Braxton Ashcraft or Paxton Schultz
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| Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT  | Paxton Schultz RP - WSH  | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 11 | 15 |
| Games Started | 11 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 68.2 | 18.2 |
| Wins | 4 | 0 |
| Losses | 2 | 2 |
| Saves | 0 | 1 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 1 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 55 | 22 |
| Earned Runs | 21 | 11 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 6 | 2 |
| Strikeouts | 70 | 21 |
| Walks | 17 | 5 |
| ERA | 2.75 | 5.30 |
| WHIP | 1.05 | 1.45 |
| Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT | Paxton Schultz RP - WSH | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 36 | 34 |
| Games Started | 21 | 1 |
| Innings Pitched | 127.9 | 39.6 |
| Wins | 7 | 2 |
| Losses | 7 | 2 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 1 | 1 |
| Hits Allowed | 123 | 38 |
| Earned Runs | 56 | 21 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 13 | 6 |
| Strikeouts | 116 | 38 |
| Walks | 40 | 16 |
| ERA | 3.92 | 4.84 |
| WHIP | 1.28 | 1.37 |
| Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT | Paxton Schultz RP - WSH | |
| News | ||
| 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 | The Nationals recalled RHP Paxton Schultz from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 26th | |
| 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 | The Nationals optioned RHP Paxton Schultz to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th | |
| 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 Nationals activated RHP Paxton Schultz off the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 7th | |
| 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 | The Nationals have placed right-hander Paxton Schultz on the 15-day injured list due to right elbow inflammation. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 24th | |
| Braxton Ashcraft allowed only four hits over 7.2 scoreless innings on Sunday, but had to settle for a no-decision against the Reds. Ashcraft walked two and struck out six. David Leisering Sun, May 3rd | The Nationals have claimed right-hander Paxton Schultz off waivers from the Blue Jays. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jan 9th | |
| 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 | Paxton Schultz RP - WSH | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #24 | @ CHC | Matthew Boyd (2-1) | #53 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ NYM | David Peterson (3-5) | #85 | @ CHC | Cade Horton (1-0) | |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ NYM | Nolan McLean (2-4) | #28 | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-5) | #23 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | @ CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #26 | @ PHI | Taijuan Walker (1-4) | #373 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | @ CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #392 | @ PHI | Andrew Painter (1-5) | #163 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-2) | #100 | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (5-2) | #3 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #43 | vs LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #45 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #90 | vs LAD | Tyler Glasnow (3-0) | #35 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #111 | vs LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #126 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | vs SD | German Marquez (3-2) | #331 | vs STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #146 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | vs SD | Nick Pivetta (1-2) | #142 | vs STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #119 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | vs SD | Michael King (4-3) | #36 | vs STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #87 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-5) | #23 | @ MIL | Aaron Ashby | |
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ CHC | Edward Cabrera (3-2) | #78 | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #57 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #103 | @ MIL | Brandon Woodruff (2-1) | #60 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #97 | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-4) | #2 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | vs WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | #248 | @ PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #86 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | vs WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #175 | @ PIT | Mason Montgomery (1-1) | #150 |
| Thu, Apr 16th | vs WSH | Foster Griffin (6-2) | #94 | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #47 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs TB | Nick Martinez (4-1) | #79 | vs SF | Logan Webb (2-4) | #14 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-1) | #20 | vs SF | Adrian Houser (2-4) | #191 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs TB | Shane McClanahan (5-2) | #19 | vs SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #75 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #96 | vs ATL | Reynaldo Lopez (2-1) | #108 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #74 | vs ATL | Didier Fuentes (3-0) | #153 |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #9 | vs ATL | JR Ritchie (1-1) | #241 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ MIL | Brandon Woodruff (2-1) | #60 | @ CWS | Bryan Hudson (2-1) | #190 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #21 | @ CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #199 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #57 | @ CWS | Bryan Hudson (2-1) | #190 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | vs STL | Dustin May (3-5) | #101 | |||
| Tue, Apr 28th | vs STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #164 | @ NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #167 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | vs STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #146 | @ NYM | David Peterson (3-5) | #85 |
| Thu, Apr 30th | vs STL | Hunter Dobbins (0-0) | #192 | @ NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #24 |
| Fri, May 1st | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-4) | #136 | vs MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #21 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #222 | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #57 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #26 | vs MIL | Logan Henderson (2-1) | #49 |
| Tue, May 5th | @ ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1) | #116 | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (5-1) | #67 |
| Wed, May 6th | @ ARI | Michael Soroka (6-2) | #71 | vs MIN | Bailey Ober (6-2) | #73 |
| Thu, May 7th | @ ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #58 | vs MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-6) | #242 |
| Fri, May 8th | @ SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #75 | @ MIA | Robby Snelling (0-1) | |
| Sat, May 9th | @ SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #66 | @ MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #120 |
| Sun, May 10th | @ SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #92 | @ MIA | Sandy Alcantara (3-4) | #61 |
| Tue, May 12th | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #425 | @ CIN | Brady Singer (2-4) | #136 |
| Wed, May 13th | vs COL | Jose Quintana (2-3) | #428 | @ CIN | Nick Lodolo (1-1) | #65 |
| Thu, May 14th | vs COL | Chase Dollander (3-3) | #306 | @ CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #26 |
| Fri, May 15th | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #41 | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #90 |
| Sat, May 16th | vs PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (5-2) | #3 | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #111 |
| Sun, May 17th | vs PHI | Zack Wheeler (4-0) | #6 | vs BAL | Brandon Young (3-1) | #197 |
| Tue, May 19th | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #119 | vs NYM | Nolan McLean (2-4) | #28 |
| Wed, May 20th | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #87 | vs NYM | Zach Thornton (0-1) | #224 |
| Thu, May 21st | @ STL | Dustin May (3-5) | #101 | vs NYM | David Peterson (3-5) | #85 |
| Fri, May 22nd | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #22 | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (4-2) | #113 |
