Who Should I Trade?

Graham Ashcraft for Sam Bachman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA	Graham Ashcraft RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 240	‐
VBR	# 900	# 520

Projections

Strikeouts	5	6
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.46	3.77
WHIP	1.49	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 116	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 326	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 344	# 326

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA	Graham Ashcraft RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	41	28

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	45.2	29.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	3	2

Holds	17	11

Hits Allowed	34	19

Earned Runs	21	11

Home Runs Allowed	6	2

Strikeouts	46	34

Walks	27	18

ERA	4.14	3.41

WHIP	1.34	1.28

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA	Graham Ashcraft RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	8

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	5.2	6.7

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	5	6

Earned Runs	3	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	5	6

Walks	3	3

ERA	4.46	3.77

WHIP	1.49	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA	Graham Ashcraft RP - CIN
News
	Sam Bachman pitched in a Arizona Bridge League on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Sep 3rd	Graham Ashcraft was activated from the IL ahead of Sunday's game. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Sep 6th
	The Angels placed RHP Sam Bachman on the 15-day injured list with right forearm radial nerve inflammation. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	Graham Ashcraft is beginning a rehab assignment with Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 25th
	Sam Bachman left his appearance early on Sunday with an apparent injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Graham Ashcraft threw a live batting practice session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 20th
	Sam Bachman pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning on Sunday to earn his first save of the season as the Angels defeated the Athletics, 9-7. David Leisering Sun, Jun 21st	Graham Ashcraft threw 20 pitches in a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Sam Bachman has been battling a sickness for the past few days. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd	Graham Ashcraft is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 2nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Sam Bachman RP - LAA			Graham Ashcraft RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#28	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#135
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#136	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#117
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#189
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-4)	#369	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#353
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#130	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#40
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#177	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#286	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#87
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#337	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#365	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#371
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#197
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#334	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#44
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#105
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#399	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#309	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#211
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#6	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#287
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#214	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#143	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#341
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#180	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#156
Thu, May 14th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#56
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#103	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#128
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#174	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Mon, May 25th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#116	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#109
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#282
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#19	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#341	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#209	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#202
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#113
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#245	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#18
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#129	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#232
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#206
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#336	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#129	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#174	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#206
Wed, Jul 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#50	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#123
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#376
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#162	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#92	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#29	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#267
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#61	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#306
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#411
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-1)	#86	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#85	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#236	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#123	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#405
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#184	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#124
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#121	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#204
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#94	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#65
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#154	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#134	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#397	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#121
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#136	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#142	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#137	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#94	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#154	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#271
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#32	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#128	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#109
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#232	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#17	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#205
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#18	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#46	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#127	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#101	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#37	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#95
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#124	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH	Will Dion (1-2)	#161	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-1)	#47	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#16	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#24	vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41	vs LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#10
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#287
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#147
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#97
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#114
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#48

Who Should I Trade?

Graham Ashcraft for Sam Bachman (2026)

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