Who Should I Trade?

Emilio Pagan for Kirby Yates (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 92	# 183
VBR	# 276	# 409

Projections

Strikeouts	21	22
Wins	1	1
Saves	9	2
ERA	4.16	3.95
WHIP	1.26	1.30

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 115	# 191

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 79	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 101	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 148	# 185

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 90	# 132

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 179	# 330

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Kirby Yates RP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	25	31

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	23.1	27.1

Wins	4	0

Losses	1	5

Saves	11	3

Blown Saves	3	3

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	19	20

Earned Runs	12	12

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	26	36

Walks	8	12

ERA	4.63	3.95

WHIP	1.16	1.17

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Kirby Yates RP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.9	18.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	9	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	4

Hits Allowed	17	15

Earned Runs	9	8

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	21	22

Walks	7	8

ERA	4.16	3.95

WHIP	1.26	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Kirby Yates RP - LAA
News
	Reds closer Emilio Pagan pitched a scoreless ninth inning to earn the win over the Pirates on Friday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st	Kirby Yates allowed one hit in a scoreless frame to earn the save in a 4-3 win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
	Reds closer Emilio Pagan pitched a perfect ninth inning to earn the save over the Mariners on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd	Kirby Yates struck out one batter to earn the save in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th
	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	Kirby Yates pitched a perfect ninth inning for his first save of the season on Saturday, securing a 5-2 Angels' win over the Rangers. David Leisering Sun, May 24th
	Reds right-hander Emilio Pagan (hamstring) has officially been activated from the injured list. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th	Kirby Yates blew a save opportunity on Wednesday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	Emilio Pagan is expected to return from the 15-day injured list this week. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	Kirby Yates tossed a scoreless seventh inning on Friday, pitching around a one-out single in his season debut against the Blue Jays. David Leisering Sat, May 9th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN			Kirby Yates RP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#304	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#108
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ BAL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#342	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs KC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ SEA
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Mon, Apr 13th				@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Fri, May 22nd				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sun, May 24th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Mon, Jul 27th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35

Who Should I Trade?

Emilio Pagan for Kirby Yates (2026)

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