Who Should I Trade?

Braxton Ashcraft for Zack Littell (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 32	# 183
VBR	# 179	# 853

Projections

Strikeouts	29	3
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.68	4.82
WHIP	1.26	1.28

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 68	# 215

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 29	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 35	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 46	# 205

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 34	# 278

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 35	# 141

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Zack Littell SP,RP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	26

Games Started	26	14

Innings Pitched	155.1	124.1

Wins	13	8

Losses	5	8

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	133	136

Earned Runs	63	72

Home Runs Allowed	21	30

Strikeouts	161	73

Walks	34	39

ERA	3.65	5.21

WHIP	1.08	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Zack Littell SP,RP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	3

Games Started	5	0

Innings Pitched	29.2	4.7

Wins	2	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	27	5

Earned Runs	12	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	29	3

Walks	8	1

ERA	3.68	4.82

WHIP	1.26	1.28

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT	Zack Littell SP,RP - FA
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	The Diamondbacks released RHP Zack Littell. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 27th
	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	Zack Littell was designated for assignment ahead of Sunday's game against the Reds. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Aug 23rd
	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	The Diamondbacks have signed veteran right-hander Zack Littell. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th
	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	The Nationals released RHP Zack Littell. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	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	The Nationals designated Zack Littell for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Braxton Ashcraft SP,RP - PIT			Zack Littell SP,RP - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#203
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#184
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#305
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#227
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#166
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#346
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#377
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#165
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#231
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#121
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#210
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#171
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Braxton Ashcraft for Zack Littell (2026)

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