Who Should I Trade?

Kervin Castro for Pierce Johnson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 370	‐
VBR	# 624	# 684

Projections

Strikeouts	22	12
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.44	4.25
WHIP	1.36	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 365	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 357	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Kervin Castro RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	33	2

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	29.0	2.2

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	28	2

Earned Runs	17	1

Home Runs Allowed	6	0

Strikeouts	26	4

Walks	12	0

ERA	5.28	3.38

WHIP	1.38	0.75

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Kervin Castro RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	17

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.1	13.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	20	12

Earned Runs	11	6

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	22	12

Walks	9	6

ERA	4.44	4.25

WHIP	1.36	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Kervin Castro RP - NYY
News
	The Reds activated Pierce Johnson from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	The Yankees optioned Kervin Castro to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	The Cincinnati Reds are expected to activate Pierce Johnson from the 15-day injured list on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd	The Yankees recalled Kervin Castro from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	The Reds sent Pierce Johnson on a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	Kervin Castro has been optioned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. The move was made to make room for Carlos Rodon (elbow), who was activated from the IL and will make his season debut on Sunday. David Leisering Sun, May 10th
	Pierce Johnson is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Louisville on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 17th	Kervin Castro has been called up to the Yankees' roster from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. He should be available out of the bullpen on Friday in Milwaukee. David Leisering Fri, May 8th
	Reds right-hander Pierce Johnson (elbow) will throw a live batting practice session on Monday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th	Righthander Kervin Castro has been optioned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre by the New York Yankees. David Leisering Fri, Mar 20th
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			Kervin Castro RP - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#315	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Mon, Apr 13th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#205
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#225
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159
Fri, May 22nd				vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sun, May 24th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Thu, Jun 4th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#338	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#314	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#296
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#260	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#314
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT			@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			vs STL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			vs STL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#349
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Kervin Castro for Pierce Johnson (2026)

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