Who Should I Trade?

TJ Friedl for Troy Johnston (2026)

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News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 191	# 267
VBR	# 300	# 501

Projections

Runs	16	16
Home Runs	3	3
RBI	16	13
Stolen Bases	3	3
Batting Average	.260	.235

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 187	# 249

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 152	# 252

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 199	# 261

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 155	# 415

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	298	199

Runs	33	19

Hits	86	34

Singles	59	24

Doubles	24	6

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	3	3

RBI	41	11

Stolen Bases	4	5

Caught Stealing	5	0

Walks	30	20

Strikeouts	57	54

Batting Average	.289	.171

On Base Pct	.358	.259

Slugging Pct	.399	.256

On-base Plus Slugging	.757	.515

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	130	121

Runs	16	16

Hits	34	28

Singles	23	20

Doubles	7	5

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	3	3

RBI	16	13

Stolen Bases	3	3

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	10	14

Strikeouts	28	26

Batting Average	.260	.235

On Base Pct	.323	.325

Slugging Pct	.395	.367

On-base Plus Slugging	.718	.692

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN
News
	Troy Johnston went 2-for-5 with a two-run home run, three runs scored, and four runs batted in during Colorado's 23-9 win over the Athletics on Sunday. David Leisering Mon, Jun 15th	The Reds recalled OF TJ Friedl from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	Troy Johnston went 2-for-5 with a run scored, an RBI, and a stolen base during the Rockies' loss to the Giants on Sunday. David Leisering Sun, May 31st	The Reds optioned TJ Friedl to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
	Troy Johnston had a pair of singles and a walk in four plate appearances on Saturday during Colorado's 5-4 loss to Arizona. He also stole his second base of the season. David Leisering Sun, May 24th	Reds outfielder TJ Friedl went 1-for-4 with a home run in a 6-4 win over the Rockies on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Apr 30th
	Troy Johnston went 3-for-4 with a walk and a pair of runs batted in on Thursday as the Rockies dropped a 10-8 decision to the Padres. David Leisering Fri, Apr 24th	Reds outfielder TJ Friedl went 3-for-4 with a homer in a 9-2 rout of the Tigers on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Apr 25th
	Troy Johnston went 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles, two RBI, a stolen base, and a run scored to lead the Rockies to a 4-3 win over the Dodgers on Saturday. David Leisering Sun, Apr 19th	TJ Friedl went 2-for-5 with three RBI in the Reds 7-4 win over the Twins in 10 innings on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 20th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL			TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#305	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#324
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#220	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#386	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 25th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Tue, May 5th				@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#424	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#170	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Thu, Aug 6th				vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th				@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			@ TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#265
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

TJ Friedl for Troy Johnston (2026)

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