Who Should I Trade?

Pierce Johnson for Scott Alexander (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 373	‐
VBR	# 716	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	9	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.31	‐
WHIP	1.38	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 370	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 357	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Scott Alexander RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	46	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	39.2	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	7	‐

Hits Allowed	38	‐

Earned Runs	20	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	34	‐

Walks	15	‐

ERA	4.54	‐

WHIP	1.34	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Scott Alexander RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	8.6	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	8	‐

Earned Runs	4	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	9	‐

Walks	4	‐

ERA	4.31	‐

WHIP	1.38	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Scott Alexander RP - KC
News
	The Reds activated Pierce Johnson from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	The Cincinnati Reds are expected to activate Pierce Johnson from the 15-day injured list on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd
	The Reds sent Pierce Johnson on a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	Pierce Johnson is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Louisville on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 17th
	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
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN			Scott Alexander RP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#171
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#103
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#206	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#316
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#123
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#29
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#110	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#303	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#42	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#26
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#119	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#79	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#209
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#249	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#222	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#156
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#80
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#188
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#192
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#164	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#116	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#201
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#145	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#135
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#168	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#165	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#155	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#347
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#172	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#4	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#32
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#206
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#108	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#312	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#19
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#161	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#177	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#301	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#197
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#95	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#138
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#24
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#101
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#111	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#170
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#335	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#74
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#129	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#115
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#88	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#145
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#168
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#141	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#70	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#36	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#305
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#111
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#73
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#248	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#286	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#106	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#68
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#325
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#52	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#152
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#286	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#68
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#106	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#38
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#54
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#58
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#4
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#55
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#12	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#343	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#41
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#4	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#64
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#142
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#251	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#57
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#71
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#241	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#220
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#79
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#130	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#98
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#48
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#75	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#430
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#30	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#427
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#409
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#154	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#51
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#136	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#424	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#100
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#43	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#72
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#137	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#53
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#62	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#105	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#189
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#109
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#99
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#149	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#31
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#185
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#227	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#424
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#104	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-2)	#232
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#193
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#111	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#97
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#129	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#59
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#88	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#77
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#254	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#331	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#140
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#96
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#108	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#61
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#22	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#40
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#28	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#56
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#182	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#184
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#47	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#35
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#106	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#153
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#60	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#140
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#50	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#168
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#9	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#129
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#88
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#146
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#106	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#34
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#5
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#46
Fri, May 22nd				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#11
Sun, May 24th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#125
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#114
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#92
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#304
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#59
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#168
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#63

Who Should I Trade?

Pierce Johnson for Scott Alexander (2026)

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