Who Should I Trade?

Pierce Johnson for Shawn Armstrong (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 373	# 316
VBR	# 662	# 767

Projections

Strikeouts	7	4
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.47	4.18
WHIP	1.34	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 370	# 247

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 357	# 404

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	48	38

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	41.1	33.0

Wins	2	2

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	8	8

Hits Allowed	39	29

Earned Runs	20	18

Home Runs Allowed	6	4

Strikeouts	36	33

Walks	15	19

ERA	4.35	4.91

WHIP	1.31	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	4

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	7.6	3.5

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	7	3

Earned Runs	4	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	7	4

Walks	3	2

ERA	4.47	4.18

WHIP	1.34	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE
News
	The Reds activated Pierce Johnson from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Shawn Armstrong has started a throwing progression. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st
	The Cincinnati Reds are expected to activate Pierce Johnson from the 15-day injured list on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd	The Guardians have transferred right-hander Shawn Armstrong (calf) to the 60-day injured list. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 3rd
	The Reds sent Pierce Johnson on a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	The Guardians say Shawn Armstrong has a moderate to high-grade calf strain. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Pierce Johnson is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Louisville on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 17th	Shawn Armstrong is scheduled to undergo an MRI on his calf injury. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Reds right-hander Pierce Johnson (elbow) will throw a live batting practice session on Monday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th	The Guardians activated Shawn Armstrong from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
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			Shawn Armstrong RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#132	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#159	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#206
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#108	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#191	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#105	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#319	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#26	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#147
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#92	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#303	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#164
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#181	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#145
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#89	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#143
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#202
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#254	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#196	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#164	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#262	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#142
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#190
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#157	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#156
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#154	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#100	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#193	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#228	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#191
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#178	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#33
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#119	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#89
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#96	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#149
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#208
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#74	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#82
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#235
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#164
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#258	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#262
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#235	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#102	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#50	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#82	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#110
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#235	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#102	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#60	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#357	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#92
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#155	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#55	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#203
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#373
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#79
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#419	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#220
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#92
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#156
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#266
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#360
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#167
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#71
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#143	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#417	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#121	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#131	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#153	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#217
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-3)	#343
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#119	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#358
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#96	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#373
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#266	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#319
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#190
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#95
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#100	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#186
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#128
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#102	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#289
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#172
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#102	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#92
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#181
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#204
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51
Fri, May 22nd				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Sun, May 24th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#154
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#33
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#102
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#26

Who Should I Trade?

Pierce Johnson for Shawn Armstrong (2026)

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