Who Should I Trade?

Braxton Ashcraft for Danny Young (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 29	‐
VBR	# 147	# 625

Projections

Strikeouts	68	19
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.66	4.02
WHIP	1.27	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 27	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 29	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 36	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 46	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 24	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 35	‐

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


Games Played	19	6

Games Started	19	1

Innings Pitched	113.1	5.0

Wins	9	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	99	4

Earned Runs	44	2

Home Runs Allowed	14	1

Strikeouts	128	4

Walks	27	4

ERA	3.49	3.60

WHIP	1.11	1.60

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


Games Played	14	22

Games Started	12	0

Innings Pitched	67.0	17.9

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	62	16

Earned Runs	27	8

Home Runs Allowed	8	2

Strikeouts	68	19

Walks	20	8

ERA	3.66	4.02

WHIP	1.27	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Danny Young RP - ATL
News
	Braxton Ashcraft will start on Saturday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	Danny Young will open on Sunday for the Braves against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	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	Danny Young (elbow) was activated from the IL ahead of Friday's game against the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd
	Friday’s contest between the Milwaukee Brewers and Pittsburgh Pirates has been postponed due to inclement weather. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th	Danny Young will begin a rehab assignment with the Braves’ Florida Complex League affiliate on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
	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	Danny Young could be available at some point after the All-Star break. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Apr 12th
	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	Lefthander Danny Young has been transferred to the 60-day IL to make room for utilityman Luke Williams on the 40-man roster. Williams was selected to the Braves' roster while Michael Harris II is on the paternity list. David Leisering Sat, Apr 11th
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			Danny Young RP - ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#204
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#300
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#331	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#295	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#265
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#265
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#341
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#45
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#188
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#291
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#224	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#232	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#224
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#249	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#241	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#362	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#300	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#271
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#305	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#286	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#229	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Tue, Jul 21st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN			vs WSH
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ MIA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Mon, Apr 20th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Mon, May 4th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Mon, May 18th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jul 10th				@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Fri, Jul 17th				vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#320
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Mon, Sep 7th				@ PHI
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Braxton Ashcraft for Danny Young (2026)

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