Who Should I Trade?

Braxton Ashcraft for Spencer Schwellenbach (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 32	‐
VBR	# 174	# 694

Projections

Strikeouts	27	3
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.69	4.01
WHIP	1.26	1.03

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 68	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 29	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 35	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 46	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 34	# 235

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 35	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Spencer Schwellenbach SP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	‐

Games Started	26	‐

Innings Pitched	155.1	‐

Wins	13	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	133	‐

Earned Runs	63	‐

Home Runs Allowed	21	‐

Strikeouts	161	‐

Walks	34	‐

ERA	3.65	‐

WHIP	1.08	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Spencer Schwellenbach SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	0

Games Started	5	0

Innings Pitched	27.1	2.8

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	25	3

Earned Runs	11	1

Home Runs Allowed	3	0

Strikeouts	27	3

Walks	8	0

ERA	3.69	4.01

WHIP	1.26	1.03

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Spencer Schwellenbach SP - ATL
News
	Braxton Ashcraft allowed one run on four hits over six innings with two strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision on Monday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 25th	Spencer Schwellenbach will undergo a second surgery on his right elbow. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Aug 28th
	Braxton Ashcraft allowed one run on five hits over eight innings with four strikeouts in a win on Tuesday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	Spencer Schwellenbach still hasn’t felt 100 percent while throwing bullpens. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th
	Braxton Ashcraft allowed one run on three hits over nine innings with 10 strikeouts and one walk in a win on Thursday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th	Spencer Schwellenbach is optimistic that he’ll be ready to make his season debut in September. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Braxton Ashcraft allowed four runs on four hits over five innings with five strikeouts and one walk in a loss on Thursday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	Spencer Schwellenbach is with the Braves throwing bullpens. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Braxton Ashcraft allowed one run on two hits over five innings with five strikeouts and one walk in a win on Saturday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Spencer Schwellenbach has been cleared to throw bullpen sessions. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
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			Spencer Schwellenbach SP - ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#289	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#191	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#214
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#246
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#306	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#121
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#76
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#210
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#264	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#261
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#335	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#156	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#261
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#176	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#273
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ MIA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134
Mon, Apr 20th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Mon, May 4th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, May 18th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Fri, Jul 10th				@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Fri, Jul 17th				vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199
Tue, Jul 21st				vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#153
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Mon, Sep 7th				@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Braxton Ashcraft for Spencer Schwellenbach (2026)

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