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Josh Ekness 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	Josh Ekness will begin a rehab assignment on Thursday with Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Reds right-hander Emilio Pagan (hamstring) has officially been activated from the injured list. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th	Josh Ekness is in the late stages of his progression. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Emilio Pagan is expected to return from the 15-day injured list this week. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	The Marlins transferred Josh Ekness to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Emilio Pagan threw a scoreless inning on Friday in a rehab appearance for Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	Josh Ekness is expected to miss roughly six weeks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	The Reds sent Emilio Pagán on a rehab assignment at Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	The Marlins placed RHP Josh Ekness on the 15-day IL with a right calf strain. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
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			Josh Ekness RP - MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#197
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#315	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
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)	#10
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#349	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#225
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#399
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#399
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#338	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#340
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#314	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#260	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#142
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
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)	#268
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Mon, Apr 27th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Fri, May 22nd				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223
Sun, May 24th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Thu, Jun 11th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

Emilio Pagan for Josh Ekness (2026)

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