Who Should I Trade?

Braxton Ashcraft for Brooks Raley (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 37	# 254
VBR	# 175	# 460

Projections

Strikeouts	48	17
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	3.69	3.91
WHIP	1.27	1.30

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 28	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 29	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 52	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 46	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 45	# 166

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 35	# 337

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Brooks Raley RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	45

Games Started	22	0

Innings Pitched	127.1	41.1

Wins	11	5

Losses	4	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	14

Hits Allowed	117	30

Earned Runs	56	9

Home Runs Allowed	17	2

Strikeouts	140	40

Walks	31	15

ERA	3.96	1.96

WHIP	1.16	1.09

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Brooks Raley RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	21

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	48.4	17.4

Wins	3	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	45	15

Earned Runs	20	8

Home Runs Allowed	5	2

Strikeouts	48	17

Walks	14	6

ERA	3.69	3.91

WHIP	1.27	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Brooks Raley RP - PHI
News
	Braxton Ashcraft allowed one run on two hits over five innings with five strikeouts and one walk in a win on Saturday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Brooks Raley has been traded to the Philadelphia Phillies. Vince DiSilvio Mon, Aug 3rd
	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	Brooks Raley is expected to be moved ahead of the August 3 trade deadline. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	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
	Braxton Ashcraft will start on Saturday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT			Brooks Raley RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#67
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#285
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#74	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#329	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#339
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#265	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#401	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#183	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs TB
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Mon, May 4th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Mon, May 18th				vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Thu, Jun 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Jul 6th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Jul 10th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Tue, Jul 21st				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Mon, Aug 10th				@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Mon, Aug 31st				@ ARI
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Braxton Ashcraft for Brooks Raley (2026)

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