Who Should I Trade?

Pierce Johnson for Richard Lovelady (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 370	‐
VBR	# 707	# 927

Projections

Strikeouts	21	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.54	4.38
WHIP	1.41	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 366	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 357	# 370

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	33

Games Started	0	5

Innings Pitched	31.0	30.1

Wins	2	2

Losses	1	4

Saves	1	4

Blown Saves	0	3

Holds	5	9

Hits Allowed	28	34

Earned Runs	17	13

Home Runs Allowed	6	4

Strikeouts	27	27

Walks	13	21

ERA	4.94	3.86

WHIP	1.32	1.81

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	20.0	8.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	19	8

Earned Runs	10	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	21	7

Walks	8	3

ERA	4.54	4.38

WHIP	1.41	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH
News
	The Reds activated Pierce Johnson from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Richard Lovelady has been able to progress to playing catch. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	The Cincinnati Reds are expected to activate Pierce Johnson from the 15-day injured list on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd	Nationals left-hander Richard Lovelady (triceps) is throwing out to 60 feet. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th
	The Reds sent Pierce Johnson on a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	Richard Lovelady (triceps) was placed on the IL ahead of Monday's game. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th
	Pierce Johnson is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Louisville on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 17th	Richard Lovelady will open for the Nationals on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Reds right-hander Pierce Johnson (elbow) will throw a live batting practice session on Monday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th	Richard Lovelady pitched one scoreless inning, registering one strikeout and his fourth save of the season in the Nationals win over the Braves. Jesse Garcia Sat, May 23rd
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			Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#55	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#89
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#306	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#136
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#46
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#186	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#55
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#55
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#203
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#89	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#324
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#63
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#248	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#179
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#308	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#275
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#72
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
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
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL
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
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
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs NYM
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Fri, May 22nd				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Sun, May 24th				@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Mon, Jul 27th				vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Pierce Johnson for Richard Lovelady (2026)

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