Who Should I Trade?

Braxton Ashcraft for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 32	# 161
VBR	# 165	# 383

Projections

Strikeouts	31	28
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.61	4.22
WHIP	1.25	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 68	# 177

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 29	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 35	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 46	# 154

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 34	# 146

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 35	# 230

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	8

Games Started	26	8

Innings Pitched	155.1	36.0

Wins	13	0

Losses	5	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	133	42

Earned Runs	63	25

Home Runs Allowed	21	5

Strikeouts	161	37

Walks	34	15

ERA	3.65	6.25

WHIP	1.08	1.58

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	5

Games Started	6	5

Innings Pitched	30.8	27.5

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	29	27

Earned Runs	12	13

Home Runs Allowed	3	4

Strikeouts	31	28

Walks	9	11

ERA	3.61	4.22

WHIP	1.25	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
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	Yusei Kikuchi allowed five earned runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out four over five innings in a loss to the Rangers. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd
	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	Yusei Kikuchi’s next start will be in the majors. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th
	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	Yusei Kikuchi and the Angels will discuss if he needs another rehab start. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th
	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	Yusei Kikuchi threw 57 pitches over 1 2/3 innings for Triple-A Salt Lake on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th
	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	Yusei Kikuchi will make his next rehab start for Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
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			Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#212	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#205
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#104
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#243
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#344	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#367	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#412	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#181	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#159
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ SEA
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Mon, Apr 20th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Mon, May 4th				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Mon, May 18th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, Jul 10th				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Fri, Jul 17th				vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Tue, Jul 21st				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Braxton Ashcraft for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

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