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Max Kranick for Pierce Johnson (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| Pierce Johnson RP - CIN  | Max Kranick RP - WSH  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 275 | ‐ |
| VBR | # 539 | # 990 |
| Projections | ||
| Strikeouts | 43 | 6 |
| Wins | 2 | 0 |
| Saves | 3 | 0 |
| ERA | 4.22 | 4.49 |
| WHIP | 1.37 | 1.32 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | IL60 |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Kelly Kirby FantasyPros | # 272 | ‐ |
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 309 | ‐ |
| Pierce Johnson RP - CIN | Max Kranick RP - WSH | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 24 | ‐ |
| Games Started | 0 | ‐ |
| Innings Pitched | 22.0 | ‐ |
| Wins | 2 | ‐ |
| Losses | 1 | ‐ |
| Saves | 1 | ‐ |
| Blown Saves | 0 | ‐ |
| Holds | 4 | ‐ |
| Hits Allowed | 19 | ‐ |
| Earned Runs | 8 | ‐ |
| Home Runs Allowed | 3 | ‐ |
| Strikeouts | 20 | ‐ |
| Walks | 8 | ‐ |
| ERA | 3.27 | ‐ |
| WHIP | 1.23 | ‐ |
| Pierce Johnson RP - CIN | Max Kranick RP - WSH | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 43 | 9 |
| Games Started | 0 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 40.5 | 8.0 |
| Wins | 2 | 0 |
| Losses | 3 | 0 |
| Saves | 3 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 8 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 37 | 8 |
| Earned Runs | 19 | 4 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 6 | 1 |
| Strikeouts | 43 | 6 |
| Walks | 17 | 2 |
| ERA | 4.22 | 4.49 |
| WHIP | 1.37 | 1.32 |
| Pierce Johnson RP - CIN | Max Kranick RP - WSH | |
| News | ||
| The Reds activated RHP Pierce Johnson from the bereavement list. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th | Max Kranick threw a bullpen session on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd | |
| The Reds placed RHP Pierce Johnson on the bereavement list. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd | Max Kranick headed to West Palm Beach with the Nationals. Ari Koslow Sat, May 9th | |
| Pierce Johnson is heading to the Cincinnati Reds, per multiple reports. Details of the contract have not been released. David Leisering Sun, Jan 11th | The Nationals signed RHP Max Kranick to a one-year contract with a club option for 2027. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th | |
| The Nationals signed RHP Max Kranick to a one-year deal. Ari Koslow Fri, May 1st | ||
| Kranick posted a 3.65 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, and 25 strikeouts across 37 innings in 24 bullpen appearances with the Mets last season before suffering a flexor tendon injury in July. He underwent surgery and has been a free agent since November while recovering. Bruno Mulé Mon, Apr 13th | ||
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Pierce Johnson RP - CIN | Max Kranick RP - WSH | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | vs BOS | Garrett Crochet (3-3) | #6 | @ CHC | Matthew Boyd (2-1) | #42 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (5-1) | #29 | @ CHC | Cade Horton (1-0) | |
| Sun, Mar 29th | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #99 | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-5) | #22 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #49 | @ PHI | Taijuan Walker (1-4) | #387 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #127 | @ PHI | Andrew Painter (1-5) | #166 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ TEX | MacKenzie Gore (3-4) | #51 | vs LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #43 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #107 | vs LAD | Tyler Glasnow (3-0) | #38 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #78 | vs LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #128 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #121 | vs STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #143 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ MIA | Sandy Alcantara (3-4) | #64 | vs STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #119 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #60 | vs STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #84 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs LAA | Jack Kochanowicz (2-3) | #408 | @ MIL | Aaron Ashby | |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs LAA | George Klassen (0-1) | #347 | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #58 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #39 | @ MIL | Brandon Woodruff (2-1) | #59 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 | |||
| Tue, Apr 14th | vs SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #86 | @ PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #98 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | vs SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #100 | @ PIT | Mason Montgomery (1-1) | #151 |
| Thu, Apr 16th | vs SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #66 | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #49 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | @ MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #14 | vs SF | Logan Webb (2-4) | #13 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | @ MIN | Taj Bradley (5-1) | #68 | vs SF | Adrian Houser (2-4) | #188 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | @ MIN | Bailey Ober (6-2) | #76 | vs SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #86 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | @ TB | Jesse Scholtens (5-3) | #274 | vs ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #114 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | @ TB | Steven Matz (4-2) | #91 | vs ATL | Reynaldo Lopez (2-1) | #106 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | @ TB | Nick Martinez (4-1) | #75 | vs ATL | Didier Fuentes (3-0) | #156 |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | vs ATL | JR Ritchie (1-1) | #247 | |||
| Fri, Apr 24th | vs DET | Framber Valdez (2-3) | #25 | @ CWS | Bryan Hudson (2-1) | #178 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | vs DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #70 | @ CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #220 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | vs DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #205 | @ CWS | Bryan Hudson (2-1) | #178 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | vs COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #395 | @ NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #167 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | vs COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #426 | @ NYM | David Peterson (3-5) | #87 |
| Thu, Apr 30th | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #423 | @ NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #24 |
| Fri, May 1st | @ PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #98 | vs MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #18 |
| Sat, May 2nd | @ PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #112 | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #58 |
| Sun, May 3rd | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #49 | vs MIL | Logan Henderson (2-1) | #61 |
| Tue, May 5th | @ CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #103 | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (5-1) | #68 |
| Wed, May 6th | @ CHC | Colin Rea (5-3) | #139 | vs MIN | Bailey Ober (6-2) | #76 |
| Thu, May 7th | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-5) | #22 | vs MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7) | #223 |
| Fri, May 8th | vs HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #129 | @ MIA | Robby Snelling (0-1) | |
| Sat, May 9th | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #122 | @ MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #121 |
| Sun, May 10th | vs HOU | Kai-Wei Teng (3-3) | #169 | @ MIA | Sandy Alcantara (3-4) | #64 |
| Tue, May 12th | vs WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #216 | @ CIN | Brady Singer (2-4) | #145 |
| Wed, May 13th | vs WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #198 | @ CIN | Nick Lodolo (1-1) | #62 |
| Thu, May 14th | vs WSH | Foster Griffin (6-2) | #85 | @ CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #26 |
| Fri, May 15th | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #37 | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #83 |
| Sat, May 16th | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #95 | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #113 |
| Sun, May 17th | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | vs BAL | Brandon Young (3-1) | #195 |
| Mon, May 18th | @ PHI | Andrew Painter (1-5) | #166 | vs NYM | Christian Scott (0-0) | #105 |
| Tue, May 19th | @ PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 | vs NYM | Nolan McLean (2-4) | #30 |
