Who Should I Trade?

Tony Santillan for Pierce Johnson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Tony Santillan RP - CIN	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 339	# 372
VBR	# 1072	# 893

Projections

Strikeouts	7	6
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.74	4.45
WHIP	1.51	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 366	# 357

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 296	# 374

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tony Santillan RP - CIN	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	40	49

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	36.2	42.0

Wins	3	2

Losses	4	1

Saves	5	1

Blown Saves	5	1

Holds	11	8

Hits Allowed	38	40

Earned Runs	27	21

Home Runs Allowed	10	6

Strikeouts	33	36

Walks	23	17

ERA	6.63	4.50

WHIP	1.66	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tony Santillan RP - CIN	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	8

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	7.0	6.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	1

Hits Allowed	7	6

Earned Runs	4	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	7	6

Walks	4	3

ERA	4.74	4.45

WHIP	1.51	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tony Santillan RP - CIN	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
News
	The Reds are expected to activate Tony Santillan from the injured list on Friday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	The Reds activated Pierce Johnson from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Tony Santillan threw 15 pitches to hitters during a live BP session on Saturday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	The Cincinnati Reds are expected to activate Pierce Johnson from the 15-day injured list on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd
	Tony Santillan threw a bullpen session on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	The Reds sent Pierce Johnson on a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	Reds manager Terry Francona said Tony Santillan will throw a 20-pitch side session in his return to the mound. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	Pierce Johnson is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Louisville on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 17th
	Tony Santillan is scheduled to undergo additional imaging on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	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
	Tony Santillan RP - CIN			Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#135	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#135
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#117	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#117
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#353	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#353
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#40	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#40
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#87	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#87
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#371	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#371
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#197	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#197
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#105	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#105
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#211	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#211
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#287	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#287
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#341	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#341
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#156	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#156
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#128	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#128
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#109	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#109
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#282	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#282
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)		vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)		@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#202	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#202
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#113	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#113
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#18	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#18
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#232	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#232
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#206	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#206
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#206	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#206
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#123	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#123
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#376	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#376
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#267	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#267
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#306	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#306
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#405	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#405
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#124	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#124
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#204	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#204
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#65	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#65
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#121	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#121
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#271	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#271
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#109	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#109
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#205	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#205
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Tony Santillan for Pierce Johnson (2026)

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