Brandon Woodruff or Braxton Ashcraft
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| Brandon Woodruff SP - FA  | Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT  | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 9 | 28 |
| Games Started | 9 | 28 |
| Innings Pitched | 45.1 | 165.1 |
| Wins | 2 | 14 |
| Losses | 2 | 6 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 27 | 146 |
| Earned Runs | 13 | 68 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 5 | 22 |
| Strikeouts | 47 | 173 |
| Walks | 10 | 35 |
| ERA | 2.58 | 3.70 |
| WHIP | 0.82 | 1.09 |
| Brandon Woodruff SP - FA | Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 26 | 36 |
| Games Started | 26 | 21 |
| Innings Pitched | 144.2 | 127.9 |
| Wins | 10 | 7 |
| Losses | 8 | 7 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 1 |
| Hits Allowed | 123 | 123 |
| Earned Runs | 60 | 56 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 19 | 13 |
| Strikeouts | 151 | 116 |
| Walks | 39 | 40 |
| ERA | 3.73 | 3.92 |
| WHIP | 1.12 | 1.28 |
| Brandon Woodruff SP - FA | Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT | |
| News | ||
| Brewers manager Pat Murphy said there still hasn’t been any decision on whether to include Brandon Woodruff on the World Series roster. Ari Koslow Fri, Oct 23rd | Braxton Ashcraft underwent an MRI that didn’t reveal any structural damage. Ari Koslow Sun, Sep 20th | |
| Brandon Woodruff threw 31 pitches in a bullpen session Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Oct 14th | The Pirates placed RHP Braxton Ashcraft on the 15-day injured list with right arm discomfort. Ari Koslow Thu, Sep 10th | |
| Brandon Woodruff told reporters the World Series would be the earliest he could return. Ari Koslow Sat, Oct 3rd | Braxton Ashcraft allowed three runs on seven hits over five innings with nine strikeouts in a loss on Saturday against the Angels. Ari Koslow Sun, Sep 6th | |
| Brandon Woodruff is scheduled to undergo followup imaging later this week. Ari Koslow Wed, Sep 23rd | Braxton Ashcraft allowed two runs on six hits over five innings with three strikeouts and one walk in a win on Sunday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 30th | |
| Brandon Woodruff is throwing out to 105 feet. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 15th | Braxton Ashcraft allowed one run on four hits over six innings with two strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision on Monday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 25th | |
| Notes | ||
| Brandon Woodruff returned to the mound in 2025 and was highly effective on a per-inning basis, posting a 3.20 ERA, 0.91 WHIP, and an elite 32.3% strikeout rate across 64.2 innings. The sample size again tells the story: he has been oft injured in recent seasons, logging just 12 starts in 2025 after making only 11 in 2023. The 2026 projections reflect that duality: strong ratios and a healthy strikeout total on a per-start basis, but fantasy managers have to temper their expectations on his durability. Fantasy managers should bake in missed time and pair him with safer innings volume rather than relying on him as a staff anchor. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros | He has excellent command and control, and flashed over his 69.2IP last season - I am buying this upside. Anthony Gambale - Roto Street Journal | |
| Brandon Woodruff SP - FA | Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ NYM | Freddy Peralta (10-11) | #51 | |||
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ NYM | David Peterson (9-8) | #61 | |||
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ NYM | Nolan McLean (12-10) | #28 | |||
| Mon, Mar 30th | @ CIN | Chase Burns (15-3) | ||||
| Tue, Mar 31st | @ CIN | Brandon Williamson (5-5) | #241 | |||
| Wed, Apr 1st | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (6-11) | #149 | |||
| Fri, Apr 3rd | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish (7-14) | ||||
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs BAL | Shane Baz (6-15) | #85 | |||
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (9-5) | #175 | |||
| Mon, Apr 6th | vs SD | German Marquez (4-2) | ||||
| Tue, Apr 7th | vs SD | Nick Pivetta (3-2) | #17 | |||
| Wed, Apr 8th | vs SD | Michael King (12-10) | #55 | |||
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga (11-10) | #49 | |||
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ CHC | Edward Cabrera (5-5) | #126 | |||
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-6) | ||||
| Mon, Apr 13th | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (13-5) | #34 | |||
| Tue, Apr 14th | vs WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | ||||
| Wed, Apr 15th | vs WSH | Jake Irvin (2-10) | #213 | |||
| Thu, Apr 16th | vs WSH | Foster Griffin (15-6) | #54 | |||
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs TB | Nick Martinez (15-6) | #208 | |||
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs TB | Drew Rasmussen (16-5) | #26 | |||
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs TB | Shane McClanahan (10-7) | ||||
| Tue, Apr 21st | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (6-11) | #84 | |||
| Wed, Apr 22nd | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (3-7) | ||||
| Thu, Apr 23rd | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (11-11) | #12 | |||
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ MIL | Brandon Woodruff (2-2) | ||||
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (16-5) | #7 | |||
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison (11-5) | #62 | |||
| Mon, Apr 27th | vs STL | Dustin May (7-9) | #35 | |||
| Tue, Apr 28th | vs STL | Kyle Leahy (10-5) | #79 | |||
| Wed, Apr 29th | vs STL | Andre Pallante (12-9) | #87 | |||
| Thu, Apr 30th | vs STL | Hunter Dobbins (3-3) | ||||
| Fri, May 1st | vs CIN | Brady Singer (6-15) | #221 | |||
| Sat, May 2nd | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (7-12) | #200 | |||
| Sun, May 3rd | vs CIN | Chase Burns (15-3) | ||||
| Tue, May 5th | @ ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7) | #191 | |||
| Wed, May 6th | @ ARI | Michael Soroka (9-5) | #48 | |||
| Thu, May 7th | @ ARI | Zac Gallen (3-9) | #216 | |||
| Fri, May 8th | @ SF | Robbie Ray (13-8) | #198 | |||
| Sat, May 9th | @ SF | Landen Roupp (9-14) | ||||
| Sun, May 10th | @ SF | Tyler Mahle (7-10) | #71 | |||
| Tue, May 12th | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen (3-13) | ||||
| Wed, May 13th | vs COL | Jose Quintana (2-3) | #281 | |||
| Thu, May 14th | vs COL | Chase Dollander (3-3) | ||||
| Fri, May 15th | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (7-12) | #68 | |||
| Sat, May 16th | vs PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (18-7) | #6 | |||
| Sun, May 17th | vs PHI | Zack Wheeler (14-5) | #5 | |||
| Tue, May 19th | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (6-14) | #95 | |||
| Wed, May 20th | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (7-9) | #109 | |||
| Thu, May 21st | @ STL | Dustin May (7-9) | #35 | |||
| Fri, May 22nd | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (9-12) | #36 | |||
| Sat, May 23rd | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (3-4) | ||||
| Sun, May 24th | @ TOR | Dylan Cease (11-6) | ||||
| Mon, May 25th | vs CHC | Ben Brown (4-2) | ||||
| Tue, May 26th | vs CHC | Jordan Wicks (0-2) | ||||
| Wed, May 27th | vs CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-6) | ||||
| Thu, May 28th | vs CHC | Colin Rea (8-8) | #262 | |||
| Fri, May 29th | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (12-6) | #44 | |||
| Sat, May 30th | vs MIN | Bailey Ober (7-7) | #155 | |||
| Sun, May 31st | vs MIN | Zebby Matthews (9-11) | #134 | |||
| Tue, Jun 2nd | @ HOU | Mike Burrows (4-9) | ||||
| Wed, Jun 3rd | @ HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (9-9) | #181 | |||
| Thu, Jun 4th | @ HOU | Kai-Wei Teng (5-7) | #220 | |||
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ ATL | Martin Perez (9-9) | #82 | |||
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ ATL | Spencer Strider (4-2) | ||||
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (8-8) | ||||
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs LAD | Eric Lauer (8-7) | ||||
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs LAD | Shohei Ohtani (8-2) | #1 | |||
| Thu, Jun 11th | vs LAD | Justin Wrobleski (12-5) | #50 | |||
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs MIA | Sandy Alcantara (13-11) | #77 | |||
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs MIA | Lake Bachar (2-4) | #156 | |||
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs MIA | Max Meyer (9-1) | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ ATH | J.T. Ginn (9-8) | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ ATH | Jack Perkins (3-13) | #171 | |||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ ATH | Aaron Civale (6-8) | #219 | |||
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ COL | Kyle Freeland (4-12) | #187 | |||
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12) | #263 | |||
| Sun, Jun 21st | @ COL | Michael Lorenzen (3-13) | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs SEA | George Kirby (9-11) | #33 | |||
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (12-10) | #13 | |||
| Thu, Jun 25th | vs SEA | Bryce Miller (4-10) | #31 | |||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (6-11) | #149 | |||
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs CIN | Chase Burns (15-3) | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs CIN | Brady Singer (6-15) | #221 | |||
| Mon, Jun 29th | @ PHI | Aaron Nola (7-12) | #68 | |||
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (18-7) | #6 | |||
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ PHI | Zack Wheeler (14-5) | #5 | |||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | @ PHI | Alan Rangel (0-3) | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | @ WSH | Foster Griffin (15-6) | #54 | |||
| Sat, Jul 4th | @ WSH | Carson Palmquist (0-2) | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli (13-5) | #34 | |||
| Tue, Jul 7th | vs ATL | Hurston Waldrep (0-1) | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | vs ATL | Grant Holmes (10-6) | #193 | |||
| Thu, Jul 9th | vs ATL | Bryce Elder (8-8) | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | vs MIL | Shane Drohan (7-5) | #128 | |||
| Sun, Jul 12th | vs MIL | Robert Gasser (5-5) | #43 | |||
