Who Should I Trade?

Pierce Johnson for Sean Manaea (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 135	# 370
VBR	# 299	# 670

Projections

Strikeouts	45	20
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.47	4.54
WHIP	1.33	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 156	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 156	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 112	# 366

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 145	# 357

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	23	36

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	91.2	32.0

Wins	2	2

Losses	5	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	94	29

Earned Runs	48	17

Home Runs Allowed	13	6

Strikeouts	88	28

Walks	30	13

ERA	4.71	4.78

WHIP	1.35	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	22

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	45.8	19.5

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	43	18

Earned Runs	23	10

Home Runs Allowed	7	3

Strikeouts	45	20

Walks	15	8

ERA	4.47	4.54

WHIP	1.33	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
News
	Sean Manaea allowed two runs on five hits and two walks while striking out four across six innings in Wednesday's 3-2 Game 1 win over the Atlanta Braves. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 29th	The Reds activated Pierce Johnson from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Sean Manaea will start Game 1 of Wednesday's doubleheader against the Braves. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Cincinnati Reds are expected to activate Pierce Johnson from the 15-day injured list on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd
	Sean Manaea allowed one run on six hits and two walks while striking out three across six innings in Friday's 4-2 loss against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 24th	The Reds sent Pierce Johnson on a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	Sean Manaea allowed four earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out seven over 4 2/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Phillies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	Pierce Johnson is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Louisville on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 17th
	Sean Manaea took the loss Monday against the Blue Jays after allowing two runs on three hits and two walks over 5.2 innings. He struck out four and finished one out shy of recording his second quality start of the season. Bruno Mulé Tue, Jun 30th	Reds right-hander Pierce Johnson (elbow) will throw a live batting practice session on Monday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Sean Manaea SP,RP - NYM			Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, Apr 6th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 25th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Tue, May 5th				@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#301
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#232	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Fri, Jul 17th				@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#301	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Tue, Jul 28th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			@ TOR
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Pierce Johnson for Sean Manaea (2026)

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