Who Should I Trade?

Fernando Cruz for Pierce Johnson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 254	# 373
VBR	‐	# 716

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	9
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.31
WHIP	‐	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 185	# 370

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 306	# 357

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	61	46

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	54.2	39.2

Wins	4	2

Losses	6	1

Saves	2	1

Blown Saves	6	1

Holds	19	7

Hits Allowed	41	38

Earned Runs	19	20

Home Runs Allowed	7	6

Strikeouts	67	34

Walks	32	15

ERA	3.13	4.54

WHIP	1.34	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	11

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	8.6

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	2

Hits Allowed	‐	8

Earned Runs	‐	4

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	9

Walks	‐	4

ERA	‐	4.31

WHIP	‐	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Fernando Cruz RP - NYY	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
News
	Fernando Cruz is seeking a second opinion after he was diagnosed with a torn UCL. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st	The Reds activated Pierce Johnson from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said that Fernando Cruz has been diagnosed with a partially torn UCL in his right elbow. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 27th	The Cincinnati Reds are expected to activate Pierce Johnson from the 15-day injured list on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd
	The Yankees placed Fernando Cruz on the 15-day injured list with right elbow discomfort. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th	The Reds sent Pierce Johnson on a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	Fernando Cruz and the New York Yankees have avoided arbitration and the righthander is scheduled to make $1.45 million in 2026. David Leisering Sat, Jan 10th	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
	Fernando Cruz 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?

Fernando Cruz for Pierce Johnson (2026)

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