Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Nunez for Braxton Ashcraft (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Anthony Nunez RP - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 37	# 279
VBR	# 183	# 480

Projections

Strikeouts	55	20
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	3.72	4.01
WHIP	1.27	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 28	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 29	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 51	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 46	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 55	# 251

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 35	# 295

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Anthony Nunez RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	37

Games Started	21	0

Innings Pitched	122.1	42.1

Wins	10	2

Losses	4	2

Saves	0	3

Blown Saves	0	3

Holds	0	6

Hits Allowed	115	36

Earned Runs	55	22

Home Runs Allowed	16	5

Strikeouts	135	44

Walks	30	18

ERA	4.05	4.68

WHIP	1.19	1.28

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Anthony Nunez RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	21

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	55.1	18.6

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	51	16

Earned Runs	23	8

Home Runs Allowed	6	2

Strikeouts	55	20

Walks	16	8

ERA	3.72	4.01

WHIP	1.27	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Anthony Nunez RP - BAL
News
	Braxton Ashcraft allowed four runs on seven hits over six innings with five strikeouts and two walks in a win on Sunday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	The Orioles recalled Anthony Nunez from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Braxton Ashcraft allowed eight runs (seven earned) on nine hits over three innings with two strikeouts and one walk in a loss on Monday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	The Orioles optioned Anthony Nunez to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	Braxton Ashcraft will start on Saturday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	Anthony Nunez picked up a save Friday against Detroit, his third of the season. Jesse Garcia Sat, May 23rd
	Braxton Ashcraft allowed five runs on five hits over five innings with six strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision in Game 1 of Saturday's doubleheader against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	Anthony Nunez struck out one batter while allowing one hit on 11 pitches in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Monday's 3-2 win over the Yankees. Jesse Garcia Tue, May 12th
	Friday’s contest between the Milwaukee Brewers and Pittsburgh Pirates has been postponed due to inclement weather. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th	Anthony Nunez struck out two batters in a scoreless outing to earn the save in Wednesday's 8-6 win over the Royals. Jesse Garcia Thu, Apr 23rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT			Anthony Nunez RP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#116	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, May 4th				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#347
Mon, May 18th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#224	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#225
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#93
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#203	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#297	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Fri, Jul 10th				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Fri, Jul 17th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#164	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#227
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs PHI	Brad Keller
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st				@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ NYY
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#308
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Anthony Nunez for Braxton Ashcraft (2026)

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