Josh Ekness or Pierce Johnson

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Josh Ekness or Pierce Johnson Player Statistics
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	51	24

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	43.2	23.2

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	3

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	1	3

Holds	8	2

Hits Allowed	42	21

Earned Runs	23	11

Home Runs Allowed	7	2

Strikeouts	36	16

Walks	18	17

ERA	4.74	4.18

WHIP	1.37	1.61

Josh Ekness or Pierce Johnson Player Projections
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	60	16

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	59.0	16.7

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	13	1

Hits Allowed	54	16

Earned Runs	29	8

Home Runs Allowed	9	2

Strikeouts	65	15

Walks	24	8

ERA	4.35	4.50

WHIP	1.32	1.42

Josh Ekness or Pierce Johnson Player Notes
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Josh Ekness RP - MIA
News
	The Reds activated Pierce Johnson from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Josh Ekness made his latest rehab appearance on Saturday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	The Cincinnati Reds are expected to activate Pierce Johnson from the 15-day injured list on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd	Josh Ekness made his latest rehab appearance on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	The Reds sent Pierce Johnson on a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	Josh Ekness is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Pierce Johnson is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Louisville on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 17th	Josh Ekness will begin a rehab assignment on Thursday with Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Reds right-hander Pierce Johnson (elbow) will throw a live batting practice session on Monday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th	Josh Ekness is in the late stages of his progression. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
Notes
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Josh Ekness or Pierce Johnson Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN			Josh Ekness RP - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#119
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#179	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#401
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#109	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#384
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#264
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#74
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#187
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#230	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#99	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (4-4)	#399
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#88	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#155
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#227
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#134
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#373	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#41	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#157
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#105	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#76
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#58	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#27	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#232
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#87	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#262	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#110
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#198	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#46	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#91	@ SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#105
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#134	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100
Mon, Apr 27th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#16
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-1)	#12
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#98	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#132
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#258	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#143
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#174	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#245
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#140	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#302
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#309	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#87
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#149	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#85
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#43
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#132	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#310
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#154
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Fri, May 22nd				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#171
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#52
Sun, May 24th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#39
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#101	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#190
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#191	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#157	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#52
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#154	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#39
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#302
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#121
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#110	vs TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#29
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#118
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#185
Thu, Jun 11th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#131
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#114	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#78	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#109
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#118	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#171	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#107	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#132
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#15	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#74	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#288	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#20
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#200
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#220	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#156
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#79	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#3
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#110
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#38	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#92
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#323
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#220	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#225
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#79	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#119
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#42	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#135
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#205
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#102
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#283	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#246	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#59	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#321	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#79
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#400	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#204
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#94
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#369
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#92	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#163
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#167
Mon, Jul 27th				vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#107
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		@ NYM	Zac Thornton (4-5)	#123
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#348
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#157
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#146	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#398	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#154
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#373
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#121	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#150
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#210	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#95
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#82	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#98
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#88	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#141	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#155
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#108
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#92	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#114	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#210
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#78	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#149
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#158	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-4)	#137
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#34
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#20	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#101	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-4)	#137
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#121
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60	@ WSH	Will Dion (1-2)	#188
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#163	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#391
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#79	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#246
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#62	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#63
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56	vs NYM	Jonah Tong (2-1)	#86
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#67
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#348
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51	vs LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#10
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#79	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-1)	#12
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1	@ ARI	Corbin Burnes (0-0)	#48
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#78
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#131
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#63	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#32
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#59	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#101	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#167
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#103	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#154	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#119
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#167
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#110
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#10