Who Should I Trade?

Pierce Johnson for Steven Matz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 178	# 372
VBR	# 622	# 893

Projections

Strikeouts	6	6
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.28	4.45
WHIP	1.28	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 200	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 191	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 240	# 374

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 196	# 357

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	29	49

Games Started	11	0

Innings Pitched	72.0	42.0

Wins	5	2

Losses	5	1

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	1	8

Hits Allowed	69	40

Earned Runs	47	21

Home Runs Allowed	14	6

Strikeouts	53	36

Walks	23	17

ERA	5.88	4.50

WHIP	1.28	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	8

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	7.5	6.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	7	6

Earned Runs	4	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	6	6

Walks	2	3

ERA	4.28	4.45

WHIP	1.28	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
News
	The Rays activated Steven Matz from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Reds activated Pierce Johnson from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Steven Matz threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Durham on Thursday. 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
	Steven Matz is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	The Reds sent Pierce Johnson on a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	The Tampa Bay Rays placed Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 26th	Pierce Johnson is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Louisville on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 17th
	The Rays have placed left-hander Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th	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
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB			Pierce Johnson RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#135
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#117
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#267	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#211	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#286	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#353
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#18	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#40
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#309	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#65	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#87
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#117	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#228	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#371
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#197
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-4)	#369	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#87	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#105
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#334	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#211
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#287
Sat, May 9th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#341
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#156
Thu, May 14th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#128
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62
Sat, May 23rd				vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#109
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#336	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#282
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#22	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#253	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#121	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#328	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#385	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#40	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#334	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#202
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#103	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#113
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#18
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#124	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#232
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#206
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Jun 29th				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#206
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#28	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#123
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#376
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-3)	#222	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#267
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)		@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#306
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#101	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#159	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#154	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn		vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#248	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#306	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139
Thu, Aug 6th				vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#405
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#124
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#204
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#405	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#65
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#129	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#141	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#71
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#121
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#123	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#40	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#198	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#123	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#271
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#149	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#109
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#160	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#205
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM	Justin Hagenman		vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX	Trevor Williams (1-0)	#235	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63
Mon, Sep 7th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#176	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL	Samuel Strickland		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#142	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#86	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#405	vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ TOR
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#177
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#18
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#198
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#154
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3

Who Should I Trade?

Pierce Johnson for Steven Matz (2026)

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