Joey Cantillo or Pierce Johnson

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News & Notes
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Joey Cantillo or Pierce Johnson Player Statistics
	Joey Cantillo SP,RP - CLE	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	28	45

Games Started	28	0

Innings Pitched	136.1	38.2

Wins	9	2

Losses	7	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	7

Hits Allowed	128	35

Earned Runs	57	19

Home Runs Allowed	15	6

Strikeouts	145	34

Walks	70	15

ERA	3.76	4.42

WHIP	1.45	1.29

Joey Cantillo or Pierce Johnson Player Projections
	Joey Cantillo SP,RP - CLE	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	42	60

Games Started	20	0

Innings Pitched	130.5	59.0

Wins	7	3

Losses	7	3

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	1	13

Hits Allowed	115	54

Earned Runs	56	29

Home Runs Allowed	16	9

Strikeouts	136	65

Walks	55	24

ERA	3.88	4.35

WHIP	1.31	1.32

Joey Cantillo or Pierce Johnson Player Notes
	Joey Cantillo SP,RP - CLE	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
News
	Joey Cantillo allowed two earned runs on two hits and seven walks while striking out one over six innings in Wednesday's 4-3 win over the Angels. Matthew Adam Thu, Aug 27th	The Reds activated Pierce Johnson from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Joey Cantillo allowed one earned run on four hits and four walks while striking out five over 4.2 innings in Friday's 9-1 win over the Rockies. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 22nd	The Cincinnati Reds are expected to activate Pierce Johnson from the 15-day injured list on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd
	Joey Cantillo allowed one earned run on one hit and three walks while striking out seven over six innings in Saturday's 6-1 win over the Padres. Matthew Adam Sun, Aug 16th	The Reds sent Pierce Johnson on a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	Joey Cantillo allowed one earned run on three hits while striking out three over one inning in Sunday's 5-3 loss to the White Sox. Matthew Adam Mon, Aug 10th	Pierce Johnson is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Louisville on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 17th
	Joey Cantillo allowed two earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out five over five innings in Tuesday's 6-2 loss to the Mets. Matthew Adam Wed, Aug 5th	Reds right-hander Pierce Johnson (elbow) will throw a live batting practice session on Monday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th
Notes
	Walks are the big issue for Cantillo, who could provide immense strikeout upside. The Guardians organization routinely gets the best out of their pitchers, so I am gambling on the best case scenario with this live arm. Anthony Gambale - Roto Street Journal

Joey Cantillo or Pierce Johnson Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Joey Cantillo SP,RP - CLE			Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#160
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#230
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#261
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#393	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#124	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#245
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#75
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#264
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#315
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#342
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#102
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#283
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#136	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#400
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#77	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#244	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#385	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#434
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#161
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#267	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-2)	#191	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#413	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#230	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#190	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#189	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ TOR
Sat, Apr 4th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Thu, May 14th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 14th				vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#152
Fri, Jul 17th				@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD