P | Cincinnati Reds
Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 2" 248 lbs | Age: 28
Draft: 2019 | Rd. 6, No. 174, Cincinnati Reds | Alabama - Birmingham
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2024 5 5 5.24 15 15 0 77.1 57 1.50
2025 8 5 3.99 62 0 0 65.1 64 1.42
2026 0 0 2.00 9 0 0 9 13 1.00
5 Seasons 25 25 4.70 131 60 0 402.1 316 1.41
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2024 15 5-5 5.24 77.1 57 1.50
2025 62 8-5 3.99 65.1 64 1.42
2026 9 0-0 2.00 9 13 1.00
5 Seasons 131 25-25 4.70 402.1 316 1.41
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
xBA xSLG wOBA xwOBA xwOBAcon HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2022 24 1756 355 17 4.8 3.7 86.9 115.9 3.8 31.0 .263 .386 .326 .313 .336 36.3 15.3 6.5 4.89 3.99
2023 25 2324 450 31 6.9 5.0 88.4 112.3 8.1 34.0 .268 .430 .339 .339 .373 38.9 17.8 8.3 4.76 4.93
2024 26 1342 260 20 7.7 5.7 90.6 113.7 8.8 31.9 .275 .444 .342 .349 .383 42.7 16.3 7.7 5.24 5.10
2025 27 1039 195 8 4.1 2.8 84.8 112.8 4.7 30.3 .243 .337 .309 .290 .335 32.3 22.5 8.8 4.00 3.46
2026 28 128 17 1 5.9 3.2 85.4 102.9 8.7 41.2 .182 .291 .306 .255 .351 35.3 35.5 9.7 2.25 2.53
Player 6589 1277 77 6.0 4.4 87.9 115.9 6.6 32.3 .262 .404 .331 .325 .359 37.9 17.9 7.8
MLB 7.2 4.9 88.6 122.9 12.4 33.3 .243 .408 .315 .316 .369 37.0 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Ashcraft relies on 2 pitches.
Cutter
(56.3%) ,
Slider
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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2022 54.6 45.4 18.9 22.5 3.9 35.2 37.7 27.0 25.6 20.0 9.0 9.6 17.7 18.0
2023 48.0 52.0 22.4 24.4 5.1 34.2 41.1 24.7 21.6 20.0 6.4 12.7 21.1 18.2
2024 49.2 50.8 22.7 22.7 5.4 34.6 37.7 27.7 22.3 20.4 6.5 12.3 17.3 21.2
2025 58.5 41.5 12.8 23.6 5.1 33.3 32.8 33.8 23.6 20.5 14.4 9.7 12.3 19.5
2026 52.9 47.1 17.6 29.4 0.0 41.2 29.4 29.4 29.4 17.6 5.9 11.8 11.8 23.5
Player 51.8 48.2 20.0 23.5 4.8 34.5 38.1 27.4 23.3 20.1 8.4 11.3 17.9 19.0
MLB 44.2 55.8 24.1 24.6 7.1 37.4 37.4 25.1 20.7 17.6 5.9 16.7 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2022 5.6 42.3 16.3 27.0 3.7 4.8 3.7
2023 5.3 36.2 20.7 26.0 4.4 6.9 5.0
2024 1.9 38.1 20.8 24.6 5.8 7.7 5.7
2025 8.7 42.1 13.3 27.2 4.1 4.1 2.8
2026 11.8 23.5 23.5 17.6 5.9 5.9 3.2
Player 5.3 39.0 18.4 26.1 4.5 6.0 4.4
MLB 4.0 32.4 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.2 4.9
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. AvgHorizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2026 Slider CIN R 56 92.2 31.1 1.2 6.4GLV 2.4 1.3 0.2 6.4GLV 2.3
2026 Cutter CIN R 72 98.6 15.2 0.0 0.2ARM 0.1 12.8 4.6 0.2ARM -2.5
2025 Slider CIN R 477 89.8 36.2 3.8 10.1GLV 6.0 -2.2 4.0 10.1GLV 5.7
