Who Should I Trade?

JT Brubaker for Pierce Johnson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	JT Brubaker RP - SF	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	# 370
VBR	# 654	# 653

Projections

Strikeouts	18	23
Wins	1	1
Saves	2	0
ERA	4.50	4.46
WHIP	1.45	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 365

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 268	# 357

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	JT Brubaker RP - SF	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	31	33

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	49.1	29.0

Wins	0	2

Losses	0	1

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	5

Hits Allowed	36	28

Earned Runs	15	17

Home Runs Allowed	4	6

Strikeouts	35	26

Walks	20	12

ERA	2.74	5.28

WHIP	1.14	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	JT Brubaker RP - SF	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	24

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.8	22.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	5

Hits Allowed	22	22

Earned Runs	11	11

Home Runs Allowed	3	4

Strikeouts	18	23

Walks	9	10

ERA	4.50	4.46

WHIP	1.45	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	JT Brubaker RP - SF	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
News
		The Reds activated Pierce Johnson from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
		The Cincinnati Reds are expected to activate Pierce Johnson from the 15-day injured list on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd
		The Reds sent Pierce Johnson on a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
		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
	JT Brubaker RP - SF			Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#324
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#212	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#197	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			@ SF
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			vs SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Thu, Mar 26th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Sun, Mar 29th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363
Wed, Apr 29th				vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214
Tue, Jun 16th				vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Thu, Aug 6th				vs ATH
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL
Sun, Aug 30th				@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

JT Brubaker for Pierce Johnson (2026)

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