Who Should I Trade?

Brent Headrick for Pierce Johnson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brent Headrick RP - NYY	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 186	# 373
VBR	# 325	# 716

Projections

Strikeouts	10	9
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.57	4.31
WHIP	1.20	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 105	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 123	# 370

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 264	# 357

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brent Headrick RP - NYY	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	70	46

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	68.2	39.2

Wins	7	2

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	23	7

Hits Allowed	62	38

Earned Runs	15	20

Home Runs Allowed	4	6

Strikeouts	86	34

Walks	21	15

ERA	1.97	4.54

WHIP	1.21	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brent Headrick RP - NYY	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.0	8.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	2

Hits Allowed	8	8

Earned Runs	4	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	10	9

Walks	3	4

ERA	3.57	4.31

WHIP	1.20	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brent Headrick RP - NYY	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
News
		The Reds activated Pierce Johnson from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
		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
	Brent Headrick RP - NYY			Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#79	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#39
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#192	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#222	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#303
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#80
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#79
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#204	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#206	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#222
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#145	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#168	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#74	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#203	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#377	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#116
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#74	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#39	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#145
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#168
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#29	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#165
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#155
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#72	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#312	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#45	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#4
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#211	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#128
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#81	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#108
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#312
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#301
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#201
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#201	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#335
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#211	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#88
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#70
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#175
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#173	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#248
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#286
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#106
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#206
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#69	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#52
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#286
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#59	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#106
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#392	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#68
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#54	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#343
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#4
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#400	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#251
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#225	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#241
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#315	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#4	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#199	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#347
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#108	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#159	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#79	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#137
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#13	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#214	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#128	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#149
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#156	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#111
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#117	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#129
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#88
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#254
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#147	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#331
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#84
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#113	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#108
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS	Alec Gamboa		@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#99	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#106
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#241	@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430	@ LAD
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Thu, Mar 26th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#171
Sun, Mar 29th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#206
Mon, Apr 6th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#110
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#249
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164
Thu, May 14th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40
Sat, May 23rd				vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jun 6th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#141
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Sat, Jul 18th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430
Tue, Jul 21st				@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105
Thu, Aug 6th				vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#424
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Mon, Sep 7th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Brent Headrick for Pierce Johnson (2026)

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