Who Should I Trade?

Braxton Ashcraft for Kyle Bradish (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 30	# 49
VBR	# 151	# 203

Projections

Strikeouts	65	63
Wins	4	4
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.68	3.90
WHIP	1.27	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 29	# 58

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 51	# 53

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 24	# 56

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 35	# 57

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 26	# 18

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 46	# 38

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Kyle Bradish SP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	19

Games Started	20	19

Innings Pitched	116.1	107.1

Wins	9	6

Losses	4	9

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	108	96

Earned Runs	51	45

Home Runs Allowed	16	12

Strikeouts	130	106

Walks	28	50

ERA	3.95	3.77

WHIP	1.17	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Kyle Bradish SP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	11

Games Started	11	11

Innings Pitched	63.5	61.0

Wins	4	4

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	59	55

Earned Runs	26	26

Home Runs Allowed	7	7

Strikeouts	65	63

Walks	19	24

ERA	3.68	3.90

WHIP	1.27	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Kyle Bradish SP - BAL
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	Kyle Bradish will start Game 2 of Wednesday's doubleheader against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	Braxton Ashcraft will start on Saturday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	Kyle Bradish will now be making his next start on Tuesday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	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	Kyle Bradish will start Monday's series opener against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Friday’s contest between the Milwaukee Brewers and Pittsburgh Pirates has been postponed due to inclement weather. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th	Kyle Bradish has agreed to a five-year, $90 million contract extension with the Baltimore Orioles according to Jeff Passan. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th
	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	Kyle Bradish will start for the Orioles on Sunday against the Astros. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
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			Kyle Bradish SP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#96	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#150
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#182	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#230	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#257
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#99
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#293	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#164	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#214
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs PHI
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs TB
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ NYY
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Mon, May 4th				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Mon, May 18th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Fri, Jul 10th				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Fri, Jul 17th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st				@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Braxton Ashcraft for Kyle Bradish (2026)

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