Who Should I Trade?

Nate Pearson for Pierce Johnson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 324	# 370
VBR	# 813	# 653

Projections

Strikeouts	17	23
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.70	4.46
WHIP	1.50	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 353	# 365

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 277	# 357

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nate Pearson RP - KC	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	16	33

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.0	29.0

Wins	1	2

Losses	0	1

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	16	28

Earned Runs	8	17

Home Runs Allowed	1	6

Strikeouts	16	26

Walks	12	12

ERA	3.60	5.28

WHIP	1.40	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nate Pearson RP - KC	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	24

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.1	22.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	5

Hits Allowed	17	22

Earned Runs	9	11

Home Runs Allowed	2	4

Strikeouts	17	23

Walks	9	10

ERA	4.70	4.46

WHIP	1.50	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nate Pearson RP - KC	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
News
	The Royals activated Nate Pearson. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	The Reds activated Pierce Johnson from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	The Astros traded Nate Pearson to the Royals. 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 Astros designated Nate Pearson for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Reds sent Pierce Johnson on a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	Nate Pearson was seen packing his bags and getting hugs from teammates on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Pierce Johnson is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Louisville on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 17th
	The Astros activated Nate Pearson from the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th	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
	Nate Pearson RP - KC			Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#324
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#286
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ SF
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ TOR
Thu, Mar 26th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Tue, Mar 31st				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sat, Jun 20th				@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Mon, Jun 29th				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Nate Pearson for Pierce Johnson (2026)

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