Who Should I Trade?

Ben Joyce for Pierce Johnson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 185	# 372
VBR	# 333	# 658

Projections

Strikeouts	7	6
Wins	0	0
Saves	2	0
ERA	3.65	4.42
WHIP	1.29	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 211	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 196	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 77	# 374

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 357

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	12	50

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	11.1	43.0

Wins	0	2

Losses	2	1

Saves	4	1

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	2	8

Hits Allowed	5	42

Earned Runs	4	23

Home Runs Allowed	0	7

Strikeouts	14	36

Walks	6	18

ERA	3.18	4.81

WHIP	0.97	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	7

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	6.3	5.9

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	5	5

Earned Runs	3	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	7	6

Walks	3	2

ERA	3.65	4.42

WHIP	1.29	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
News
	The Angels activated RHP Ben Joyce from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Reds activated Pierce Johnson from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Ben Joyce threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Salt Lake on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	The Cincinnati Reds are expected to activate Pierce Johnson from the 15-day injured list on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd
	Ben Joyce threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Salt Lake on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	The Reds sent Pierce Johnson on a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	Angels right-hander Ben Joyce (shoulder) is having his rehab assignment moved to Triple-A Salt Lake. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd	Pierce Johnson is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Louisville on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 17th
	Ben Joyce began a rehab assignment in the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th	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
	Ben Joyce RP - LAA			Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#23	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#165
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#121	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#33
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#96	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#189
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#176	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#30
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#58	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#15	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#198	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#102	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#185
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#4	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#101
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#79	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#83
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#137	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#51
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-4)	#405	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#305
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#115	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#49
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#71
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#167	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#113
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#266	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#18	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#389	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#45
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#61	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#93
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#11	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#338
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#182
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#349	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#88
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#146	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#119
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#141
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#378
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#395	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#98
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#30
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#176
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#395	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#220
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#11	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#143
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#153	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#261
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#74
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#162	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#34	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#157
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#166	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#74
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#160	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#314	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#125
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#145	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#7
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#175	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#52
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#128	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#40
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#119	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#109
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#50	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#272
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#88	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#137
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#163
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#178	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#378	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#127	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#160	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#80
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#99
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#143	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#159
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#261	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#136	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#61
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#178	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#116
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#24	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#82
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#297	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#131
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#190
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#135	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#108
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#116	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#105
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#180	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#14
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#314	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#71
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#134	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#259
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#60	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#347	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#91
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#314	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#134	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#44
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#175	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#26	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#15	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#53	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#76	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#47
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#33	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#118
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#60
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#10
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#40	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#286
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#128	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#7
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#92	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#37
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#253
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#45	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#58
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#70	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#309
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#50	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#400
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#26
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#80	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#102
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#198
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#27	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#113	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#110
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#96
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#136	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-1)	#90	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#74
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#91	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#30
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#222	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#314
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#47	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#145
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#118	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#402
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#155	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#39
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#83	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#120
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#130	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#187
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#40
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-5)	#97	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#64
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#158	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#102
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#146	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#83
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#393	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#130
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#51
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#121	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#216	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#80
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#136	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#99
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#40	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#116
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-5)	#97	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#82
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#158	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#330
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#34	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#74	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#27
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#125	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#109
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#25
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#10	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#37
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#259	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#61
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#20	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#169
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#14	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#50
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#44	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#91
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#30	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#65
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#124	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#107	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#76	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#39	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#91
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#120	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#157	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#65
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (1-1)	#41	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#12	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#26	vs LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#16
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#93	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#58
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ TOR
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#127
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#37
Thu, May 14th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#59
Mon, May 25th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Wed, Jul 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#91
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#110

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Joyce for Pierce Johnson (2026)

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