Pagan pitched a scoreless seventh inning, striking out one batter to earn his second hold of the season in Tuesday's 4-0 win over the Marlins.

Pagan didn't allow a baserunner and struck out two in the ninth inning to earn the save Tuesday against the Royals.

Pagan was recalled from Triple-A Durham on Sunday, Neil Solondz of the Rays Radio Network reports.

Pagan was optioned to Triple-A Durham on Friday.

Pagan was recalled from Triple-A Durham on Tuesday, Josh Tolentino of The Athletic reports.

The Rays optioned Pagan to Triple-A Durham on Tuesday, Juan Toribio of MLB.com reports.

Pagan fired a scoreless fourth inning in an 8-7 Grapefruit League loss to the Tigers on Saturday, allowing a hit and recording two strikeouts.

Oakland sent Pagan to Tampa Bay in a three-team deal Friday, Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports reports.

The Athletics recalled Pagan from Triple-A Nashville on Sunday.

Pagan owns a 2.35 ERA, .207 BAA and 14:3 K:BB across 7.2 innings over eight June appearances.

Pagan fired two perfect innings in a loss to the Rays on Tuesday, recording four strikeouts.

Pagan, who notched his first win of the season Saturday against the Blue Jays in his initial appearance since returning from Triple-A Nashville, used his fastball a season-high 86.2 percent of the time in that outing, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports. "I've got to stick with what I do and believe that it will work out for the best more often than not: Throwing the fastball up in the zone, the slider off that, working in the split whenever I get a chance, whenever it's a good situation for it," Pagan said.

Pagan (1-0) allowed a hit and a walk over two scoreless innings in a win over the Blue Jays on Saturday. He also recorded a strikeout.

Pagan was promoted to the big leagues prior to Friday's game in Toronto, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

Pagan, who notched his first hold at the minor-league level in 2018 in Triple-A Nashville's win over Memphis on Sunday, has racked up six strikeouts while allowing only one hit over 3.2 scoreless innings across two appearances with the Sounds.

Pagan was sent to Triple-A Nashville on Wednesday.

Pagan allowed an earned run on two hits and a walk over 1.2 innings in a loss to the Rangers on Wednesday. He struck out three.

Pagan allowed two earned runs on two solo home runs over 1.1 innings in a 10-8 loss to the Mariners on Saturday.

Pagan earned his second hold Saturday in the Athletics' 7-3 win over the Angels, firing a scoreless two-thirds of an inning and recording a strikeout.

Pagan fired a scoreless two-thirds of an inning in Thursday's 6-3 loss to the Rangers, allowing one hit.

Pagan's spring ERA is down to 1.50 following a Saturday appearance in a Cactus League loss to a Mariners split squad in which he fired a perfect eighth inning and recorded one strikeout.

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Freshly acquired Oakland A's reliever Emilio Pagan is expected to compete for a setup role next season. He has an outside chance of closing games out in Oakland, depending on how the rest of the offseason goes. Pagan struck out 56 batters in 50 1/3 innings last season in Seattle, only walking eight. Opponents only hit .212 off the rookie. Deep league fantasy owners should keep an eye on Pagan, especially those in holds leagues.

Pagan was traded to the Athletics along with Alexander Campos in exchange for Ryon Healy.

Pagan allowed three runs (two earned) on two hits over an inning in Sunday's 7-1 loss to the Astros. He also recorded two strikeouts.

Pagan was credited with his fifth hold in Sunday's 10-2 win over the Athletics, allowing an earned run on two hits over an inning-plus. He also recorded a strikeout.

Pagan (1-3) gave up an earned run on three hits over 2.2 innings in Monday's 7-6 loss to the Orioles. He struck out three.

Pagan notched his fourth hold in Monday's 6-5 win over the Braves, allowing an earned run on two hits over two-thirds of an inning.

Pagan (1-2) fired 2.2 scoreless innings in Wednesday's 6-3 win over the Athletics, allowing just one hit and recording a pair of strikeouts.

Pagan (0-2) gave up three runs (two earned) on four hits over two innings in Thursday's 6-4 loss to the Royals.

Pagan fired three scoreless innings in Sunday's 6-4 loss to the Yankees, allowing two hits and a walk while recording four strikeouts.

Pagan fired three scoreless innings in Friday's 5-1 loss to the Yankees, allowing two hits and a walk while recording a strikeout.

Pagan allowed an earned run on two hits over two innings in Tuesday's 6-2 loss to the Astros while also recording three strikeouts.

Pagan was called up from Triple-A Tacoma on Friday.

Pagan was optioned to Triple-A Tacoma on Monday.

Pagan fired four scoreless innings in Sunday's 4-0 loss to the Blue Jays, issuing one walk and striking out five.

Pagan was called back up to Seattle on Saturday.

Pagan was optioned to Triple-A Tacoma on Wednesday.

Pagan was recalled from Triple-A Tacoma on Monday.

Pagan was optioned to Triple-A Tacoma on Saturday, the Tacoma News Tribune's Bob Dutton reports.

Pagan (0-1) gave up a two-run homer to Rougned Odor in the 13th inning of Friday's 3-1 loss to the Rangers, the only hit he surrendered over 2.1 innings. He also issued a walk and recorded a pair of strikeouts.

Pagan was called up by the Mariners on Tuesday, Ryan Divish of the Seattle Times reports.