Who Should I Trade?

Braxton Ashcraft for Kyle Keller (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 29	‐
VBR	# 148	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	65	‐
Wins	4	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.67	‐
WHIP	1.27	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 27	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 29	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 36	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 46	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 24	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 35	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Kyle Keller RP - BOS
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	Kyle Keller RP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	‐

Games Started	11	‐

Innings Pitched	63.5	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	59	‐

Earned Runs	26	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	65	‐

Walks	19	‐

ERA	3.67	‐

WHIP	1.27	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Kyle Keller RP - BOS
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 Keller has agreed to a minor league contract with the Boston Red Sox. The righthander receives an invitation to spring training and will make $1.9 million, with incentives, if he makes it to the majors. David Leisering Tue, Feb 3rd
	Braxton Ashcraft will start on Saturday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	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
	Friday’s contest between the Milwaukee Brewers and Pittsburgh Pirates has been postponed due to inclement weather. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th
	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
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 Keller RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#289
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#308
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#179
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#329
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#204
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#162	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Tue, Jul 21st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN			@ ATH
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs CHC
Mon, Apr 20th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, May 4th				@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#144
Mon, May 18th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jul 10th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Jul 17th				vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#188
Mon, Aug 10th				@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SEA
Mon, Sep 7th				vs LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Braxton Ashcraft for Kyle Keller (2026)

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