Who Should I Trade?

Braxton Ashcraft for Josiah Gray (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 30	‐
VBR	# 191	# 1076

Projections

Strikeouts	58	9
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.72	5.73
WHIP	1.27	1.55

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 26	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 29	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 51	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 46	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 24	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 35	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Josiah Gray SP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	20	‐

Innings Pitched	116.1	‐

Wins	9	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	108	‐

Earned Runs	51	‐

Home Runs Allowed	16	‐

Strikeouts	130	‐

Walks	28	‐

ERA	3.95	‐

WHIP	1.17	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Josiah Gray SP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	2

Games Started	10	2

Innings Pitched	57.8	9.8

Wins	4	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	54	10

Earned Runs	24	6

Home Runs Allowed	7	2

Strikeouts	58	9

Walks	17	4

ERA	3.72	5.73

WHIP	1.27	1.55

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Josiah Gray SP - WSH
News
	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	Josiah Gray threw a bullpen session on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Braxton Ashcraft will start on Saturday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	Nationals right-hander Josiah Gray (elbow) is progressing with throwing activity as tolerated at the Nationals' training complex in Florida. 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	Josiah Gray played catch on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	Friday’s contest between the Milwaukee Brewers and Pittsburgh Pirates has been postponed due to inclement weather. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th	Josiah Gray played catch on Saturday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	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 Nationals say Josiah Gray will undergo additional testing. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 20th
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			Josiah Gray SP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#139
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#225	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#197
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#197	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#326
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#299	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#167	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ SD
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs NYM
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Mon, May 18th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Fri, Jul 10th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Tue, Jul 21st				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIA
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SD
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Braxton Ashcraft for Josiah Gray (2026)

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