Who Should I Trade?

Braxton Ashcraft for Gordon Graceffo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 37	# 325
VBR	# 175	# 725

Projections

Strikeouts	48	14
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.69	4.54
WHIP	1.27	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 28	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 29	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 52	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 46	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 45	# 404

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 35	# 261

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Gordon Graceffo RP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	46

Games Started	22	0

Innings Pitched	127.1	56.1

Wins	11	7

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	117	35

Earned Runs	56	19

Home Runs Allowed	17	5

Strikeouts	140	36

Walks	31	26

ERA	3.96	3.04

WHIP	1.16	1.08

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Gordon Graceffo RP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	20

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	48.4	17.4

Wins	3	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	45	17

Earned Runs	20	9

Home Runs Allowed	5	2

Strikeouts	48	14

Walks	14	6

ERA	3.69	4.54

WHIP	1.27	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Gordon Graceffo RP - STL
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	Gordon Graceffo struck out two over two scoreless innings while allowing no hits or walks in Monday's 13-7 win over the Yankees. Chase Davis Tue, Aug 4th
	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	The Cardinals recalled RHP Gordon Graceffo from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	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 Cardinals optioned Gordon Graceffo to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Braxton Ashcraft will start on Saturday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	Gordon Graceffo threw a scoreless frame on nine pitches in Thursday's 11-5 win over Atlanta. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 3rd
	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	Gordon Graceffo threw 10 pitches in a scoreless inning during Sunday's 12-10 win over the Royals. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 22nd
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			Gordon Graceffo RP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#252
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#74	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#368
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#329	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#329
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#265	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#401
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#401	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs ATL	Danny Young
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#183	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ COL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ SF
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs SF
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ MIL
Mon, Apr 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Mon, May 4th				vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Thu, Jun 18th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Jul 10th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Tue, Jul 21st				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Mon, Aug 10th				vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

Braxton Ashcraft for Gordon Graceffo (2026)

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