Who Should I Trade?

Pierce Johnson for Tanner Rainey (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 370	‐
VBR	# 640	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	24	4
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.40	5.00
WHIP	1.39	1.53

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 364	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 357	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Tanner Rainey RP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	32	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	28.2	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	5	‐

Hits Allowed	24	‐

Earned Runs	13	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	26	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	4.08	‐

WHIP	1.26	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Tanner Rainey RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	23.0	3.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	1

Hits Allowed	22	4

Earned Runs	11	2

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	24	4

Walks	10	2

ERA	4.40	5.00

WHIP	1.39	1.53

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Tanner Rainey RP - DET
News
	The Reds activated Pierce Johnson from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	The Tigers have reassigned right-hander Tanner Rainey to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 18th
	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN			Tanner Rainey RP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#331
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#199
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#288	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL			vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE			vs BAL
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE			vs BAL
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ PIT
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Fri, May 22nd				@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#388
Sun, May 24th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

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