Who Should I Trade?

Braxton Ashcraft for Chris Sale (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 8	# 37
VBR	# 55	# 166

Projections

Strikeouts	66	48
Wins	4	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.13	3.69
WHIP	1.16	1.27

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 9	# 28

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 6	# 29

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 7	# 52

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 8	# 46

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 12	# 45

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 10	# 35

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	22

Games Started	20	22

Innings Pitched	117.0	127.1

Wins	12	11

Losses	6	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	93	117

Earned Runs	27	56

Home Runs Allowed	8	17

Strikeouts	143	140

Walks	26	31

ERA	2.08	3.96

WHIP	1.02	1.16

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	9

Games Started	9	9

Innings Pitched	53.9	48.4

Wins	4	3

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	45	45

Earned Runs	19	20

Home Runs Allowed	6	5

Strikeouts	66	48

Walks	14	14

ERA	3.13	3.69

WHIP	1.16	1.27

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT
News
	Chris Sale is no longer starting on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	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
	Chris Sale allowed only two hits and no walks while striking out nine over six innings in Wednesday night's 1-0 win against the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 29th	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
	Chris Sale gave up three runs on five hits and a walk while striking out 11 over six innings in Thursday's 6-5 win against the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 23rd	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
	Chris Sale allowed no runs on just two hits zero walks while striking out six across seven innings in Friday's 15-1 win over the Rangers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jul 18th	Braxton Ashcraft will start on Saturday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	Braves left-hander Chris Sale will start on Friday versus the Rangers. Brenton Kemp 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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chris Sale SP - ATL			Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#286	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#169	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#322
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Jun 16th				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, Jun 29th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#383
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#183
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Tue, Jul 28th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Braxton Ashcraft for Chris Sale (2026)

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