2025 Cutter CIN R 562 97.1 19.1 0.1 2.5GLV 0.1 9.7 1.3 2.5GLV 0.3
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2026 Cutter -1.4 -1 72 56.3 19 .313 .625 .491 30.0 15.8 15.8 .258 .451 .370 38.5
2026 Slider 3.1 2 56 43.8 12 .083 .083 .075 61.5 66.7 42.1 .094 .104 .089 25.0
2025 Cutter -1.3 -8 562 54.1 164 .328 .438 .401 18.2 10.4 15.3 .310 .442 .379 34.7
2025 Slider 1.5 7 477 45.9 120 .197 .274 .228 41.8 39.2 26.6 .165 .215 .174 28.2
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2026 Cutter 72 98.6 63 12.3 12:45 12:00 45
2026 Slider 56 92.2 22 7.4 7:30 9:00 -90
2025 Cutter 560 97.1 48 9.5 12:15 11:30 45
2025 Slider 474 89.8 38 11.6 7:30 8:15 -45
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 463 1,756 -2 12 -9 -8 -6
2023 623 2,324 6 16 -17 -13 -8
2024 350 1,342 1 5 -11 -7 -12
2025 284 1,039 0 5 -3 -3 0
2026 31 128 2 0 -2 0 1
Player 1,751 6,589 8 39 -42 8 -26
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2022 1,756 50.5 70.1 88.3 28.2 64.1 42.7 58.4 49.4 18.6 7.0 82.9
2023 2,324 51.3 68.0 86.4 27.3 54.4 43.1 59.8 48.2 22.3 8.3 75.0
2024 1,342 50.0 72.3 86.8 26.2 53.4 42.5 56.0 49.3 22.1 7.6 86.3
2025 1,039 47.1 63.4 83.5 38.2 50.5 42.2 61.6 50.0 29.8 7.1 56.8
2026 128 46.9 68.3 73.2 36.8 32.0 39.8 61.3 51.6 42.4 3.9 80.0
Player 6,589 50.1 68.8 86.4 29.3 55.2 42.7 59.0 49.1 22.9 7.5 76.6
MLB 48.8 67.0 82.6 28.4 58.0 42.7 61.1 47.3 25.0 7.4 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Run Value Pitching
Year Pitching Fastball Breaking Off
Speed
xERA Fastball
MPH
Fastball
Spin
Curve
Spin
Avg
EV
Chase% Whiff% K% BB% Barrel% Hard-
Hit%
GB% Extension
2022 24 54 11 32 42 93 38 83 34 6 6 70 88 63 92 3
2023 18 45 5 47 21 89 76 64 29 22 14 50 68 51 77 2
2024 10 4 86 20 8 63 81 7 22 22 6 53 49 16 82 1
2025 37 11 86 74 99 100 82 49 36 96 97 96
2026 53 26 88 84 89 90 98 93 48 62 64 78
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2022 24.64 11 9.2 2 5 8 3 27.3
2023 23.35 23 17.2 6 6 14 7 30.4
2024 22.78 11 8.6 2 6 11 1 9.1
2025 23.80 2 2.4 0 4 2 1 50.0
Player 23.54 47 37.3 10 21 35 12 25.5
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2022 11 7 9 8 9 10 10 6 6 8 8 9 11 9 10 12 9 8 10 8 10 10 13 11 7 9 10 10 9 11 10
2023 23 15 14 16 21 17 18 14 15 13 16 18 17 15 20 19 22 15 18 22 15 15 25 21 14 14 14 19 20 18 15
2024 11 10 6 11 6 9 11 10 6 5 6 11 10 5 8 8 7 8 10 15 9 5 15 9 7 7 7 12 10 9 5
2025 2 2 3 4 4 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 3 5 1 2 2 2 2 4 1 2 4 4 2 2 1 2 3 2 2
Player 47 34 32 39 40 38 41 32 28 28 32 39 41 34 39 41 40 33 40 49 35 32 57 45 30 32 32 43 42 40 32
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

