Who Should I Trade?

Jason Adam for Pierce Johnson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jason Adam RP - SD	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 214	# 373
VBR	# 509	# 554

Projections

Strikeouts	7	10
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.71	4.40
WHIP	1.31	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 208	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 188	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 248	# 370

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 363	# 357

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jason Adam RP - SD	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	36	44

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	32.1	38.1

Wins	2	2

Losses	2	1

Saves	2	1

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	17	7

Hits Allowed	30	35

Earned Runs	9	19

Home Runs Allowed	5	6

Strikeouts	22	34

Walks	8	15

ERA	2.51	4.46

WHIP	1.18	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jason Adam RP - SD	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	7.3	9.8

Wins	1	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	2

Hits Allowed	6	9

Earned Runs	3	5

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	7	10

Walks	3	4

ERA	3.71	4.40

WHIP	1.31	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jason Adam RP - SD	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
News
	Jason Adam played catch up to around 90 feet on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	The Reds activated Pierce Johnson from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Jason Adam has not yet been cleared to resume throwing. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Cincinnati Reds are expected to activate Pierce Johnson from the 15-day injured list on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd
	Jason Adam does not have a timetable to return. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	The Reds sent Pierce Johnson on a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	The Padres placed Jason Adam on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	Pierce Johnson is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Louisville on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 17th
	Jason Adam earned his second save of the season on Wednesday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	Reds right-hander Pierce Johnson (elbow) will throw a live batting practice session on Monday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jason Adam RP - SD			Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#308	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#308	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#159
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#348
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#152
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#91
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#335
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#178
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#347	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#431
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#160	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#151
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH	DJ Herz	#294	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ TOR
Sun, Mar 29th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#287
Fri, Apr 24th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86

Who Should I Trade?

Jason Adam for Pierce Johnson (2026)

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