Who Should I Trade?

Emilio Pagan for Kyle Keller (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 92	‐
VBR	# 276	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	21	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	9	‐
ERA	4.16	‐
WHIP	1.26	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 115	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 79	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 101	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 148	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 90	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 179	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Kyle Keller RP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	25	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	23.1	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	11	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	19	‐

Earned Runs	12	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	26	‐

Walks	8	‐

ERA	4.63	‐

WHIP	1.16	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Kyle Keller RP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	19.9	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	9	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	17	‐

Earned Runs	9	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	21	‐

Walks	7	‐

ERA	4.16	‐

WHIP	1.26	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Kyle Keller RP - BOS
News
	Reds closer Emilio Pagan pitched a scoreless ninth inning to earn the win over the Pirates on Friday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st	Kyle Keller has agreed to a minor league contract with the Boston Red Sox. The righthander receives an invitation to spring training and will make $1.9 million, with incentives, if he makes it to the majors. David Leisering Tue, Feb 3rd
	Reds closer Emilio Pagan pitched a perfect ninth inning to earn the save over the Mariners on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd
	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
	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
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			Kyle Keller RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#304	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#325
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#224
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#342
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#342	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs ARI
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs KC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs CHC
Mon, Apr 13th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, May 22nd				vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, May 24th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Thu, Jun 4th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Mon, Jul 27th				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Mon, Aug 10th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Emilio Pagan for Kyle Keller (2026)

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