Who Should I Trade?

Chris Flexen for Pierce Johnson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 372	‐
VBR	# 776	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	4	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.57	‐
WHIP	1.47	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 374	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 357	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Chris Flexen RP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	52	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	44.2	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	8	‐

Hits Allowed	44	‐

Earned Runs	24	‐

Home Runs Allowed	8	‐

Strikeouts	37	‐

Walks	18	‐

ERA	4.84	‐

WHIP	1.39	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Chris Flexen RP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	3.8	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	4	‐

Earned Runs	2	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	4	‐

Walks	2	‐

ERA	4.57	‐

WHIP	1.47	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Chris Flexen RP - FA
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
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN			Chris Flexen RP - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#34
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#123
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#95
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#169
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#85
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#40
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#277
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#46
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#105
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#60
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#91
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#35
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#72
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#329
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#142
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-4)	#77
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#42
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#120
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-9)	#100
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#369
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#391
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)	#166
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-7)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#145
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#197
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#33
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#299
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#308
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#253
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#247
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#62
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#75
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#18
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#118
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#16
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#54
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#64
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#39
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (8-8)	#92
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#174
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#121
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#132
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#58
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#64
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#93
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#156
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (11-9)	#59
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#110
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#70
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#218
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#171
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#129
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#39
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#13
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#50
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#284
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#258
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#68
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#37
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#67
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#258
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#68
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#55
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#108
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#8
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#286
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#16
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#33
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#386
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#391
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#389
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#29
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#88
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-7)	#106
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#64
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#18
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#75
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#128
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#387
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#151
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#189
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (9-7)	#87
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#88
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#103
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#154
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#40
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-7)	#106
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#64
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#93
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#110
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#70
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#30
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC	David Peterson (8-8)	#92
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#33
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#59
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#275
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#53
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#68
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#109
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#140
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (10-7)	#1
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#3
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#68
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#67
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (10-7)	#1
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#3
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#12
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#76
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#52
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC	David Peterson (8-8)	#92
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#159
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#7
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#60
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#46
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#141
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Chris Flexen for Pierce Johnson (2026)

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