Who Should I Trade?

Braxton Ashcraft for Eric Cerantola (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 31	‐
VBR	# 147	# 1019

Projections

Strikeouts	68	5
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.66	4.41
WHIP	1.27	1.55

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	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 35	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Eric Cerantola RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	4

Games Started	19	0

Innings Pitched	113.1	5.1

Wins	9	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	99	4

Earned Runs	44	6

Home Runs Allowed	14	2

Strikeouts	128	7

Walks	27	10

ERA	3.49	10.13

WHIP	1.11	2.63

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Eric Cerantola RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	8

Games Started	12	0

Innings Pitched	67.0	4.9

Wins	4	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	62	4

Earned Runs	27	2

Home Runs Allowed	8	1

Strikeouts	68	5

Walks	20	3

ERA	3.66	4.41

WHIP	1.27	1.55

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Eric Cerantola RP - SF
News
	Braxton Ashcraft will start on Saturday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	The Royals designated Eric Cerantola for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	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	The Royals optioned RHP Eric Cerantola to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
	Friday’s contest between the Milwaukee Brewers and Pittsburgh Pirates has been postponed due to inclement weather. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th	The Royals recalled RHP Eric Cerantola from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	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 Royals optioned Eric Cerantola to Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	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	The Royals recalled Eric Cerantola from Triple-A Omaha. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
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			Eric Cerantola RP - SF
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#235
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
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)	#299	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#285	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#228	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, Jul 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI			vs MIL
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI			vs MIL
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN			@ SD
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN			@ SD
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			@ SD
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			@ SD
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL			@ TEX
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			vs DET
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs DET
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			vs DET
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs COL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs STL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ STL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs LAD
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Fri, Mar 27th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Mon, May 4th				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, May 18th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Mon, Jul 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, Jul 10th				vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Fri, Jul 17th				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Mon, Aug 10th				vs HOU
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CLE
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st				@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Mon, Sep 7th				vs STL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Braxton Ashcraft for Eric Cerantola (2026)

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