Who Should I Trade?

Braxton Ashcraft for Cade Gibson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 37	# 371
VBR	# 180	# 649

Projections

Strikeouts	50	14
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.70	3.95
WHIP	1.27	1.43

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	# 411

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 35	# 355

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Cade Gibson RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	24

Games Started	22	0

Innings Pitched	127.1	28.1

Wins	11	2

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	117	30

Earned Runs	56	18

Home Runs Allowed	17	1

Strikeouts	140	26

Walks	31	13

ERA	3.96	5.72

WHIP	1.16	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Cade Gibson RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	20

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	49.6	17.3

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	46	17

Earned Runs	20	8

Home Runs Allowed	6	2

Strikeouts	50	14

Walks	15	7

ERA	3.70	3.95

WHIP	1.27	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Cade Gibson RP - MIA
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	The Marlins officially recalled Cade Gibson from Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th
	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 Marlins are recalling Cade Gibson from Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th
	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	Cade Gibson has been optioned to Triple-A Jacksonville by the Miami Marlins. Josh Ekness had his contract selected by Miami in a corresponding move. David Leisering Sat, May 2nd
	Braxton Ashcraft will start on Saturday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	The Marlins recalled Cade Gibson from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	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	The Marlins optioned LHP Cade Gibson to Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 22nd
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			Cade Gibson RP - MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#181
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#226	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#322	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#154	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#362
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Mon, Apr 20th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Mon, May 4th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Mon, May 18th				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Mon, Jun 1st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#173
Fri, Jul 10th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Fri, Jul 17th				@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Tue, Jul 21st				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Mon, Aug 31st				@ WSH
Mon, Sep 7th				vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th				@ ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Braxton Ashcraft for Cade Gibson (2026)

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