Who Should I Trade?

Daniel Palencia for Pierce Johnson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 83	# 370
VBR	# 309	# 653

Projections

Strikeouts	20	23
Wins	1	1
Saves	8	0
ERA	3.81	4.46
WHIP	1.32	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 95	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 84	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 78	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 70	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 94	# 365

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 249	# 357

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	33

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.2	29.0

Wins	2	2

Losses	1	1

Saves	3	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	17	28

Earned Runs	5	17

Home Runs Allowed	2	6

Strikeouts	19	26

Walks	6	12

ERA	2.70	5.28

WHIP	1.38	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	17	24

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.1	22.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	8	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	5

Hits Allowed	15	22

Earned Runs	8	11

Home Runs Allowed	2	4

Strikeouts	20	23

Walks	7	10

ERA	3.81	4.46

WHIP	1.32	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
News
	Daniel Palencia is on track to begin a rehab assignment the week of August 3. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	The Reds activated Pierce Johnson from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Daniel Palencia could be cleared to throw live batting practice soon. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Cincinnati Reds are expected to activate Pierce Johnson from the 15-day injured list on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Daniel Palencia is hopeful to return by the middle of August. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Reds sent Pierce Johnson on a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	Daniel Palencia will head to Arizona during the All-Star break to continue his rehab program, with the goal of throwing off a mound once the break concludes. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th	Pierce Johnson is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Louisville on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 17th
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Daniel Palencia is not expected back until after the All Star break. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	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
	Daniel Palencia RP - CHC			Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#324
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#265	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ TOR
Sat, Apr 4th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sun, Jun 21st				@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Daniel Palencia for Pierce Johnson (2026)

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