Who Should I Trade?

Joe Boyle for Pierce Johnson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Joe Boyle SP,RP - TB	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 330	# 372
VBR	# 709	# 918

Projections

Strikeouts	3	5
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.87	4.94
WHIP	1.48	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 476	# 357

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 269	# 374

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Joe Boyle SP,RP - TB	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	4	51

Games Started	3	0

Innings Pitched	19.0	43.2

Wins	0	2

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	8

Hits Allowed	13	42

Earned Runs	11	23

Home Runs Allowed	1	7

Strikeouts	21	36

Walks	9	18

ERA	5.21	4.74

WHIP	1.16	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Joe Boyle SP,RP - TB	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	3	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	3.0	5.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	3	5

Earned Runs	1	3

Home Runs Allowed	0	1

Strikeouts	3	5

Walks	2	2

ERA	3.87	4.94

WHIP	1.48	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Joe Boyle SP,RP - TB	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
News
	The Rays optioned RHP Joe Boyle to Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	The Reds activated Pierce Johnson from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	The Rays recalled Joe Boyle from Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 15th	The Cincinnati Reds are expected to activate Pierce Johnson from the 15-day injured list on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd
	The Rays activated RHP Joe Boyle from the 15-day injured list and optioned him to Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th	The Reds sent Pierce Johnson on a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	Joe Boyle will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Durham on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, May 4th	Pierce Johnson is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Louisville on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 17th
	Joe Boyle threw a live batting practice session on Thursday and is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Sunday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 2nd	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
	Joe Boyle SP,RP - TB			Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#110	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#179
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#62	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#109
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#87	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#230
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#99
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#246	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#88
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#174	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#212	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#373
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#15	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#41
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#376	vs SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#105
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#82	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#58
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#109	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#27
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#87
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#227	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#262
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#198
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (4-4)	#399	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#46
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#87	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#91
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#134
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#105	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#98
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#58	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#314	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#258
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#174
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#72	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#179	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#309
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#149
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#99	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#88	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#42	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#132
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#24
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#187
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#365	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#191
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#150	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#157
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#154
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#223	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#91	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#64	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#141	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#181	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#88	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#110
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#179	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#167
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#72	@ SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#387	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#114
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#41	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#78
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#95	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#118
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#314	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#171
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#164	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#107
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#16	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#74
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#121	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#288
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#220
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#79
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#139
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#118	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#38
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#131	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#220
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#139	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#79
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#140	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#42
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#25	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#74	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#24	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#283
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-3)	#217	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#246
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#59
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)		@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#321
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#111	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#400
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#190	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#196
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#92
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#156	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn		vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#384	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (3-2)	#313	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#119
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#321	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#146
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#121
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#210
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#146
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#398	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#82
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#135	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#143	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#88
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#141
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#42	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#92
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#41	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#116	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#196	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#110
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#42	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#114
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#78
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#158
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#46	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (2-2)	#148	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#64	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#20
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#167	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#105	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#348	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#67	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#163
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM	Justin Hagenman		vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#156
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX	Trevor Williams (1-0)	#319	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#79
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#3	vs MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#62
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#103	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#76	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#154
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU	Miguel Ullola (0-0)	#178	@ MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#79
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-2)	#80	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#135	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#208	vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#203	vs LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#10
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#34	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#63
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#59
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#111	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#103
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#49	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#154
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ TOR
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#119
Sat, May 9th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#140
Thu, May 14th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Sat, May 23rd				vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71
Mon, Jun 29th				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Thu, Aug 6th				vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#398
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Mon, Sep 7th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1

Who Should I Trade?

Joe Boyle for Pierce Johnson (2026)

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