Braxton Ashcraft or Mick Abel
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| Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT  | Mick Abel SP - MIN  | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 12 | 4 |
| Games Started | 12 | 3 |
| Innings Pitched | 74.2 | 20.1 |
| Wins | 5 | 1 |
| Losses | 2 | 2 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 60 | 22 |
| Earned Runs | 23 | 9 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 7 | 0 |
| Strikeouts | 81 | 23 |
| Walks | 17 | 10 |
| ERA | 2.77 | 3.98 |
| WHIP | 1.03 | 1.57 |
| Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT | Mick Abel SP - MIN | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 36 | 30 |
| Games Started | 21 | 20 |
| Innings Pitched | 127.9 | 110.7 |
| Wins | 7 | 6 |
| Losses | 7 | 7 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 1 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 123 | 108 |
| Earned Runs | 56 | 58 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 13 | 15 |
| Strikeouts | 116 | 100 |
| Walks | 40 | 50 |
| ERA | 3.92 | 4.69 |
| WHIP | 1.28 | 1.43 |
| Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT | Mick Abel SP - MIN | |
| News | ||
| Braxton Ashcraft struck out a career-high 11 batters over six solid innings on Sunday, lifting the Pirates to a 9-3 win over the Twins. David Leisering Sun, May 31st | Mick Abel reported soreness after throwing a simulated bullpen on Saturday. Ari Koslow Thu, May 7th | |
| Braxton Ashcraft allowed a run on seven hits in 6.1 innings on Tuesday as the Pirates hammered the Cubs, 12-1. He walked one and struck out five. David Leisering Wed, May 27th | Mick Abel threw a bullpen session on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, May 3rd | |
| Braxton Ashcraft tossed seven innings on Thursday and allowed one run on four hits, walked two, and struck out nine in a 6-2 victory over the Cardinals. David Leisering Thu, May 21st | Twins manager Derek Shelton said Mick Abel resumed playing catch. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 27th | |
| Braxton Ashcraft allowed four runs on seven hits in 6.2 innings, did not walk a batter, and struck out five against the Phillies on Friday. David Leisering Sat, May 16th | The Twins are placing Mick Abel on the injured list with right elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 20th | |
| Braxton Ashcraft allowed a run on six hits, did not walk a batter, and struck out six as the Pirates defeated the Giants, 13-3, on Saturday. David Leisering Sun, May 10th | Mick Abel allowed zero earned runs on four hits and no walks while striking out 10 over seven innings in Tuesday's 6-0 win over the Red Sox. Matthew Adam Wed, Apr 15th | |
| 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 SP,RP - PIT | Mick Abel SP - MIN | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #28 | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #94 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ NYM | David Peterson (3-5) | #117 | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish (3-6) | #43 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ NYM | Nolan McLean (3-4) | #29 | @ BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #84 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | @ CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #25 | @ KC | Kris Bubic (3-2) | #80 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | @ CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #370 | |||
| Wed, Apr 1st | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 | @ KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #92 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish (3-6) | #43 | vs TB | Joe Boyle (0-1) | #167 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #84 | vs TB | Steven Matz (4-2) | #98 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #125 | vs TB | Nick Martinez (5-1) | #81 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | vs SD | German Marquez (3-2) | #330 | vs DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #65 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | vs SD | Nick Pivetta (1-2) | #138 | vs DET | Tarik Skubal (3-2) | #4 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | vs SD | Michael King (4-4) | #35 | vs DET | Framber Valdez (2-4) | #26 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #24 | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #216 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ CHC | Edward Cabrera (3-2) | #70 | @ TOR | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #264 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #107 | @ TOR | Max Scherzer (1-3) | #149 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #87 | vs BOS | Garrett Crochet (3-3) | #9 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | vs WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | #237 | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (6-1) | #30 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | vs WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #203 | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #97 |
| Thu, Apr 16th | vs WSH | Foster Griffin (6-2) | #88 | |||
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs TB | Nick Martinez (5-1) | #81 | vs CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #370 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-2) | #21 | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs TB | Shane McClanahan (6-2) | #22 | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-5) | #143 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #103 | @ NYM | Nolan McLean (3-4) | #29 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (3-4) | #76 | @ NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #165 |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #8 | @ NYM | Christian Scott (1-0) | #90 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ MIL | Brandon Woodruff (2-1) | #56 | @ TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-2) | #21 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (6-2) | #18 | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (6-2) | #22 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #63 | @ TB | Griffin Jax (1-3) | #59 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | vs STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #85 | vs SEA | Luis Castillo (2-5) | #46 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | vs STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #162 | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | vs STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #163 | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #14 |
| Thu, Apr 30th | vs STL | Hunter Dobbins (0-0) | #198 | vs TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #19 |
| Fri, May 1st | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-5) | #143 | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #216 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #206 | vs TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #25 | vs TOR | Trey Yesavage (2-2) | #48 |
| Tue, May 5th | @ ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1) | #112 | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #87 |
| Wed, May 6th | @ ARI | Michael Soroka (7-2) | #67 | @ WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #215 |
| Thu, May 7th | @ ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #71 | @ WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #203 |
| Fri, May 8th | @ SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #83 | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #51 |
| Sat, May 9th | @ SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #61 | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 |
| Sun, May 10th | @ SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #119 | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 |
| Tue, May 12th | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #427 | vs MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #109 |
| Wed, May 13th | vs COL | Jose Quintana (2-3) | #425 | vs MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #68 |
| Thu, May 14th | vs COL | Chase Dollander (3-3) | #340 | vs MIA | Braxton Garrett (0-1) | #120 |
| Fri, May 15th | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #39 | vs MIL | Coleman Crow (0-0) | #197 |
| Sat, May 16th | vs PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 | vs MIL | Logan Henderson (2-1) | #57 |
| Sun, May 17th | vs PHI | Zack Wheeler (4-1) | #7 | vs MIL | Robert Gasser (0-1) | #191 |
| Tue, May 19th | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (3-3) | #114 | vs HOU | Jason Alexander (1-1) | #333 |
| Wed, May 20th | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #86 | vs HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #121 |
| Thu, May 21st | @ STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #85 | |||
| Fri, May 22nd | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #19 | @ BOS | Payton Tolle (2-2) | #75 |
| Sat, May 23rd | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #216 | @ BOS | Jovani Moran (1-2) | #183 |
