Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Rutledge for Pierce Johnson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Jackson Rutledge SP,RP - PHI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 370	‐
VBR	# 640	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	24	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.40	4.40
WHIP	1.39	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 364	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 357	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Jackson Rutledge SP,RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	32	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	28.2	1.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	24	6

Earned Runs	13	7

Home Runs Allowed	6	0

Strikeouts	26	2

Walks	12	2

ERA	4.08	47.25

WHIP	1.26	6.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Jackson Rutledge SP,RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	25

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	23.0	13.3

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	1

Hits Allowed	22	13

Earned Runs	11	7

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	24	11

Walks	10	5

ERA	4.40	4.40

WHIP	1.39	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Jackson Rutledge SP,RP - PHI
News
	The Reds activated Pierce Johnson from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	The Phillies claimed RHP Jackson Rutledge off of waivers from the Nationals and optioned him to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Sun, May 10th
	The Cincinnati Reds are expected to activate Pierce Johnson from the 15-day injured list on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd	The Nationals designated RHP Jackson Rutledge for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	The Reds sent Pierce Johnson on a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	The Nationals recalled Jackson Rutledge from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	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
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN			Jackson Rutledge SP,RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#73
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#340
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, May 22nd				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, May 24th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#273
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Thu, Jun 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#285
Thu, Jun 25th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Mon, Jul 6th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs NYY
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL			vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 10th				@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs TB
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#288
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Rutledge for Pierce Johnson (2026)

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