Who Should I Trade?

Emilio Pagan for Michael Darrell-Hicks (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Michael Darrell-Hicks RP - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 104	‐
VBR	# 301	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	25	2
Wins	1	0
Saves	11	0
ERA	4.27	3.75
WHIP	1.25	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 112	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 79	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 148	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 95	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 179	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Michael Darrell-Hicks RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	17.1	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	7	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	17	‐

Earned Runs	12	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	18	‐

Walks	8	‐

ERA	6.23	‐

WHIP	1.44	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Michael Darrell-Hicks RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	27	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	24.4	2.4

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	11	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	21	3

Earned Runs	12	1

Home Runs Allowed	4	0

Strikeouts	25	2

Walks	9	1

ERA	4.27	3.75

WHIP	1.25	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Michael Darrell-Hicks RP - PIT
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	Michael Darrell-Hicks has been reassigned to minor league camp by the Pittsburgh Pirates. David Leisering Tue, Mar 17th
	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
	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
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			Michael Darrell-Hicks RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#328	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#179
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#216	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#162
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs DET
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ CHC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ DET
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Sun, May 24th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Emilio Pagan for Michael Darrell-Hicks (2026)

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