| Sat, May 23rd | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #226 | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #123 |
| Sun, May 24th | @ TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #11 | @ ATL | Martin Perez (2-3) | #201 |
| Mon, May 25th | vs CHC | Ben Brown (1-2) | #56 | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #37 |
| Tue, May 26th | vs CHC | Jordan Wicks (0-1) | #203 | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #88 |
| Wed, May 27th | vs CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #103 | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (7-3) | #29 |
| Thu, May 28th | vs CHC | Colin Rea (4-3) | #134 | |||
| Fri, May 29th | vs MIN | Bailey Ober (6-2) | #73 | vs SD | Lucas Giolito (2-0) | #160 |
| Sat, May 30th | vs MIN | Zebby Matthews (1-2) | #89 | vs SD | Michael King (4-3) | #36 |
| Sun, May 31st | vs MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #16 | vs SD | Griffin Canning (0-3) | #132 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | @ HOU | Jason Alexander (1-1) | #315 | vs MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #63 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | @ HOU | Mike Burrows (2-6) | #125 | vs MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #72 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | @ HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (6-1) | #122 | |||
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ ATL | Martin Perez (2-3) | #201 | @ ARI | Merrill Kelly (5-3) | #95 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ ATL | @ ARI | ||||
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ ATL | @ ARI | ||||
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs LAD | @ SF | ||||
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs LAD | @ SF | ||||
| Thu, Jun 11th | vs LAD | |||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs MIA | vs SEA | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs MIA | vs SEA | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs MIA | vs SEA | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ ATH | vs KC | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ ATH | vs KC | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ ATH | vs KC | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ COL | @ TB | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ COL | @ TB | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | @ COL | @ TB | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs SEA | vs PHI | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs SEA | vs PHI | ||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | vs SEA | vs PHI | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs CIN | @ BAL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs CIN | @ BAL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs CIN | @ BAL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | @ PHI | @ BOS | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ PHI | @ BOS | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ PHI | @ BOS | ||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | @ PHI | |||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | @ WSH | vs PIT | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | @ WSH | vs PIT | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | @ WSH | vs PIT | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | vs ATL | vs HOU | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | vs ATL | vs HOU | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | vs ATL | |||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | vs MIL | vs NYY | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | vs MIL | vs NYY | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | vs MIL | vs NYY | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | @ CLE | @ ATH | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | @ CLE | @ ATH | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | @ CLE | @ ATH | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | @ NYY | @ COL | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | @ NYY | @ COL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | @ NYY | @ COL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | vs CHC | vs ARI | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | vs CHC | vs ARI | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | vs CHC | vs ARI | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | vs ARI | vs TOR | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs ARI | vs TOR | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs ARI | vs TOR | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ CIN | @ ATL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ CIN | @ ATL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ CIN | @ ATL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ CIN | @ ATL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | @ MIL | @ PHI | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ MIL | @ PHI | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ MIL | @ PHI | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | @ MIL | @ PHI | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs NYM | vs CIN | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs NYM | vs CIN | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs NYM | vs CIN | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ MIA | vs CHC | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ MIA | vs CHC | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | @ MIA | vs CHC | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs BOS | @ NYM | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs BOS | @ NYM | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs BOS | @ NYM | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs DET | |||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs DET | @ TEX | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs DET | @ TEX | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ LAD | @ MIA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ LAD | @ MIA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ LAD | @ MIA | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ SD | vs COL | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ SD | vs COL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ SD | vs COL | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ STL | vs MIA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ STL | vs MIA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | @ STL | vs MIA | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs SF | vs ATL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs SF | vs ATL | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs SF | |||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs LAA | @ LAD | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs LAA | @ LAD | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs LAA | @ LAD | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ CWS | @ SD | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ CWS | @ SD | ||||
| Thu, Sep 10th | @ CWS | |||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ CHC | vs LAA | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ CHC | vs LAA | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ CHC | vs LAA | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs MIL | vs PHI | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs MIL | vs PHI | ||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | vs MIL | |||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs KC | @ STL | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs KC | @ STL | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs KC | @ STL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | vs STL | @ DET | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | vs STL | @ DET | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | vs STL | |||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ DET | vs NYM | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ DET | vs NYM | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ DET | vs NYM | ||||
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs ATL | Bryce Elder (4-2) | #113 | |||
| Mon, May 18th | vs NYM | Christian Scott (0-0) | #130 | |||
| Mon, Jun 1st | vs MIA | Sandy Alcantara (3-4) | #61 | |||
| Mon, Jun 8th | @ SF | |||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | vs PHI | |||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs HOU | |||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | @ TEX | |||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | vs COL | |||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs MIA | |||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ SD | |||||
| Mon, Sep 21st | @ DET | |||||
