Who Should I Trade?

Emilio Pagan for Paul Sewald (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Paul Sewald RP - ARI	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 80	# 104
VBR	# 298	# 301

Projections

Strikeouts	24	26
Wins	1	1
Saves	11	11
ERA	4.32	4.30
WHIP	1.27	1.26

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 34	# 112

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 53	# 79

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 93	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 57	# 148

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 105	# 179

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 111	# 95

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Paul Sewald RP - ARI	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	39	19

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	35.1	17.1

Wins	2	2

Losses	5	1

Saves	23	7

Blown Saves	1	3

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	25	17

Earned Runs	18	12

Home Runs Allowed	8	4

Strikeouts	40	18

Walks	9	8

ERA	4.58	6.23

WHIP	0.96	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Paul Sewald RP - ARI	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	28

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	23.2	25.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	11	11

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	2

Hits Allowed	21	21

Earned Runs	11	12

Home Runs Allowed	4	4

Strikeouts	24	26

Walks	8	9

ERA	4.32	4.30

WHIP	1.27	1.26

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paul Sewald RP - ARI	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN
News
	Paul Sewald worked around one run allowed to earn the save on Saturday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	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
	Paul Sewald threw a clean inning for a save on Sunday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th	Reds right-hander Emilio Pagan (hamstring) has officially been activated from the injured list. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
	Paul Sewald threw a clean inning for the save on Thursday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	Emilio Pagan is expected to return from the 15-day injured list this week. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
	Paul Sewald allowed one run over one inning in a save on Saturday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 5th	Emilio Pagan threw a scoreless inning on Friday in a rehab appearance for Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	Paul Sewald earned the save despite allowing a pair of runs on Monday against the Giants. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	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
	Paul Sewald RP - ARI			Emilio Pagan RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, Mar 29th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#182	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Mon, Apr 6th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#356
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Fri, Apr 24th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, May 4th				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197
Thu, May 14th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#229
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#283
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th				@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Emilio Pagan for Paul Sewald (2026)

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