Who Should I Trade?

Emilio Pagan for Juan Mejia (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Juan Mejia RP - COL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 104	# 363
VBR	# 301	# 622

Projections

Strikeouts	25	23
Wins	1	1
Saves	11	3
ERA	4.27	4.50
WHIP	1.25	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 112	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 79	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 148	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 95	# 338

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 179	# 410

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Juan Mejia RP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	40

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	17.1	44.0

Wins	2	2

Losses	1	6

Saves	7	4

Blown Saves	3	1

Holds	0	6

Hits Allowed	17	46

Earned Runs	12	27

Home Runs Allowed	4	4

Strikeouts	18	45

Walks	8	23

ERA	6.23	5.52

WHIP	1.44	1.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Juan Mejia RP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	27	25

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	24.4	22.8

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	11	3

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	4

Hits Allowed	21	22

Earned Runs	12	11

Home Runs Allowed	4	3

Strikeouts	25	23

Walks	9	11

ERA	4.27	4.50

WHIP	1.25	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Juan Mejia RP - COL
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	Juan Mejia allowed two runs on three hits in two-thirds of an inning as Colorado's opener on Thursday. Colorado, however, came back to win, 3-2, against Houston. David Leisering Fri, Apr 17th
	Reds right-hander Emilio Pagan (hamstring) has officially been activated from the injured list. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th	Juan Mejia picked up his first save of the season on Monday, recording five outs to help the Rockies to a 9-7 victory over the Astros. David Leisering Tue, Apr 7th
	Emilio Pagan is expected to return from the 15-day injured list this week. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
	Emilio Pagan threw a scoreless inning on Friday in a rehab appearance for Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	The Reds sent Emilio Pagán on a rehab assignment at Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN			Juan Mejia RP - COL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#329
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#214
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#328	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#236
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#350
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#168
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#426
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#216	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT			vs KC
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT			vs KC
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT			vs KC
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			vs TB
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			vs TB
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ CWS
Fri, Mar 27th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#264
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Fri, May 22nd				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, May 24th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Thu, Jun 11th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TB
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Emilio Pagan for Juan Mejia (2026)

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