| Sat, Jul 18th | @ CLE | Logan Allen (0-0) | #206 | |||
| Sun, Jul 19th | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (11-9) | #63 | |||
| Mon, Jul 20th | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (5-8) | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | @ NYY | Max Fried (5-5) | #21 | |||
| Fri, Jul 24th | vs CHC | Matthew Boyd (10-5) | #78 | |||
| Sat, Jul 25th | vs CHC | Shota Imanaga (11-10) | #49 | |||
| Sun, Jul 26th | vs CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-6) | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | vs ARI | Merrill Kelly (10-14) | #146 | |||
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs ARI | Brandon Pfaadt (8-3) | #130 | |||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7) | #191 | |||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ CIN | Rhett Lowder (7-12) | #200 | |||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ CIN | Hunter Greene (2-2) | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (6-11) | #149 | |||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ CIN | Chase Burns (15-3) | ||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | @ MIL | Brandon Sproat (3-7) | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ MIL | Logan Henderson (11-3) | #11 | |||
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison (11-5) | #62 | |||
| Thu, Aug 6th | @ MIL | Dustin May (7-9) | #35 | |||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs NYM | Zac Thornton (5-6) | #122 | |||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs NYM | Robert Stock (1-3) | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs NYM | Sean Manaea (6-8) | #46 | |||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ MIA | Eury Perez (8-11) | #22 | |||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ MIA | Janson Junk (6-9) | #138 | |||
| Thu, Aug 13th | @ MIA | Tyler Phillips (5-6) | #247 | |||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs BOS | Jake Bennett (9-7) | #210 | |||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (18-5) | #45 | |||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs BOS | Patrick Sandoval (1-7) | #92 | |||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs DET | Framber Valdez (10-12) | #53 | |||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs DET | Keider Montero (10-9) | #188 | |||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs DET | Jackson Jobe (3-3) | #115 | |||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9) | #4 | |||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ LAD | Tarik Skubal (12-7) | #2 | |||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ LAD | Blake Snell (4-1) | #15 | |||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ SD | Robbie Ray (13-8) | #198 | |||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ SD | Michael King (12-10) | #55 | |||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (10-6) | #245 | |||
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ STL | Quinn Mathews (2-4) | #101 | |||
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (10-5) | #79 | |||
| Sun, Aug 30th | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (6-14) | #95 | |||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs SF | Logan Webb (8-9) | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs SF | Landen Roupp (9-14) | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs SF | Blade Tidwell (1-2) | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs LAA | Ryan Johnson (5-9) | #170 | |||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (1-7) | #57 | |||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs LAA | Walbert Urena (9-11) | #40 | |||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ CWS | Sean Burke (11-7) | #58 | |||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ CWS | Davis Martin (9-8) | #73 | |||
| Thu, Sep 10th | @ CWS | Hagen Smith (3-3) | #120 | |||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga (11-10) | #49 | |||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ CHC | Clay Holmes (6-8) | #83 | |||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ CHC | Matthew Boyd (10-5) | #78 | |||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (16-5) | #7 | |||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs MIL | Logan Henderson (11-3) | #11 | |||
| Thu, Sep 17th | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison (11-5) | #62 | |||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs KC | Randy Dobnak (3-5) | #254 | |||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs KC | Noah Cameron (9-8) | #91 | |||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs KC | Michael Wacha (9-10) | #99 | |||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | vs STL | Andre Pallante (12-9) | #87 | |||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | vs STL | Matthew Liberatore (6-14) | #95 | |||
| Thu, Sep 24th | vs STL | Kyle Leahy (10-5) | #79 | |||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ DET | Jackson Jobe (3-3) | #115 | |||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ DET | Justin Verlander (0-1) | #129 | |||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ DET | River Ryan (0-1) | #75 | |||
