Pierce Johnson or Steven Cruz

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Pierce Johnson or Steven Cruz Player Statistics
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Steven Cruz RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	49	51

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	42.0	53.2

Wins	2	2

Losses	1	3

Saves	1	6

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	8	5

Hits Allowed	40	48

Earned Runs	21	25

Home Runs Allowed	6	12

Strikeouts	36	58

Walks	17	19

ERA	4.50	4.19

WHIP	1.36	1.25

Pierce Johnson or Steven Cruz Player Projections
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Steven Cruz RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	60	39

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	59.0	40.6

Wins	3	2

Losses	3	2

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	13	3

Hits Allowed	54	36

Earned Runs	29	20

Home Runs Allowed	9	5

Strikeouts	65	37

Walks	24	17

ERA	4.35	4.48

WHIP	1.32	1.33

Pierce Johnson or Steven Cruz Player Notes
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Steven Cruz RP - KC
News
	The Reds activated Pierce Johnson from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Steven Cruz struck out two batters while allowing two hits over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Friday's 3-0 win over the Guardians. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 29th
	The Cincinnati Reds are expected to activate Pierce Johnson from the 15-day injured list on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd	Steven Cruz threw a scoreless frame to earn the save in Monday's 9-5 win over the Athletics. Chase Davis Tue, Aug 18th
	The Reds sent Pierce Johnson on a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	Steven Cruz struck out one batter while allowing one hit in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Friday's 7-6 win over the Angels. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 15th
	Pierce Johnson is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Louisville on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 17th	Steven Cruz struck out one batter in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Wednesday's 2-1 win over the Twins. Chase Davis Thu, Aug 6th
	Reds right-hander Pierce Johnson (elbow) will throw a live batting practice session on Monday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th	Steven Cruz struck out two batters while allowing one hit and one walk over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Sunday's 5-4 win over the Tigers. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 27th
Notes
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Pierce Johnson or Steven Cruz Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN			Steven Cruz RP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#135
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#117
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#25
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#353	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#40	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#26
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#87	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#18
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#177
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#371	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#197	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#141
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#81
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#22
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#174
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#105	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#211	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#180
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#287	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#341	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#156	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#309
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#128	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#109	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#18
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#282	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#73
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#287
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#202	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#124
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#113	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#317
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#18	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#232	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#206	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#362
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#206	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#43
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#123	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#376	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#123
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#267	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#306	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#182
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#365
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#87
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#82
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#405	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#124	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#204	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#65	@ LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#10
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#334
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#121	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#22
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#169
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#405
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#244
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#114
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#66
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#271	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#143
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#109	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#205	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#184
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55	vs ARI	Derek Law
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs ARI	Corbin Burnes	#67
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#136
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#10	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#142
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41
Fri, May 22nd				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16
Sun, May 24th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#170
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#209
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71