Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Vargas for Pierce Johnson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 370	‐
VBR	# 693	# 916

Projections

Strikeouts	19	5
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.51	3.97
WHIP	1.39	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 366	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 357	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	37	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	32.2	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	5	‐

Hits Allowed	32	‐

Earned Runs	18	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	29	‐

Walks	13	‐

ERA	4.96	‐

WHIP	1.38	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.3	5.5

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	17	5

Earned Runs	9	2

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	19	5

Walks	8	2

ERA	4.51	3.97

WHIP	1.39	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
News
	The Reds activated Pierce Johnson from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Carlos Vargas is targeting a return in the middle of August. 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 Mariners expect Carlos Vargas to return in early August. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	The Reds sent Pierce Johnson on a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	Carlos Vargas has begun a throwing program. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th
	Pierce Johnson is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Louisville on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 17th	Carlos Vargas had a minor setback in his rehab. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
	Reds right-hander Pierce Johnson (elbow) will throw a live batting practice session on Monday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th	Carlos Vargas remains without a clear timetable to return from his lat injury. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
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			Carlos Vargas RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Fri, Mar 27th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#304
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#304	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#325
Mon, Apr 13th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Mon, Apr 27th				@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Fri, May 22nd				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Sun, May 24th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Thu, Jun 11th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Thu, Jun 18th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jun 25th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Mon, Jul 27th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#342	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs DET	Ty Madden	#259
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
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)	#75
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Carlos Vargas for Pierce Johnson (2026)

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