Who Should I Trade?

Austin Kitchen for Pierce Johnson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 370	‐
VBR	# 699	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	24	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	1	‐
ERA	4.54	‐
WHIP	1.40	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 364	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 357	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Austin Kitchen RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	31	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	27.2	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	5	‐

Hits Allowed	24	‐

Earned Runs	13	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	25	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	4.23	‐

WHIP	1.30	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Austin Kitchen RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	23.3	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	5	‐

Hits Allowed	22	‐

Earned Runs	12	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	24	‐

Walks	10	‐

ERA	4.54	‐

WHIP	1.40	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Austin Kitchen RP - SEA
News
	The Reds activated Pierce Johnson from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	The Mariners reassigned LHP Austin Kitchen to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 9th
	The Cincinnati Reds are expected to activate Pierce Johnson from the 15-day injured list on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd
	The Reds sent Pierce Johnson on a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	Pierce Johnson is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Louisville on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 17th
	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			Austin Kitchen RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Fri, Mar 27th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#312
Mon, Apr 13th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#370	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Mon, Apr 27th				@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Fri, May 22nd				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Sun, May 24th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Thu, Jun 11th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Thu, Jun 18th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Thu, Jun 25th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#307	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#317	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL			@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#236
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE			@ LAD
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE			@ LAD
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT			@ LAD
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			vs DET
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)	#40
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Kitchen for Pierce Johnson (2026)

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