Who Should I Trade?

Alexis Diaz for Graham Ashcraft (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Graham Ashcraft RP - CIN	Alexis Diaz RP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 696	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	7	3
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.02	5.19
WHIP	1.40	1.54

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 326	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Graham Ashcraft RP - CIN	Alexis Diaz RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	27.0	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	10	‐

Hits Allowed	17	‐

Earned Runs	10	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	32	‐

Walks	16	‐

ERA	3.33	‐

WHIP	1.22	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Graham Ashcraft RP - CIN	Alexis Diaz RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	15

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	6.9	2.6

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	7	3

Earned Runs	3	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	7	3

Walks	3	2

ERA	4.02	5.19

WHIP	1.40	1.54

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Graham Ashcraft RP - CIN	Alexis Diaz RP - TEX
News
	Graham Ashcraft is beginning a rehab assignment with Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 25th	The Rangers have outrighted right-hander Alexis Diaz to Triple-A Round Rock. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 15th
	Graham Ashcraft threw a live batting practice session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 20th	Diaz allowed eight earned runs on three hits and four walks across 1.2 innings over three spring appearances, retiring just five of the 13 batters he faced and striking out one. He had entered camp competing for the Rangers' closer job. Bruno Mulé Fri, Mar 13th
	Graham Ashcraft threw 20 pitches in a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Graham Ashcraft is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 2nd
	Graham Ashcraft is scheduled to throw long toss on Monday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Graham Ashcraft RP - CIN			Alexis Diaz RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#92
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (6-2)	#161
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#242
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Fri, May 22nd				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Sun, May 24th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#394
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#348	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#152	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#91	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#335	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#178	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#298
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Jul 27th				vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#160
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#151	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#258
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#268
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#287
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#431
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Alexis Diaz for Graham Ashcraft (2026)

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