Who Should I Trade?

Pierce Johnson for Trenton Denholm (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 370	‐
VBR	# 698	# 928

Projections

Strikeouts	23	6
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.49	4.54
WHIP	1.40	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 365	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 357	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Trenton Denholm RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	33	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	29.0	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	5	‐

Hits Allowed	28	‐

Earned Runs	17	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	26	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	5.28	‐

WHIP	1.38	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Trenton Denholm RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	8

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	22.2	7.9

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	21	8

Earned Runs	11	4

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	23	6

Walks	9	2

ERA	4.49	4.54

WHIP	1.40	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Pierce Johnson RP - CIN	Trenton Denholm RP - CLE
News
	The Reds activated Pierce Johnson from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	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
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			Trenton Denholm RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#328	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#350
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#155
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#99
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#216
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#168
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#235
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs SD
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs KC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs CWS
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 (8-8)	#21
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#219
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, May 24th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Pierce Johnson for Trenton Denholm (2026)

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