Who Should I Trade?

Brennan Bernardino for Pierce Johnson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Brennan Bernardino SP,RP - COL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 370	‐
VBR	# 707	# 877

Projections

Strikeouts	21	15
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.54	4.51
WHIP	1.41	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 366	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 357	# 397

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Brennan Bernardino SP,RP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	50

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	31.0	43.2

Wins	2	3

Losses	1	3

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	0	4

Holds	5	5

Hits Allowed	28	40

Earned Runs	17	13

Home Runs Allowed	6	2

Strikeouts	27	34

Walks	13	12

ERA	4.94	2.68

WHIP	1.32	1.19

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Brennan Bernardino SP,RP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.0	17.7

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	3

Hits Allowed	19	18

Earned Runs	10	9

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	21	15

Walks	8	7

ERA	4.54	4.51

WHIP	1.41	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Brennan Bernardino SP,RP - COL
News
	The Reds activated Pierce Johnson from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Brennan Bernardino allowed two runs in the first inning on Saturday and suffered the loss as the Braves defeated the Rockies, 9-1. David Leisering Sat, May 2nd
	The Cincinnati Reds are expected to activate Pierce Johnson from the 15-day injured list on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd	Brennan Bernardino will serve as the opener for the Rockies on Saturday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
	The Reds sent Pierce Johnson on a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	Brennan Bernardino served as the Rockies' opener on Saturday and allowed one run on one hit, walked two, and did not record a strikeout as Colorado suffered a 2-1 loss to Philadelphia. David Leisering Sun, Apr 5th
	Pierce Johnson is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Louisville on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 17th	Brennan Bernardino will serve as the opener on Saturday for the Rockies against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 4th
	Reds right-hander Pierce Johnson (elbow) will throw a live batting practice session on Monday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th	Brennan Bernardino and the Colorado Rockies have avoided arbitration and the lefty reliever will make $925K in 2026. David Leisering Mon, Jan 12th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN			Brennan Bernardino SP,RP - COL
Fri, Mar 27th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#315
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#182
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#313	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#115
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#239
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#364
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#356	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#294
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#191
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#103
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#159
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Fri, May 22nd				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, May 24th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#191	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#294	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#321	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, Jun 11th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#415
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#226
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#270	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#92
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#297
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#203
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#177
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#226	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#235	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#21
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#204
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#316
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#69
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			@ STL
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#180
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Brennan Bernardino for Pierce Johnson (2026)

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