Who Should I Trade?

Braxton Ashcraft for Caleb Ferguson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 29	# 320
VBR	# 151	# 589

Projections

Strikeouts	65	21
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	3.68	4.23
WHIP	1.27	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 26	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 29	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 36	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 46	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 24	# 347

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 35	# 274

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Caleb Ferguson RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	21

Games Started	20	0

Innings Pitched	116.1	20.1

Wins	9	1

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	108	23

Earned Runs	51	9

Home Runs Allowed	16	3

Strikeouts	130	20

Walks	28	9

ERA	3.95	3.98

WHIP	1.17	1.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Caleb Ferguson RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	26

Games Started	11	0

Innings Pitched	63.5	22.7

Wins	4	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	59	22

Earned Runs	26	11

Home Runs Allowed	7	3

Strikeouts	65	21

Walks	19	9

ERA	3.68	4.23

WHIP	1.27	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Caleb Ferguson RP - CIN
News
	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 Reds activated LHP Caleb Ferguson off the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	Braxton Ashcraft will start on Saturday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	Caleb Ferguson will make another appearance on his rehab assignment on Saturday. Ari Koslow 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	The Reds sent Caleb Ferguson on a rehab assignment to Double-A Chattanooga. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	Friday’s contest between the Milwaukee Brewers and Pittsburgh Pirates has been postponed due to inclement weather. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th	Caleb Ferguson is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Double-A Chattanooga on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Apr 26th
	Braxton Ashcraft allowed one run on six hits over 5 2/3 innings with seven strikeouts and two walks in a win on Saturday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 5th	Caleb Ferguson threw 16 pitches in a simulated inning during a live batting practice session on Monday and is scheduled to face hitters again on Friday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Apr 21st
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			Caleb Ferguson RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#96	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#326
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#182	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#230	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#215
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#293	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#164	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs SD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ TOR
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#360
Mon, May 4th				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Mon, May 18th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, Jul 10th				vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Jul 17th				@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Tue, Jul 21st				@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SD
Mon, Sep 7th				@ LAD
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Braxton Ashcraft for Caleb Ferguson (2026)

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