MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Braxton Ashcraft
Braxton Ashcraft
PIT · P
Change to
Max Fried
NYY · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Braxton Ashcraft.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and WHIP.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Braxton Ashcraft wins 2 categories (K, WHIP); Max Fried wins 1 (ERA); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Braxton Ashcraft
97.2
Max Fried
94.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Braxton Ashcraft
13.9%
Max Fried
10.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Braxton Ashcraft
26.6%
Max Fried
22.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Braxton Ashcraft
37.8%
Max Fried
30.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Braxton Ashcraft
40.8%
Max Fried
30.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Braxton Ashcraft
6.3%
Max Fried
1.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Braxton Ashcraft
.290
Max Fried
.246
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Braxton Ashcraft
2.083.88
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.77
3.48
Max Fried
2.083.88
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.21
2.48
WHIPlower is better
Braxton Ashcraft
.9001.39
now 1.03
1.20
Max Fried
.9001.39
now 1.01
1.28

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Braxton Ashcraft
4097
now 81
55
Max Fried
4097
now 50
41
Winshigher is better
Braxton Ashcraft
.8006.20
now 5
25
Max Fried
.8006.20
now 4
24

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBraxton Ashcraft — buy.conf 0.79
BuyMax Fried — buy.conf 0.92
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