Who Should I Trade?

Pierce Johnson for Tayler Saucedo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 370	‐
VBR	# 698	# 815

Projections

Strikeouts	23	12
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.49	4.44
WHIP	1.40	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 365	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 357	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Tayler Saucedo RP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	33	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	29.0	3.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	5	2

Hits Allowed	28	5

Earned Runs	17	2

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	26	6

Walks	12	0

ERA	5.28	5.40

WHIP	1.38	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Tayler Saucedo RP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	18

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.2	13.7

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	1

Hits Allowed	21	13

Earned Runs	11	7

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	23	12

Walks	9	6

ERA	4.49	4.44

WHIP	1.40	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Tayler Saucedo RP - LAA
News
	The Reds activated Pierce Johnson from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	The Angels optioned RHP Tayler Saucedo to Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	The Cincinnati Reds are expected to activate Pierce Johnson from the 15-day injured list on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd	Tayler Saucedo has been recalled to the big-league club by the Angels. Diego Sandoval Mon, Jul 6th
	The Reds sent Pierce Johnson on a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th	The Angels optioned Tayler Saucedo to Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	Pierce Johnson is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Louisville on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 17th	The Angels recalled Tayler Saucedo from Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th
	Reds right-hander Pierce Johnson (elbow) will throw a live batting practice session on Monday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th	The Angels optioned Tayler Saucedo to Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
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			Tayler Saucedo RP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#214
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#328	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#308
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#264
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#100
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#223
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	vs TB	Casey Legumina
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#216	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs KC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ SEA
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Mon, Apr 13th				@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Fri, May 22nd				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, May 24th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Pierce Johnson for Tayler Saucedo (2026)

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