Braxton Ashcraft or Mason Black

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Braxton Ashcraft or Mason Black Player Statistics
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	17

Games Started	26	0

Innings Pitched	155.1	31.1

Wins	13	0

Losses	5	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	133	29

Earned Runs	63	15

Home Runs Allowed	21	6

Strikeouts	161	19

Walks	34	20

ERA	3.65	4.31

WHIP	1.08	1.56

Braxton Ashcraft or Mason Black Player Projections
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	36	28

Games Started	21	3

Innings Pitched	127.9	48.0

Wins	7	2

Losses	7	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	123	49

Earned Runs	56	28

Home Runs Allowed	13	7

Strikeouts	116	38

Walks	40	20

ERA	3.92	5.18

WHIP	1.28	1.44

Braxton Ashcraft or Mason Black Player Notes
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Mason Black SP,RP - KC
News
	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	The Royals recalled Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Braxton Ashcraft allowed one run on five hits over eight innings with four strikeouts in a win on Tuesday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	The Royals optioned Mason Black to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	Braxton Ashcraft allowed one run on three hits over nine innings with 10 strikeouts and one walk in a win on Thursday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th	The Royals recalled Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	Braxton Ashcraft allowed four runs on four hits over five innings with five strikeouts and one walk in a loss on Thursday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	The Royals optioned Mason Black to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	Braxton Ashcraft allowed one run on two hits over five innings with five strikeouts and one walk in a win on Saturday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	The Royals have recalled right-hander Mason Black from Triple-A Omaha. Brenton Kemp Sun, Apr 19th
Notes
	He has excellent command and control, and flashed over his 69.2IP last season - I am buying this upside. Anthony Gambale - Roto Street Journal

Braxton Ashcraft or Mason Black Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT			Mason Black SP,RP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#289
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#191	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#33
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#306	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#264	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#335	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#156	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#431
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#236
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#114
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#176	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Mon, May 4th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Mon, May 18th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Jul 10th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Fri, Jul 17th				vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Tue, Jul 21st				vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88