Who Should I Trade?

Pierce Johnson for Rob Zastryzny (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Rob Zastryzny RP - MIL
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 370	‐
VBR	# 693	# 876

Projections

Strikeouts	19	6
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.51	3.96
WHIP	1.39	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 366	# 308

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 357	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Rob Zastryzny RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	37	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	32.2	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	5	‐

Hits Allowed	32	‐

Earned Runs	18	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	29	‐

Walks	13	‐

ERA	4.96	‐

WHIP	1.38	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Rob Zastryzny RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	8

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.3	6.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	17	6

Earned Runs	9	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	19	6

Walks	8	3

ERA	4.51	3.96

WHIP	1.39	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Rob Zastryzny RP - MIL
News
	The Reds activated Pierce Johnson from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	The Milwaukee Brewers have transferred reliever Rob Zastryzny (trap) to the 60-day injured list. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th
	The Cincinnati Reds are expected to activate Pierce Johnson from the 15-day injured list on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd	The Brewers say Rob Zastryzny will begin a rehab assignment in the Arizona Complex League on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	The Reds sent Pierce Johnson on a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	Rob Zastryzny is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Sunday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 17th
	Pierce Johnson is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Louisville on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 17th	The Brewers placed Rob Zastryzny on the 15-day injured list with a left trapezius strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
	Reds right-hander Pierce Johnson (elbow) will throw a live batting practice session on Monday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th	The Brewers activated Rob Zastryzny from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN			Rob Zastryzny RP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#181
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#304	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs ATL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs STL
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, May 22nd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Sun, May 24th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Mon, Jul 6th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, Jul 27th				@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Pierce Johnson for Rob Zastryzny (2026)

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