Braxton Ashcraft or Michael Mercado

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Braxton Ashcraft or Michael Mercado Player Statistics
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	28	‐

Games Started	28	‐

Innings Pitched	165.1	‐

Wins	14	‐

Losses	6	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	146	‐

Earned Runs	68	‐

Home Runs Allowed	22	‐

Strikeouts	173	‐

Walks	35	‐

ERA	3.70	‐

WHIP	1.09	‐

Braxton Ashcraft or Michael Mercado Player Projections
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	36	8

Games Started	21	1

Innings Pitched	127.9	14.9

Wins	7	1

Losses	7	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	123	17

Earned Runs	56	18

Home Runs Allowed	13	3

Strikeouts	116	13

Walks	40	10

ERA	3.92	10.55

WHIP	1.28	1.76

Braxton Ashcraft or Michael Mercado Player Notes
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Michael Mercado RP - PHI
News
	The Pirates placed RHP Braxton Ashcraft on the 15-day injured list with right arm discomfort. Ari Koslow Thu, Sep 10th	The Phillies reassigned RHP Michael Mercado to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
	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
	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
	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
	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
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 Michael Mercado Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT			Michael Mercado RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#56	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-9)	#97
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (8-8)	#92	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-2)	#84
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#39	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#49
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#28	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (4-4)	#388	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#122	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)	#166
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#81	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (4-3)	#355
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (8-5)	#117	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#391
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#291	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#25	@ SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#105
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#59	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#60
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#33	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#70
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#145	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#94
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#218
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#247	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#33
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-4)	#77	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#132
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#9	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#7
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#163	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#121
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#95	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#33
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#169	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#52
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-9)	#4	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#145
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#121
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#6	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#109	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#7
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#64	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#60
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-7)	#106
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)		vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#157	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#40
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-11)	#126	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#28	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#110	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#70	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#155
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#218	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#105	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#91	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#369
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#60	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#391
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)	#166	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#255
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#390	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#34
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#32
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#54	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-6)	#2	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#123
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#8	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#28
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#93	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#122
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#18
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#204
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#11	vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#31
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)		@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#216
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#275
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#156
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#197
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#35	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#72	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#80
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#63	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#3
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#299	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#275
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#308	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#156
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#253	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#132	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#133
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)		vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (3-2)	#149
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#11
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#48	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (3-8)	#90
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#6
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-4)	#261	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#68
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#109
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#154
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#107	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#298
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#184	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#369
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#391	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#56
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)	#166	vs NYM	David Peterson (8-8)	#92
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#29	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#10	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#359
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#122	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (4-5)	#115
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#28	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#157	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#54	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-6)	#2	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#123
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#8	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#286	vs PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#37
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#359	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#65
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#122
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#121	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#28
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#157
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#68	@ DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#53
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#67	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (10-7)	#1
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#179	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#78
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#75	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#250	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#140
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (5-4)	#17	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#52	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#13
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#33	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#250
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#50
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-14)	#124	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#298
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#94	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#110	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#154
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-11)	#126
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#108
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#122	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#81
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#28	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#258	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#151
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#359
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#109	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#247
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (4-5)	#115	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#46
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#314	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (3-8)	#90
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#78	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#148
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#40	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-7)	#106
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#85	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#64
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#298	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#35
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#61
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#34	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (5-7)	#96
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-6)	#74	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#82
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#42	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#85
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-9)	#100	vs MIA	Cade Gibson
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (2-2)	#211	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#3	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (10-7)	#1	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (2-3)	#99
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#12	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#64
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#105	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-10)	#14
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD	Michael King (11-9)	#59	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#29
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#275	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#10
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (2-3)	#99	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#19
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#64	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-8)	#231
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-6)	#66
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#30	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#110
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#91	@ ARI	Taylor Clarke
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)	#353
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-8)	#231	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#7
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-6)	#66	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#132
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#302	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#60
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (9-7)	#87	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-2)	#79
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#103	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (6-3)	#27
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS	Hagen Smith (3-2)	#139	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (2-6)	#104
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#33	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#7
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#76	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#60
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#52	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#121
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#6	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-4)	#234
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23	@ WSH	Jared Simpson
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#109	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#39
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#371	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (4-5)	#115
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#58	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#43
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#65	@ NYM	Jonah Tong (2-1)	#98
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-7)	#106	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#6
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#64	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#68
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (2-2)	#211	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#56
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#73	vs TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#20
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs TB
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#197
Mon, May 4th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#85
Mon, May 18th				vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-5)	#101
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#78
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Mon, Jul 6th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#58
Fri, Jul 10th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#120
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#43
Tue, Jul 21st				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Mon, Aug 10th				@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Mon, Aug 31st				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#94
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#121