Who Should I Trade?

Emilio Pagan for Josh Sborz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 94	‐
VBR	# 284	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	21	7
Wins	1	1
Saves	9	0
ERA	4.25	4.56
WHIP	1.26	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 110	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 79	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 101	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 148	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 83	# 433

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 179	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Josh Sborz RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	24.1	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	12	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	21	‐

Earned Runs	12	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	27	‐

Walks	8	‐

ERA	4.44	‐

WHIP	1.19	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Josh Sborz RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.2	7.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	9	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	17	7

Earned Runs	9	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	21	7

Walks	7	4

ERA	4.25	4.56

WHIP	1.26	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Josh Sborz RP - TEX
News
	Reds closer Emilio Pagan pitched a scoreless ninth inning to pick up the save against the A's on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Aug 5th	The Rangers re-signed RHP Josh Sborz to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	Reds closer Emilio Pagan pitched a scoreless ninth inning to earn the win over the Pirates on Friday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st	Josh Sborz was granted his release from Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Reds closer Emilio Pagan pitched a perfect ninth inning to earn the save over the Mariners on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd	Josh Sborz was reinstated from the development list and is headed to Double-A Frisco. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	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 Rangers reassigned RHP Josh Sborz to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Reds right-hander Emilio Pagan (hamstring) has officially been activated from the injured list. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th	Rangers reliever Josh Sborz (shoulder) is feeling better after shoulder issues cost him the 2025 season. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 18th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN			Josh Sborz RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#295	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#377
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#197
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#356
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#415
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#250
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#157
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#323
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Fri, May 22nd				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sun, May 24th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, Jul 27th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Emilio Pagan for Josh Sborz (2026)

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