CHICAGO (AP) — Cincinnati Reds closer Emilio Pagán is headed to the injured list after he crumpled to the ground and was carted off the field with a left hamstring injury in the ninth inning of a 3-2, 10-inning loss to the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday night.
Manager Terry Francona said the team will have a better idea about the extent of the injury after the right-hander undergoes goes scans on Wednesday morning.
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Cincinnati Reds relief pitcher Emilio Pagán lies on the field after an injury during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs in Chicago, Tuesday, May 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Cincinnati Reds relief pitcher Emilio Pagán lies on the field as he is checked by catcher Tyler Stephenson after an injury during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs in Chicago, Tuesday, May 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Cincinnati Reds relief pitcher Emilio Pagán, bottom, is checked by catcher Tyler Stephenson, left, and a team trainer after an injury during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs in Chicago, Tuesday, May 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Cincinnati Reds relief pitcher Emilio Pagán (15) is helped by team trainers after an injury during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs in Chicago, Tuesday, May 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Cincinnati Reds manager Terry Francona, left, talks to relief pitcher Emilio Pagán, as he leaves the field after an injury during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs in Chicago, Tuesday, May 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Cincinnati Reds relief pitcher Emilio Pagán (15) walks off the field after Chicago Cubs' Michael Conforto hit the winning solo home run during the ninth inning of a baseball game in Chicago, Monday, May 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
“He is such an integral part of what we do,” Francona said. “He's struggling right now, and we've got to be there for him.”
Pagán, who has six saves this season, entered the game with the score tied at 2. As he followed through on the first pitch he delivered to Nico Hoerner, Pagán hopped off the mound in pain and then went to the ground, clutching his left hamstring. He lay there until Reds training and medical staff arrived.
When Pagán was helped back to his feet, he was unable to step on his left leg and was helped into a cart.
Reds righty Jose Franco replaced Pagán and walked Hoerner, but ultimately got out of the inning unscathed to send the game to the 10th.
Pagán has had a difficult start to this season, entering Tuesday's game with a 6.43 ERA and three blown save chances in 14 innings pitched. He was unable to protect a one-run lead on Monday night, allowing two runs, including a game-winning solo home run to Michael Conforto in a 5-4 Cubs victory.
Last month, Pagán tweaked the same hamstring on the final pitch of the Reds' 2-1 win over the San Francisco Giants. The next day, he said it wasn't as serious as he'd feared.
“I just went and saw him,” Francona said. “He said he hadn't felt it. He said he warmed up fine. He goes ‘I would never do that.’ I believe him.”
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Cincinnati Reds relief pitcher Emilio Pagán lies on the field after an injury during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs in Chicago, Tuesday, May 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Cincinnati Reds relief pitcher Emilio Pagán lies on the field as he is checked by catcher Tyler Stephenson after an injury during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs in Chicago, Tuesday, May 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Cincinnati Reds relief pitcher Emilio Pagán, bottom, is checked by catcher Tyler Stephenson, left, and a team trainer after an injury during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs in Chicago, Tuesday, May 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Cincinnati Reds relief pitcher Emilio Pagán (15) is helped by team trainers after an injury during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs in Chicago, Tuesday, May 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Cincinnati Reds manager Terry Francona, left, talks to relief pitcher Emilio Pagán, as he leaves the field after an injury during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs in Chicago, Tuesday, May 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Cincinnati Reds relief pitcher Emilio Pagán (15) walks off the field after Chicago Cubs' Michael Conforto hit the winning solo home run during the ninth inning of a baseball game in Chicago, Monday, May 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
ZUG, Switzerland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 6, 2026--
AMINA Bank AG ("AMINA"), a Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA)-regulated crypto bank with global reach, today becomes the first bank to support Canton Coin (CC), the native token of Canton Network, offering custody and trading services to its clients. Canton Network is a public, privacy-preserving blockchain built for capital markets.
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Canton has gained significant institutional momentum in recent months, attracting TradFi and DeFi organizations, including the DTCC, Visa, and BitGo, that are building next-generation settlement, tokenisation, custody, and collateral workflows on the network. Canton is also developing an on-chain capital markets ecosystem that encompasses repo, lending, and wrapped asset flows — all under compliance and settlement constraints designed for regulated participants.
