Who Should I Trade?

Joe La Sorsa for Pierce Johnson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Joe La Sorsa RP - BOS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 370	‐
VBR	# 690	# 822

Projections

Strikeouts	22	9
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.53	4.75
WHIP	1.40	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 365	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 357	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Joe La Sorsa RP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	33	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	29.0	0.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	28	1

Earned Runs	17	1

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	26	1

Walks	12	0

ERA	5.28	27.00

WHIP	1.38	3.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Joe La Sorsa RP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.1	12.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	20	13

Earned Runs	11	6

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	22	9

Walks	9	4

ERA	4.53	4.75

WHIP	1.40	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Joe La Sorsa RP - BOS
News
	The Reds activated Pierce Johnson from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	The Red Sox optioned Joe La Sorsa to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th
	The Cincinnati Reds are expected to activate Pierce Johnson from the 15-day injured list on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd	The Red Sox selected the contract of LHP Joe La Sorsa from Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
	The Reds sent Pierce Johnson on a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	The Red Sox acquired Joe La Sorsa from Pittsburgh for cash considerations. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	Pierce Johnson is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Louisville on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 17th	The Pirates reassigned LHP Joe La Sorsa to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
	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			Joe La Sorsa RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#317	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Mon, Apr 13th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#353	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#295
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#310
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#133
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#353
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Fri, May 22nd				vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, May 24th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Thu, Jun 4th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#264	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#198
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#227	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-0)	#359
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 10th				@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs CHC
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Joe La Sorsa for Pierce Johnson (2026)

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