| Wed, May 20th | @ PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #40 | vs NYM | Zach Thornton (0-1) | #261 |
| Thu, May 21st | vs NYM | David Peterson (3-5) | #87 | |||
| Fri, May 22nd | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #114 | |||
| Sat, May 23rd | vs STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #163 | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #124 |
| Sun, May 24th | @ ATL | Martin Perez (2-3) | #196 | |||
| Mon, May 25th | @ NYM | Nolan McLean (2-4) | #30 | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #37 |
| Tue, May 26th | @ NYM | David Peterson (3-5) | #87 | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #95 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ NYM | Huascar Brazoban (3-1) | #202 | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 |
| Fri, May 29th | vs ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #124 | vs SD | Lucas Giolito (2-0) | #165 |
| Sat, May 30th | vs ATL | Martin Perez (2-3) | #196 | vs SD | Michael King (4-3) | #35 |
| Sun, May 31st | vs ATL | Spencer Strider (3-0) | #32 | vs SD | Griffin Canning (0-3) | #138 |
| Mon, Jun 1st | vs KC | Luinder Avila | vs MIA | Sandy Alcantara (3-4) | #64 | |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #97 | vs MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #60 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs KC | Stephen Kolek (3-0) | #168 | vs MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #71 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #163 | @ ARI | Merrill Kelly (5-3) | #96 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #119 | @ ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1) | #116 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #84 | @ ARI | Michael Soroka (7-2) | #72 |
| Mon, Jun 8th | @ SD | @ SF | ||||
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ SD | @ SF | ||||
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ SD | @ SF | ||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs ARI | vs SEA | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs ARI | vs SEA | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs ARI | vs SEA | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | vs NYM | vs KC | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | vs NYM | vs KC | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | vs NYM | vs KC | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ NYY | @ TB | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ NYY | @ TB | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | @ NYY | @ TB | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | vs MIL | vs PHI | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs MIL | vs PHI | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs MIL | vs PHI | ||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | vs PHI | |||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ PIT | @ BAL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ PIT | @ BAL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ PIT | @ BAL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | @ MIL | @ BOS | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ MIL | @ BOS | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ MIL | @ BOS | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs BAL | vs PIT | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs BAL | vs PIT | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs BAL | vs PIT | ||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs HOU | |||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | vs PHI | vs HOU | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | vs PHI | vs HOU | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | vs CHC | vs NYY | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | vs CHC | vs NYY | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | vs CHC | vs NYY | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | @ COL | @ ATH | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | @ COL | @ ATH | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | @ COL | @ ATH | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | @ SEA | @ COL | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | @ SEA | @ COL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | @ SEA | @ COL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ STL | vs ARI | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ STL | vs ARI | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ STL | vs ARI | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | vs CLE | vs TOR | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs CLE | vs TOR | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs CLE | vs TOR | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | vs PIT | @ ATL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | vs PIT | @ ATL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | vs PIT | @ ATL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | vs PIT | @ ATL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | @ PHI | |||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs ATH | @ PHI | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs ATH | @ PHI | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | vs ATH | @ PHI | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | @ WSH | vs CIN | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | @ WSH | vs CIN | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | @ WSH | vs CIN | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ CWS | vs CHC | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ CWS | vs CHC | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | @ CWS | vs CHC | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs MIA | @ NYM | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs MIA | @ NYM | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs MIA | @ NYM | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs STL | @ TEX | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs STL | @ TEX | ||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | vs STL | @ TEX | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ ARI | @ MIA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ ARI | @ MIA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ ARI | @ MIA | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ SF | vs COL | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ SF | vs COL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ SF | vs COL | ||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | vs COL | |||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ CHC | vs MIA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ CHC | vs MIA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | @ CHC | vs MIA | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs SD | vs MIA | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs SD | vs ATL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs SD | vs ATL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs MIL | @ LAD | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs MIL | @ LAD | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs MIL | @ LAD | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ LAD | @ SD | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ LAD | @ SD | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ LAD | @ SD | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ MIL | vs LAA | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ MIL | vs LAA | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ MIL | vs LAA | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs LAD | vs PHI | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs LAD | vs PHI | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs CHC | @ STL | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs CHC | @ STL | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs CHC | @ STL | ||||
| Mon, Sep 21st | @ DET | |||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ ATL | @ DET | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ ATL | @ DET | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ TOR | vs NYM | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ TOR | vs NYM | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ TOR | vs NYM | ||||
| Thu, Apr 9th | @ MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #71 | |||
| Mon, May 4th | @ CHC | Edward Cabrera (3-2) | #73 | |||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | @ MIL | |||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | vs PHI | |||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs STL | |||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs LAD | |||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | vs LAD | |||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ ATL | |||||
