Who Should I Trade?

Braxton Ashcraft for Daniel Espino (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 31	‐
VBR	# 147	# 657

Projections

Strikeouts	68	15
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.66	4.04
WHIP	1.27	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 28	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 29	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 36	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 46	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 35	# 445

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 35	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	5

Games Started	19	0

Innings Pitched	113.1	5.0

Wins	9	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	99	5

Earned Runs	44	3

Home Runs Allowed	14	1

Strikeouts	128	9

Walks	27	3

ERA	3.49	5.40

WHIP	1.11	1.60

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	16

Games Started	12	0

Innings Pitched	67.0	13.0

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	62	12

Earned Runs	27	6

Home Runs Allowed	8	2

Strikeouts	68	15

Walks	20	7

ERA	3.66	4.04

WHIP	1.27	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
News
	Braxton Ashcraft will start on Saturday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	The Guardians optioned RHP Daniel Espino to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	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	Daniel Espino struck out two over a perfect inning in Wednesday's 9-4 loss to the Brewers. Matthew Adam Thu, Jun 18th
	Friday’s contest between the Milwaukee Brewers and Pittsburgh Pirates has been postponed due to inclement weather. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th	Daniel Espino will be called up from Triple-A Columbus ahead of Friday's game against the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jun 12th
	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	The Guardians have optioned right-hander Daniel Espino (shoulder) to Triple-A Columbus. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th
	Braxton Ashcraft allowed five runs on five hits over six innings with eight strikeouts and one walk in a win on Monday against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
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			Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#341
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#102
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#285	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#228	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Tue, Jul 21st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ TB
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI			@ CIN
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI			@ CIN
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs SD
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Mon, Apr 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Mon, May 4th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#220
Mon, May 18th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, Jul 10th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BAL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Braxton Ashcraft for Daniel Espino (2026)

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