Who Should I Trade?

Eric Cerantola for Pierce Johnson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 370	‐
VBR	# 624	# 962

Projections

Strikeouts	22	4
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.53	4.27
WHIP	1.40	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 365	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 357	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Eric Cerantola RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	33	4

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	29.0	5.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	28	4

Earned Runs	17	6

Home Runs Allowed	6	2

Strikeouts	26	7

Walks	12	10

ERA	5.28	10.13

WHIP	1.38	2.63

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Eric Cerantola RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	7

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.1	3.8

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	20	3

Earned Runs	11	2

Home Runs Allowed	4	0

Strikeouts	22	4

Walks	9	2

ERA	4.53	4.27

WHIP	1.40	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Eric Cerantola RP - SF
News
	The Reds activated Pierce Johnson from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	The Royals designated Eric Cerantola for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	The Cincinnati Reds are expected to activate Pierce Johnson from the 15-day injured list on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd	The Royals optioned RHP Eric Cerantola to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
	The Reds sent Pierce Johnson on a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	The Royals recalled RHP Eric Cerantola from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	Pierce Johnson is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Louisville on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 17th	The Royals optioned Eric Cerantola to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	Reds right-hander Pierce Johnson (elbow) will throw a live batting practice session on Monday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th	The Royals recalled Eric Cerantola from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
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			Eric Cerantola RP - SF
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#316	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#225
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#179
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#284
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#33
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#250	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#110
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Fri, May 22nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#175
Sun, May 24th				vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#341
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#400
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#339	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#292
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#20	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#430
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#341
Mon, Jul 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#341
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#260	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#38
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ TEX
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			vs DET
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			vs DET
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			vs DET
Mon, Aug 10th				vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#350
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Eric Cerantola for Pierce Johnson (2026)

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