AMINA will help reduce friction for professional investors, Super Validators, and institutions running tokenisation and settlement workflows on Canton. Through a single FINMA-regulated institution, AMINA clients can custody and trade Canton Coin with the governance they expect from an institutional banking partner.
Myles Harrison, Chief Product Officer at AMINA, said: “Canton Network represents something we are seeing more broadly in digital assets: infrastructure that has been purpose-built for regulated institutions, not retrofitted. By making Canton Coin available for custody and trading, AMINA is providing clients, whether they are Super Validators or investors seeking exposure to Canton Network's growth, with the regulated access they need to engage with this ecosystem. Making Canton Coin available is a deliberate step to ensure our clients have regulated access to the infrastructure underpinning institutional finance’s next chapter.”
Viv Diwakar, Head of the Canton Foundation, said: “Canton Network was designed to meet the needs of regulated financial institutions — privacy, compliance, and settlement finality built into the architecture. AMINA shares that philosophy. For Canton Network participants who need a compliant, supervised home for their Canton Coin holdings, AMINA provides that with the credibility and regulatory standing that the ecosystem demands.”
AMINA has established a proven track record of being first to bring strategically significant cryptocurrencies to its professional investor and institutional client base. The bank was the first globally to support Ripple USD (RLUSD) and the first to offer SUI trading and custody, both of which have since seen growing institutional uptake. As Canton Network's ecosystem continues to develop, AMINA intends to deepen its participation in the network during the period ahead.
Disclaimer: This is a marketing communication made to you by AMINA Bank AG (“AMINA”), a Swiss bank and securities dealer with office and legal domicile at Kolinplatz 15, 6300 Zug, Switzerland, authorized and regulated by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (“FINMA”). AMINA is not licensed as a bank in any other jurisdiction. This marketing communication is prepared solely for information and marketing purposes and is intended to be marketing material within the meaning of Article 68 of the Swiss Financial Services Act (FinSA); it is an advertisement; it is not a solicitation, recommendation, advice or an offer or intention to make an offer to buy or sell any financial instrument or to participate in any particular investment strategy. This marketing communication is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer or solicitation to the public in any jurisdiction where AMINA is not authorised to acquire, dispose of or engage in any product. Certain products and services may not be available to all clients based on legal and regulatory considerations.
About AMINA — Crypto. Banking. Simplified.
Founded in April 2018 and established in Zug (Switzerland), AMINA Bank AG is a pioneer in the crypto banking industry. In August 2019, AMINA Bank AG received the Swiss Banking and Securities Dealer License from the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (“FINMA”). In February 2022, AMINA Bank AG, Abu Dhabi Global Markets (“ADGM”) Branch received Financial Services Permission from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (“FSRA”) of ADGM. In November 2023, AMINA (Hong Kong) Limited received its Type 1 (Dealing in Securities), Type 4 (Advising on Securities) and Type 9 (Asset Management) licenses from the Securities and Futures Commission (“SFC”). In October 2025, the firm’s Type 1 license was further approved for uplift to include digital asset dealing services for Professional Investors under Hong Kong’s digital asset regulatory framework. In October 2025, AMINA (Austria) AG (“AMINA EU”) received its CASP license from Austria’s Financial Market Authority (“FMA”) under the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCAR) framework.
CVVC Global Report and CB Insights named AMINA as one of the Top 50 Companies within the blockchain ecosystem. In 2023, AMINA won the European WealthBriefing Award in the Digital Assets Solution, Fund Manager category. AMINA was most recently recognised as Institutional Digital Asset Innovation of the Year at the Hedgeweek® Global Digital Assets Awards 2025.
To learn more about AMINA, visit www.aminagroup.com
About Canton Network
Canton is the only public, permissionless blockchain purpose-built for institutional finance–uniquely combining privacy, compliance, and scalability. With participation from leading global financial institutions and network governance independently facilitated by the Canton Foundation, Canton enables real-time, secure synchronization and settlement across multiple asset classes on a shared, interoperable infrastructure. The open-sourced network is powered by its native token, Canton Coin, and supports decentralized governance and collaborative application development. It’s the proven link between the promise of blockchain and the power of global finance, making finance flow the way it should. Learn more at: canton.network
AMINA Becomes First Bank to Support Canton Coin Trading and Custody
