Who Should I Trade?

Josh Sborz for Pierce Johnson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Josh Sborz RP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 370	‐
VBR	# 699	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	24	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.54	4.27
WHIP	1.40	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 364	# 432

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 357	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Josh Sborz RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	31	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	27.2	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	5	‐

Hits Allowed	24	‐

Earned Runs	13	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	25	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	4.23	‐

WHIP	1.30	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Josh Sborz RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	24

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	23.3	11.6

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	1

Hits Allowed	22	11

Earned Runs	12	6

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	24	11

Walks	10	5

ERA	4.54	4.27

WHIP	1.40	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Josh Sborz RP - TEX
News
	The Reds activated Pierce Johnson from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	The Rangers re-signed RHP Josh Sborz to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	The Cincinnati Reds are expected to activate Pierce Johnson from the 15-day injured list on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd	Josh Sborz was granted his release from Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	The Reds sent Pierce Johnson on a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	Josh Sborz was reinstated from the development list and is headed to Double-A Frisco. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	Pierce Johnson is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Louisville on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 17th	The Rangers reassigned RHP Josh Sborz to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Reds right-hander Pierce Johnson (elbow) will throw a live batting practice session on Monday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th	Rangers reliever Josh Sborz (shoulder) is feeling better after shoulder issues cost him the 2025 season. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 18th
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			Josh Sborz RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#148
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#253
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Fri, May 22nd				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sun, May 24th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#328
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#225
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#307	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#317	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#204
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL			vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE			@ TB
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE			@ TB
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT			@ TB
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			vs SF
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#370
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Sborz for Pierce Johnson (2026)

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