Who Should I Trade?

Alex Hoppe for Pierce Johnson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Alex Hoppe RP - SEA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 370	‐
VBR	# 653	# 698

Projections

Strikeouts	23	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.46	4.06
WHIP	1.40	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 365	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 357	# 461

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Alex Hoppe RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	33	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	29.0	24.0

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	1

Hits Allowed	28	25

Earned Runs	17	17

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	26	26

Walks	12	10

ERA	5.28	6.38

WHIP	1.38	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Alex Hoppe RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.9	11.8

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	1

Hits Allowed	22	11

Earned Runs	11	5

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	23	11

Walks	10	6

ERA	4.46	4.06

WHIP	1.40	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Alex Hoppe RP - SEA
News
	The Reds activated Pierce Johnson from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	The Mariners recalled Alex Hoppe from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	The Cincinnati Reds are expected to activate Pierce Johnson from the 15-day injured list on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd	The Mariners optioned Alex Hoppe to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	The Reds sent Pierce Johnson on a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	The Mariners selected the contract of RHP Alex Hoppe from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
	Pierce Johnson is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Louisville on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 17th	Hoppe split time between Triple-A Worcester and Double-A Portland in Boston's organization last season, posting a 4.55 ERA, 1.52 WHIP and 73:34 K:BB across 61.1 innings. Acquired from the Red Sox in November, he was added to Seattle's 40-man roster heading into 2026 but has yet to make his big-league debut. Bruno Mulé Wed, Mar 18th
	Reds right-hander Pierce Johnson (elbow) will throw a live batting practice session on Monday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th
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			Alex Hoppe RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Fri, Mar 27th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#324
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#324	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#305
Mon, Apr 13th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Mon, Apr 27th				@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Fri, May 22nd				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Sun, May 24th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Thu, Jun 11th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Thu, Jun 18th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Thu, Jun 25th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			vs DET
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH			vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			vs TB
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			vs TB
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs LAA
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Alex Hoppe for Pierce Johnson (2026)

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