Who Should I Trade?

Braxton Ashcraft for Dylan Cease (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 15	# 32
VBR	# 84	# 191

Projections

Strikeouts	81	58
Wins	4	4
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.47	3.72
WHIP	1.22	1.27

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 18	# 29

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 11	# 51

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 32	# 46

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 9	# 24

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 8	# 35

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 42	# 28

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	21

Games Started	19	21

Innings Pitched	113.1	122.1

Wins	7	10

Losses	5	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	75	115

Earned Runs	31	55

Home Runs Allowed	7	16

Strikeouts	167	135

Walks	48	30

ERA	2.46	4.05

WHIP	1.09	1.19

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	10

Games Started	11	10

Innings Pitched	62.7	57.8

Wins	4	4

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	50	54

Earned Runs	24	24

Home Runs Allowed	7	7

Strikeouts	81	58

Walks	25	17

ERA	3.47	3.72

WHIP	1.22	1.27

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT
News
	Dylan Cease allowed one hit and three walks while striking out 12 over nine innings in Saturday's win over the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	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
	Blue Jays right-hander Dylan Cease allowed five runs (three earned) on seven hits across six innings while taking the loss against the Rays on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 21st	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
	Dylan Cease will start for the American League in the All-Star game. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	Braxton Ashcraft will start on Saturday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	Blue Jays right-hander Dylan Cease pitched eight innings of shutout ball, allowing just one hit and three walks while striking out 11 in a win over the Giants on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th	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
	Blue Jays right-hander Dylan Cease pitched seven shutout innings while striking out nine to earn the win over the Mariners on Friday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	Friday’s contest between the Milwaukee Brewers and Pittsburgh Pirates has been postponed due to inclement weather. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR			Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#391	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#225
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#197
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jun 21st				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#299
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#167
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL			@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU			@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#286
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Braxton Ashcraft for Dylan Cease (2026)

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