Who Should I Trade?

Braxton Ashcraft for Mitchell Parker (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 31	# 386
VBR	# 147	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	68	‐
Wins	4	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.66	‐
WHIP	1.27	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 28	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 29	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 36	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 46	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 35	# 392

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 35	# 456

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


Games Played	19	22

Games Started	19	0

Innings Pitched	113.1	39.2

Wins	9	3

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	5

Holds	0	7

Hits Allowed	99	45

Earned Runs	44	29

Home Runs Allowed	14	9

Strikeouts	128	34

Walks	27	13

ERA	3.49	6.58

WHIP	1.11	1.46

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


Games Played	14	‐

Games Started	12	‐

Innings Pitched	67.0	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	62	‐

Earned Runs	27	‐

Home Runs Allowed	8	‐

Strikeouts	68	‐

Walks	20	‐

ERA	3.66	‐

WHIP	1.27	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Mitchell Parker SP,RP - WSH
News
	Braxton Ashcraft will start on Saturday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	Nationals manager Blake Butera said Mitchell Parker will most likely need Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	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 Nationals placed LHP Mitchell Parker on the 15-Day Injured List with elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
	Friday’s contest between the Milwaukee Brewers and Pittsburgh Pirates has been postponed due to inclement weather. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th	Mitchell Parker allowed two earned runs on three hits and one walk while striking out five over three innings in Tuesday's win over the Guardians. Jesse Garcia Wed, May 27th
	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	Mikolas has lasted a combined 7.1 innings over his last two starts, and Parker was recalled Tuesday to provide bullpen length behind him. Parker has a 16:3 K:BB across 13.1 innings in three Triple-A starts this season, though his ERA sits at 6.08. Bruno Mulé Tue, Apr 14th
	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	Mitchell Parker has been optioned to Triple-A Rochester's roster. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Mar 13th
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			Mitchell Parker SP,RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#132
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#323
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#285	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#228	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#204
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Tue, Jul 21st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#288
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI			vs TOR
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN			@ ATL
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			@ PHI
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 (5-6)	#124
Mon, May 18th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#185
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Fri, Jul 10th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
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 Mitchell Parker (2026)

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