Who Should I Trade?

Justin Bruihl for Pierce Johnson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 370	# 387
VBR	# 690	# 691

Projections

Strikeouts	22	14
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.53	4.27
WHIP	1.40	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 365	# 432

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 357	# 403

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Justin Bruihl RP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	33	44

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	29.0	48.2

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	5	6

Hits Allowed	28	48

Earned Runs	17	20

Home Runs Allowed	6	2

Strikeouts	26	33

Walks	12	19

ERA	5.28	3.70

WHIP	1.38	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Justin Bruihl RP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	21

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.1	17.6

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	2

Hits Allowed	20	17

Earned Runs	11	8

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	22	14

Walks	9	7

ERA	4.53	4.27

WHIP	1.40	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Justin Bruihl RP - STL
News
	The Reds activated Pierce Johnson from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Justin Bruihl was removed from Monday’s game against the Brewers with a left ankle sprain. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	The Cincinnati Reds are expected to activate Pierce Johnson from the 15-day injured list on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd	Justin Bruihl has been traded from the Cleveland Guardians to the St. Louis Cardinals for cash considerations. In a corresponding move, Zak Kent was designated for assignment by St. Louis. David Leisering Tue, Jan 6th
	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
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN			Justin Bruihl RP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#189
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#317	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#353	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#417
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#206
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156
Thu, Jun 18th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#264	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#207
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#286
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#227	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th				vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ MIL
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Justin Bruihl for Pierce Johnson (2026)

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