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The Cincinnati Reds could be without reliever Emilio Pagan for a while.
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The pitcher, who signed a two-year, $20 million contract with Cincinnati in December, suffered an apparent lower-body injury in the ninth inning of Tuesday night’s game against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field in Chicago.
With the score tied at 2-2, Pagan was called to take the mound. After throwing his first pitch in a matchup against Cubs leadoff batter Nico Hoerner , Pagan felt pain in the back of his left leg. He went down to the ground in clear pain before getting carted off the field.
The full extent of Pagan’s injury remains unclear, but more details should be available after some tests. He is scheduled to have an MRI test .
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“He’s going to get scanned in the morning. We’ll know a lot more then,” Reds manager Terry Francona said following the game, via Mark Sheldon of MLB.com. “He’s certainly going to be an IL. We just need to see the extent of how bad he did it, because you could see by his reaction that he was struggling.”
It has been a rough 2026 campaign so far for Pagan, who had 34 saves in 2025 with the Reds. He entered the Cubs game with six saves and a 6.43 ERA to go along with a 1.429 WHIP and 5.86 WHIP across 14 appearances. The Reds pitcher previously dealt with a hamstring issue in April and missed a couple of days, but avoided a stint on the injured list.
Pagan was replaced on the mound after his injury against the Cubs by Jose Franco, who issued two walks before Sam Moll took over. Moll allowed the game-winning run to Dansby Swanson off a single by Michael Busch .
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