Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Puk for Pierce Johnson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	A.J. Puk RP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 373	‐
VBR	# 554	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	10	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.40	‐
WHIP	1.37	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 370	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 357	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	A.J. Puk RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	44	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	38.1	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	7	‐

Hits Allowed	35	‐

Earned Runs	19	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	34	‐

Walks	15	‐

ERA	4.46	‐

WHIP	1.30	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	A.J. Puk RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	9.8	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	9	‐

Earned Runs	5	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	10	‐

Walks	4	‐

ERA	4.40	‐

WHIP	1.37	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	A.J. Puk RP - ARI
News
	The Reds activated Pierce Johnson from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said A.J. Puk will be shut down for the season. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	The Cincinnati Reds are expected to activate Pierce Johnson from the 15-day injured list on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said A.J. Puk will seek a second opinion. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	The Reds sent Pierce Johnson on a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	A.J. Puk is scheduled to undergo an MRI on July 17 to evaluate the progress of his shoulder injury. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
	Pierce Johnson is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Louisville on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 17th	A.J. Puk recently underwent an MRI that revealed a left shoulder capsule sprain, and he has been shut down for four weeks. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 20th
	Reds right-hander Pierce Johnson (elbow) will throw a live batting practice session on Monday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th	A.J. Puk is scheduled to undergo an MRI on his left shoulder. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN			A.J. Puk RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#196
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#116
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd				vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Sun, May 24th				vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#348	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#152	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#91	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#430
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#335	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#178	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#431	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#151	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#287
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Puk for Pierce Johnson (2026)

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