Who Should I Trade?

Emilio Pagan for Kyle Finnegan (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 93	# 198
VBR	# 276	# 533

Projections

Strikeouts	21	18
Wins	1	1
Saves	9	2
ERA	4.16	4.14
WHIP	1.26	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 112	# 172

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 79	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 101	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 148	# 170

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 90	# 267

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 179	# 327

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Kyle Finnegan RP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	25	47

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	23.1	46.1

Wins	4	2

Losses	1	0

Saves	11	2

Blown Saves	3	7

Holds	0	12

Hits Allowed	19	47

Earned Runs	12	18

Home Runs Allowed	4	7

Strikeouts	26	36

Walks	8	27

ERA	4.63	3.50

WHIP	1.16	1.60

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Kyle Finnegan RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	22

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.9	19.3

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	9	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	4

Hits Allowed	17	18

Earned Runs	9	9

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	21	18

Walks	7	8

ERA	4.16	4.14

WHIP	1.26	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Kyle Finnegan RP - DET
News
	Reds closer Emilio Pagan pitched a scoreless ninth inning to earn the win over the Pirates on Friday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st	Tigers right-hander Kyle Finnegan needed just two pitches to earn a save in a 4-3 win over the Royals on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th
	Reds closer Emilio Pagan pitched a perfect ninth inning to earn the save over the Mariners on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd	Tigers right-hander Kyle Finnegan pitched a scoreless inning and earned the win over the Astros on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 16th
	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	Tigers right-hander Kyle Finnegan worked a clean ninth inning for his first save of the season on Thursday against the Braves. Brenton Kemp Thu, Apr 30th
	Reds right-hander Emilio Pagan (hamstring) has officially been activated from the injured list. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
	Emilio Pagan is expected to return from the 15-day injured list this week. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN			Kyle Finnegan RP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#304	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#217
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#178
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#344
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ PIT
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Fri, May 22nd				@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Emilio Pagan for Kyle Finnegan (2026)

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