Who Should I Trade?

Braxton Ashcraft for Framber Valdez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Framber Valdez SP - DET
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts	33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 37	# 59
VBR	# 175	# 176

Projections

Strikeouts	48	50
Wins	3	4
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.69	3.79
WHIP	1.27	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 28	# 64

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 29	# 61

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 52	# 71

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 46	# 68

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 35	# 26

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 45	# 42

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Framber Valdez SP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	22

Games Started	22	22

Innings Pitched	127.1	120.1

Wins	11	6

Losses	4	7

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	117	122

Earned Runs	56	59

Home Runs Allowed	17	12

Strikeouts	140	98

Walks	31	43

ERA	3.96	4.41

WHIP	1.16	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Framber Valdez SP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	10

Games Started	9	10

Innings Pitched	48.4	57.8

Wins	3	4

Losses	2	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	45	54

Earned Runs	20	24

Home Runs Allowed	5	5

Strikeouts	48	50

Walks	14	20

ERA	3.69	3.79

WHIP	1.27	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Framber Valdez SP - DET
News
	Braxton Ashcraft allowed one run on two hits over five innings with five strikeouts and one walk in a win on Saturday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Framber Valdez allowed two earned runs on nine hits and two walks while striking out six over seven innings in Saturday's win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd
	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	Framber Valdez allowed three runs (two earned) on four hits and three walks while striking out four over five innings in Sunday's loss to the Royals. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th
	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	Tigers left-hander Framber Valdez allowed six earned runs on five hits and two walks across just 2/3 of an inning in a loss against the Cubs on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 22nd
	Braxton Ashcraft will start on Saturday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	Framber Valdez has been reinstated from the bereavement list by the Detroit Tigers the club announced. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th
	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 Tigers placed LHP Framber Valdez on the bereavement list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
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			Framber Valdez SP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#74
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#74	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#187
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#147
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#329	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#265	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#401	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#171
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#183	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#425
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs PIT
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, May 4th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Mon, May 18th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Fri, Jul 10th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Jul 17th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Jul 21st				@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433
Mon, Aug 31st				@ MIN
Mon, Sep 7th				vs MIN
Mon, Sep 14th				@ TOR
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Braxton Ashcraft for Framber Valdez (2026)

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