Who Should I Trade?

Brenan Hanifee for Pierce Johnson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 369	# 370
VBR	# 715	# 587

Projections

Strikeouts	11	18
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.16	4.34
WHIP	1.42	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 468	# 357

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 353	# 367

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brenan Hanifee RP - DET	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	37

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	20.1	32.2

Wins	0	2

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	3	5

Hits Allowed	21	32

Earned Runs	9	18

Home Runs Allowed	4	6

Strikeouts	8	29

Walks	6	13

ERA	3.98	4.96

WHIP	1.33	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brenan Hanifee RP - DET	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	17	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	15.3	18.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	4

Hits Allowed	16	17

Earned Runs	7	9

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	11	18

Walks	5	7

ERA	4.16	4.34

WHIP	1.42	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brenan Hanifee RP - DET	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
News
	The Tigers recalled Brenan Hanifee from Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	The Reds activated Pierce Johnson from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	The Tigers optioned Brenan Hanifee to Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Cincinnati Reds are expected to activate Pierce Johnson from the 15-day injured list on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd
	The Tigers recalled Brenan Hanifee from Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Reds sent Pierce Johnson on a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	The Tigers have optioned right-hander Brenan Hanifee to Triple-A Toledo. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jun 12th	Pierce Johnson is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Louisville on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 17th
	The Tigers recalled Brenan Hanifee from Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd	Reds right-hander Pierce Johnson (elbow) will throw a live batting practice session on Monday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brenan Hanifee RP - DET			Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#295
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#377
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#188	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#173	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#425	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ TOR
Sun, Mar 29th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, May 23rd				vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Mon, May 25th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sun, Jun 14th				vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Brenan Hanifee for Pierce Johnson (2026)

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