Who Should I Trade?

Braxton Ashcraft for Lucas Sims (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 30	‐
VBR	# 151	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	63	‐
Wins	4	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.71	‐
WHIP	1.27	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

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	# 423

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


Games Played	20	9

Games Started	20	0

Innings Pitched	116.1	10.0

Wins	9	0

Losses	4	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	108	9

Earned Runs	51	5

Home Runs Allowed	16	1

Strikeouts	130	10

Walks	28	7

ERA	3.95	4.50

WHIP	1.17	1.60

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


Games Played	13	‐

Games Started	11	‐

Innings Pitched	62.7	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	58	‐

Earned Runs	26	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	63	‐

Walks	18	‐

ERA	3.71	‐

WHIP	1.27	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Lucas Sims RP - CWS
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	The White Sox re-signed RHP Lucas Sims to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	Braxton Ashcraft will start on Saturday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	Sims posted a 4.50 ERA, 1.60 WHIP, and 10:7 K:BB across 10 innings with Chicago before being removed from the White Sox' 40-man roster. He passed through waivers unclaimed and elected free agency Saturday. Bruno Mulé Mon, Apr 27th
	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 designated RHP Lucas Sims for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
	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 selected the contract of RHP Lucas Sims from Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 1st
	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	Lucas Sims has signed a minor league contract with the Chicago White Sox. The deal includes an invitation to Spring Training. David Leisering Fri, Jan 30th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT			Lucas Sims RP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#168
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#314	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#296	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#324	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#142
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18	vs NYY
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			@ TB
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs CLE
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)	#141
Mon, May 4th				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Mon, May 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Fri, Jul 10th				vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Fri, Jul 17th				@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96
Tue, Jul 21st				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Mon, Aug 31st				@ HOU
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Braxton Ashcraft for Lucas Sims (2026)

ExpertRecommendation

Expert
Recommendation