Who Should I Trade?

Carmen Mlodzinski for Graham Ashcraft (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT	Graham Ashcraft RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 216	‐
VBR	# 448	# 696

Projections

Strikeouts	19	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.15	4.02
WHIP	1.38	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 169	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 106	# 326

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT	Graham Ashcraft RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	29	26

Games Started	12	0

Innings Pitched	105.2	27.0

Wins	6	1

Losses	6	1

Saves	2	1

Blown Saves	1	2

Holds	3	10

Hits Allowed	119	17

Earned Runs	50	10

Home Runs Allowed	9	2

Strikeouts	85	32

Walks	36	16

ERA	4.26	3.33

WHIP	1.47	1.22

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT	Graham Ashcraft RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	8

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	23.8	6.9

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	24	7

Earned Runs	11	3

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	19	7

Walks	8	3

ERA	4.15	4.02

WHIP	1.38	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT	Graham Ashcraft RP - CIN
News
	Carmen Mlodzinski allowed three runs on five hits over three innings with four steps on Sunday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 24th	Graham Ashcraft is beginning a rehab assignment with Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 25th
	Carmen Mlodzinski allowed four runs on eight hits over three innings with three strikeouts and one walk in a loss on Monday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th	Graham Ashcraft threw a live batting practice session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 20th
	Carmen Mlodzinski allowed four runs on five hits over 2 1/3 innings with one strikeout and three walks in a loss on Wednesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 13th	Graham Ashcraft threw 20 pitches in a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Carmen Mlodzinski allowed five runs on seven hits over three innings with one strikeout and one walk in a loss on Friday against the Mets. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th	Graham Ashcraft is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 2nd
	Carmen Mlodzinski earned the save on Wednesday against the Mariners. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	Graham Ashcraft is scheduled to throw long toss on Monday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Carmen Mlodzinski SP,RP - PIT			Graham Ashcraft RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#289	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#191	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#306	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#348
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#264	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#152
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#91
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#335	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#335
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#178
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#156	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#431
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#151
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#176	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ TOR
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#287
Mon, May 4th				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138
Mon, May 18th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, Jul 10th				vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Fri, Jul 17th				@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Tue, Jul 21st				@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Mon, Sep 7th				@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD

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Carmen Mlodzinski for Graham Ashcraft (2026)

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