Who Should I Trade?

Braxton Ashcraft for Michael Grove (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 29	‐
VBR	# 145	# 536

Projections

Strikeouts	68	22
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.66	4.31
WHIP	1.27	1.33

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	# 382

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 35	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Michael Grove RP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	1

Games Started	19	0

Innings Pitched	113.1	3.0

Wins	9	1

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	99	1

Earned Runs	44	0

Home Runs Allowed	14	0

Strikeouts	128	4

Walks	27	0

ERA	3.49	0.00

WHIP	1.11	0.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Michael Grove RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	19

Games Started	12	1

Innings Pitched	67.0	21.2

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	62	20

Earned Runs	27	10

Home Runs Allowed	8	3

Strikeouts	68	22

Walks	20	7

ERA	3.66	4.31

WHIP	1.27	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Michael Grove RP - TB
News
	Braxton Ashcraft will start on Saturday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	The Rays optioned RHP Michael Grove to Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	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 Rays have recalled right-hander Michael Grove from Triple-A Durham. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th
	Friday’s contest between the Milwaukee Brewers and Pittsburgh Pirates has been postponed due to inclement weather. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th	The Rays activated RHP Michael Grove from the 60-dau injured list and optioned him to Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	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	Michael Grove struck out the side in a perfect inning on Saturday in a rehab appearance in the Rookie-level Florida Complex League. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	Braxton Ashcraft allowed five runs on five hits over six innings with eight strikeouts and one walk in a win on Monday against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	Michael Grove is scheduled to throw a live batting practice this weekend. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, May 6th
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			Michael Grove RP - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#284	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#226	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#248
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#160	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Jul 21st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN			vs TEX
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			@ COL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			@ COL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			@ ATH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ PHI
Mon, Apr 20th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Mon, May 4th				vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, May 18th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Ty Madden	#287
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Fri, Jul 17th				@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#195
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATH
Thu, Aug 20th				vs TOR
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Braxton Ashcraft for Michael Grove (2026)

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