15-Day IL
Injury Calf
Est. Return 6/24/2023
2023 Stats
W-L
3-5
ERA
6.78
WHIP
1.62
K
50
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2023 Fantasy Outlook
Ashcraft's name sounds like it belongs more to a financial advisor than it does a major league pitcher, but financial advisors don't throw upper 90's fastballs like he does. Ashcraft has a reliever-like repertoire of sinker/slider/cutter that is far from a finished product. The slider was his primary putaway pitch generating swings and misses one-third of the time, but the league had little trouble with the cutters and sinkers as the two pitches had identical velocity and not much difference in their shape toward home. Ashcraft has a changeup, in theory, as he threw it 12 times in total last season, and yet did better against lefties (.232 average) than righties (.323 average.) It really is unusual to see a righty with his type of repertoire struggle so badly against righties as they also hit 10 of the 11 homers he allowed. It is tough to recommend such an incomplete product like Ashcraft no matter how hard he throws as he could quickly find himself out of the rotation if 2023 picks up where 2022 left off. Read Past Outlooks
Placed on IL with calf injury
Ashcraft was placed on the 15-day injured list Friday with a left calf contusion.
ANALYSIS
Ashcraft had indicated after taking a comebacker off the calf Thursday versus the Dodgers that he would be fine for his next turn in the rotation. However, given his struggles over the last month -- the right-hander has surrendered seven or more runs in four of his last six outings -- it makes sense to give him some downtiime to get healthy and also work on things. With Ashcraft on the shelf, Andrew Abbott should remain in the Reds rotation.
Ashcraft had indicated after taking a comebacker off the calf Thursday versus the Dodgers that he would be fine for his next turn in the rotation. However, given his struggles over the last month -- the right-hander has surrendered seven or more runs in four of his last six outings -- it makes sense to give him some downtiime to get healthy and also work on things. With Ashcraft on the shelf, Andrew Abbott should remain in the Reds rotation.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
86
Last 10 Games
83
Last 5 Games
79
How many pitches does Graham Ashcraft generally throw?
1-10
11-20
21-30
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41-50
51-60
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71-80
81-90
91-100
101-110
111-120
121+
What part of the game does Graham Ashcraft generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2021
-21%
BAA vs LHP
2023
-8%
BAA vs LHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2021vs Left | .248 | 62 | 26 | 78 | 4 | |||
| Since 2021vs Right | .314 | 59 | 33 | 116 | 16 | |||
| 2023vs Left | .275 | 26 | 12 | 33 | 3 | |||
| 2023vs Right | .300 | 24 | 17 | 42 | 6 | |||
| 2022vs Left | .232 | 36 | 14 | 45 | 1 | |||
| 2022vs Right | .323 | 35 | 16 | 74 | 10 | |||
| 2021vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2021vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2021
-18%
ERA on Road
2023
-43%
ERA on Road
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2021Home | 6.12 | 1.52 | 89.2 | 6.3 | 3.5 | ||||
| Since 2021Away | 5.04 | 1.47 | 80.1 | 6.5 | 2.8 | ||||
| 2023Home | 8.63 | 1.73 | 32.1 | 6.7 | 4.7 | ||||
| 2023Away | 4.96 | 1.50 | 32.2 | 7.2 | 3.6 | ||||
| 2022Home | 4.71 | 1.40 | 57.1 | 6.1 | 2.8 | ||||
| 2022Away | 5.10 | 1.45 | 47.2 | 6.0 | 2.3 | ||||
| 2021Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2021Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Graham Ashcraft compare to other starting pitchers?
This section compares his stats with all starting pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 120 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
1.67K/9
6.9BB/9
4.2HR/9
1.2Fastball
96.4 mphERA
6.78WHIP
1.62BABIP
.331GB/FB
1.91Left On Base
59.5%Exit Velocity
82.6 mphBarrels/BBE
4.4%Spin Rate
2608 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
25.1%Swinging Strike
9.2%Prospect Rankings History
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Fine after comebacker to leg
Ashcraft (calf/knee) indicated Thursday that he'll be fine for his next turn in the rotation, Charlie Goldsmith of The Cincinnati Enquirer reports.
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Exits after being hit by liner
Ashcraft was removed from his start Thursday versus the Dodgers after taking a comebacker off his leg, C. Trent Rosecrans of The Athletic reports.
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Forgettable outing Saturday
Ashcraft (3-4) took the loss Saturday, allowing 10 runs on nine hits and four walks over four innings in a 10-8 loss against the Brewers. He struck out two.
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Back in win column versus Cubs
Ashcraft (3-3) earned the win over the Cubs on Sunday, allowing three runs on five hits and three walks while striking out six over five innings.
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Collapses against Cards
Ashcraft (2-3) took the loss Tuesday, surrendering seven runs on 10 hits over five innings as the Reds fell 8-5 to the Cardinals. He struck out five.
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