| Sun, May 24th | @ TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 | @ BOS | Sonny Gray (6-1) | #30 |
| Mon, May 25th | vs CHC | Ben Brown (2-2) | #52 | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #182 |
| Tue, May 26th | vs CHC | Jordan Wicks (0-2) | #234 | @ CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #142 |
| Wed, May 27th | vs CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #107 | @ CWS | David Sandlin (1-0) | #210 |
| Thu, May 28th | vs CHC | Colin Rea (5-3) | #140 | @ CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 |
| Fri, May 29th | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (5-1) | #74 | @ PIT | Jared Jones (0-0) | #69 |
| Sat, May 30th | vs MIN | Bailey Ober (6-3) | #72 | @ PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #95 |
| Sun, May 31st | vs MIN | Zebby Matthews (1-3) | #82 | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (5-2) | #47 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | @ HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #121 | vs CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | @ HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #126 | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #373 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | @ HOU | Kai-Wei Teng (3-3) | #181 | vs KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #104 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ ATL | Martin Perez (3-3) | #200 | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-3) | #78 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ ATL | Spencer Strider (3-1) | #31 | vs KC | Luinder Avila | |
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #113 | vs KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #92 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs LAD | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #264 | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 |
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs LAD | Shohei Ohtani (5-2) | #1 | @ DET | Troy Melton (1-0) | #118 |
| Thu, Jun 11th | vs LAD | @ DET | ||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs MIA | vs STL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs MIA | vs STL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs MIA | vs STL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ ATH | @ TEX | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ ATH | @ TEX | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ ATH | |||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ COL | @ ARI | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ COL | @ ARI | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | @ COL | @ ARI | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs SEA | vs LAD | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs SEA | vs LAD | ||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | vs SEA | |||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs CIN | vs COL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs CIN | vs COL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs CIN | vs COL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | @ PHI | @ HOU | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ PHI | @ HOU | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ PHI | @ HOU | ||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | @ PHI | |||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | @ WSH | @ NYY | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | @ WSH | @ NYY | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | @ WSH | @ NYY | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | vs ATL | vs CLE | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | vs ATL | vs CLE | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | vs ATL | vs CLE | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | vs MIL | vs LAA | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | vs MIL | vs LAA | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | vs MIL | vs LAA | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | @ CLE | @ CHC | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | @ CLE | @ CHC | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | @ CLE | @ CHC | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | @ NYY | @ CLE | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | @ NYY | @ CLE | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | @ NYY | @ CLE | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | vs CHC | vs ATH | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | vs CHC | vs ATH | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | vs CHC | vs ATH | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | vs ARI | |||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs ARI | vs KC | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs ARI | vs KC | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ CIN | vs KC | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ CIN | @ SEA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ CIN | @ SEA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ CIN | @ SEA | ||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | @ MIL | |||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ MIL | @ KC | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ MIL | @ KC | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | @ MIL | @ KC | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs NYM | @ MIL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs NYM | @ MIL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs NYM | @ MIL | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ MIA | vs BAL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ MIA | vs BAL | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | @ MIA | vs PHI | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs BOS | |||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs BOS | vs PHI | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs BOS | vs PHI | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs DET | vs ATL | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs DET | vs ATL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs DET | vs ATL | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ LAD | @ SD | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ LAD | @ SD | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ LAD | @ SD | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ SD | @ ATH | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ SD | @ ATH | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ SD | @ ATH | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ STL | vs CWS | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ STL | vs CWS | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | @ STL | vs CWS | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs SF | vs DET | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs SF | vs DET | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs SF | |||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs LAA | @ CWS | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs LAA | @ CWS | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs LAA | @ CWS | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ CWS | @ DET | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ CWS | @ DET | ||||
| Thu, Sep 10th | @ CWS | |||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ CHC | vs CLE | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ CHC | vs CLE | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ CHC | vs CLE | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs MIL | vs NYY | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs MIL | vs NYY | ||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | vs MIL | @ LAA | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs KC | @ LAA | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs KC | @ LAA | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs KC | @ LAA | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | vs STL | @ SF | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | vs STL | @ SF | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | vs STL | |||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ DET | vs TEX | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ DET | vs TEX | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ DET | vs TEX | ||||
| Thu, Apr 2nd | @ KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #49 | |||
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 | |||
| Mon, May 18th | vs HOU | Tatsuya Imai (2-3) | #152 | |||
| Mon, Jun 1st | vs CWS | David Sandlin (1-0) | #210 | |||
| Thu, Jun 18th | @ TEX | |||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | vs LAD | |||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | @ CLE | |||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | vs BAL | |||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs DET | |||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ DET | |||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs NYY | |||||
| Mon, Sep 21st | @ SF | |||||
