Who Should I Trade?

Emilio Pagan for Ryan Rolison (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Ryan Rolison RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 107	# 318
VBR	# 301	# 705

Projections

Strikeouts	26	19
Wins	1	1
Saves	11	0
ERA	4.30	4.39
WHIP	1.26	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 111	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 79	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 148	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 114	# 447

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 179	# 248

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Ryan Rolison RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	33

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	16.1	36.1

Wins	2	5

Losses	1	1

Saves	7	1

Blown Saves	3	2

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	15	30

Earned Runs	11	11

Home Runs Allowed	3	4

Strikeouts	16	37

Walks	8	17

ERA	6.06	2.72

WHIP	1.41	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Ryan Rolison RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	28	24

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	25.0	21.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	11	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	4

Hits Allowed	21	21

Earned Runs	12	10

Home Runs Allowed	4	3

Strikeouts	26	19

Walks	9	9

ERA	4.30	4.39

WHIP	1.26	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN	Ryan Rolison RP - CHC
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	Ryan Rolison will start for the Cubs on Sunday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	Reds right-hander Emilio Pagan (hamstring) has officially been activated from the injured list. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th	Ryan Rolison served as an opener for the first time this season on Sunday and retired all four batters he faced in the Cubs' 5-1 loss to the Giants. David Leisering Sun, Jun 14th
	Emilio Pagan is expected to return from the 15-day injured list this week. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	Ryan Rolison retired one batter in the tenth before allowing a walk-off two-run home run to Edgar Quero as the White Sox defeated the Cubs, 9-8, on Sunday. David Leisering Sun, May 17th
	Emilio Pagan threw a scoreless inning on Friday in a rehab appearance for Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	The Cubs recalled Ryan Rolison from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 14th
	The Reds sent Emilio Pagán on a rehab assignment at Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	The Cubs optioned LHP Ryan Rolison to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Emilio Pagan RP - CIN			Ryan Rolison RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#389
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#288	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs DET
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL			@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE			@ STL
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE			@ STL
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT			@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ BOS
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Fri, May 22nd				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 24th				vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Emilio Pagan for Ryan Rolison (2026)

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