Who Should I Trade?

Braxton Ashcraft for Jordan Leasure (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 37	‐
VBR	# 185	# 833

Projections

Strikeouts	54	11
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.72	4.06
WHIP	1.27	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 28	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 29	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 51	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 46	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 55	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 35	# 389

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Jordan Leasure RP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	18

Games Started	21	1

Innings Pitched	122.1	18.2

Wins	10	2

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	3

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	115	15

Earned Runs	55	13

Home Runs Allowed	16	6

Strikeouts	135	18

Walks	30	8

ERA	4.05	6.27

WHIP	1.19	1.23

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Jordan Leasure RP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	11

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	53.6	9.7

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	50	8

Earned Runs	22	4

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	54	11

Walks	16	4

ERA	3.72	4.06

WHIP	1.27	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Jordan Leasure RP - CWS
News
	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	Jordan Leasure threw a bullpen on July 24. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	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 White Sox transferred Jordan Leasure to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
	Braxton Ashcraft will start on Saturday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	The White Sox shut down Jordan Leasure for four weeks. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	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 White Sox placed RHP Jordan Leasure on the 15-day injured list with a right flexor strain. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	Friday’s contest between the Milwaukee Brewers and Pittsburgh Pirates has been postponed due to inclement weather. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th	The White Sox recalled Jordan Leasure from Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
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			Jordan Leasure RP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#222	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#301	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#306	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#155	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#157
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ CHC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs COL
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Mon, May 4th				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Mon, May 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Fri, Jul 10th				vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Fri, Jul 17th				@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Tue, Jul 21st				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Mon, Aug 31st				@ HOU
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Braxton Ashcraft for Jordan Leasure (2026)

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