Who Should I Trade?

Braxton Ashcraft for Drew Smith (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 29	‐
VBR	# 151	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	65	‐
Wins	4	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.68	‐
WHIP	1.27	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

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	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 35	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Drew Smith RP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	20	‐

Innings Pitched	116.1	‐

Wins	9	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	108	‐

Earned Runs	51	‐

Home Runs Allowed	16	‐

Strikeouts	130	‐

Walks	28	‐

ERA	3.95	‐

WHIP	1.17	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Drew Smith RP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	‐

Games Started	11	‐

Innings Pitched	63.5	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	59	‐

Earned Runs	26	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	65	‐

Walks	19	‐

ERA	3.68	‐

WHIP	1.27	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Drew Smith RP - FA
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 Twins signed RHP Drew Smith to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 29th
	Braxton Ashcraft will start on Saturday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	Smith missed all of 2025 recovering from his second Tommy John surgery and signed a minor-league deal with the Nationals in mid-February. He allowed two hits and two walks while striking out seven across 5.1 scoreless innings in six Grapefruit League appearances but was not on track to make the Opening Day roster. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st
	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	Drew Smith has entered spring camp with the Nationals fully healthy. Ari Koslow Wed, Feb 18th
	Friday’s contest between the Milwaukee Brewers and Pittsburgh Pirates has been postponed due to inclement weather. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th	The Nationals signed reliever Drew Smith to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Mon, Feb 16th
	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT			Drew Smith RP - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#96
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#182
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
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
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#230
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#293
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#164
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Braxton Ashcraft for Drew Smith (2026)

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