MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 23, 2026
Portrait of Braxton Ashcraft
Braxton Ashcraft
PIT · P
Change to
Tarik Skubal
DET · 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, ERA, and wins.

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

Braxton Ashcraft wins 3 categories (K, ERA, W); Tarik Skubal wins 1 (WHIP); SV n/a.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Braxton Ashcraft
97.1
Tarik Skubal
96.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Braxton Ashcraft
13.9%
Tarik Skubal
14.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Braxton Ashcraft
26.3%
Tarik Skubal
26.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Braxton Ashcraft
35.5%
Tarik Skubal
34.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Braxton Ashcraft
38.1%
Tarik Skubal
41.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Braxton Ashcraft
5.3%
Tarik Skubal
6.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Braxton Ashcraft
.272
Tarik Skubal
.298
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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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
2.334
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.77
3.00
Tarik Skubal
2.334
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.70
3.63
WHIPlower is better
Braxton Ashcraft
.9001.29
now 1.03
1.19
Tarik Skubal
.9001.29
now 0.95
1.09

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Braxton Ashcraft
40116.40
now 81
96
Tarik Skubal
40116.40
now 45
84
Winshigher is better
Braxton Ashcraft
110
now 5
48
Tarik Skubal
110
now 3
48

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBraxton Ashcraft — buy.conf 0.92
BuyTarik Skubal — buy.conf 0.74
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