2026 +/-   2025 +/-   2024 +/-   2023 +/-   2022
Results
BA .214 -.054 .268 -.014 .282 +.017 .265 -.016 .281
xBA .182 -.061 .243 -.032 .275 +.007 .268 +.005 .263
OBP .290 -.043 .333 -.016 .349 +.011 .338 .000 .338
xOBP .267 -.044 .311 -.034 .345 +.004 .341 +.019 .322
SLG .393 +.031 .362 -.072 .434 -.010 .444 +.040 .404
xSLG .291 -.046 .337 -.107 .444 +.014 .430 +.044 .386
ISO .179 +.085 .094 -.058 .152 -.027 .179 +.056 .123
xISO .109 +.015 .094 -.075 .169 +.007 .162 +.039 .123
BABIP .353 +.002 .351 +.038 .313 +.020 .293 -.021 .314
wOBA .306 -.003 .309 -.033 .342 +.003 .339 +.013 .326
xwOBA .255 -.035 .290 -.059 .349 +.010 .339 +.026 .313
wOBAcon .434 +.071 .363 -.010 .373 .000 .373 +.020 .353
xwOBAcon .351 +.016 .335 -.048 .383 +.010 .373 +.037 .336
BACON .353 -.005 .358 +.016 .342 +.012 .330 -.005 .335
xBACON .316 -.009 .325 -.012 .337 +.002 .335 +.021 .314
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 35.3 +3.0 32.3 -10.4 42.7 +3.8 38.9 +2.6 36.3
Avg Exit Velocity 85.4 +0.6 84.8 -5.8 90.6 +2.2 88.4 +1.5 86.9
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 41.2 +10.9 30.3 -1.6 31.9 -2.1 34.0 +3.0 31.0
Barrel % 5.9 +1.8 4.1 -3.6 7.7 +0.8 6.9 +2.1 4.8
Avg Launch Angle 8.7 +4.0 4.7 -4.1 8.8 +0.7 8.1 +4.3 3.8
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 71.7 +0.7 71.0 -0.5 71.5 +0.5 71.0 -- --
Attack Angle +1° +1° -- --
Ideal Attack Angle % 45.3 +1.8 43.5 -5.2 48.7 +2.3 46.4 -- --
Attack Direction -2° +1° -- --
Swing Path - Tilt 33° -1° 33° 33° 33° -- --
Swing Length 7.1 -0.1 7.2 +0.1 7.1 +0.1 7.0 -- --
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 98.6 +1.5 97.1 +1.7 95.4 -0.5 95.9 -1.3 97.2
Breaking Velocity 92.2 +2.4 89.8 +1.4 88.4 +0.1 88.3 +2.5 85.8
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 -- -- -- 91.5 +1.1 90.4 +0.6 89.8
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 1 -7 8 -12 20 -11 31 +14 17
Popup % 0.0 -5.1 5.1 -0.3 5.4 +0.3 5.1 +1.2 3.9
Flyball % 17.6 +4.8 12.8 -9.9 22.7 +0.3 22.4 +3.5 18.9
Line Drive % 29.4 +5.8 23.6 +0.9 22.7 -1.7 24.4 +1.9 22.5
Groundball % 52.9 -5.6 58.5 +9.3 49.2 +1.2 48.0 -6.6 54.6
Pull % 41.2 +7.9 33.3 -1.3 34.6 +0.4 34.2 -1.0 35.2
Straight Away % 29.4 -3.4 32.8 -4.9 37.7 -3.4 41.1 +3.4 37.7
Opposite Field % 29.4 -4.4 33.8 +6.1 27.7 +3.0 24.7 -2.3 27.0
Weak Contact % 11.8 +3.1 8.7 +6.8 1.9 -3.4 5.3 -0.3 5.6
Pull Airball % 11.8 +2.1 9.7 -2.6 12.3 -0.4 12.7 +3.1 9.6
Topped Contact % 23.5 -18.6 42.1 +4.0 38.1 +1.9 36.2 -6.1 42.3
Under Contact % 23.5 +10.2 13.3 -7.5 20.8 +0.1 20.7 +4.4 16.3
Flare/Burner Contact % 17.6 -9.6 27.2 +2.6 24.6 -1.4 26.0 -1.0 27.0
Solid Contact % 5.9 +1.8 4.1 -1.7 5.8 +1.4 4.4 +0.7 3.7
HR/FB % 0.0 -8.0 8.0 -10.6 18.6 -4.2 22.8 +6.4 16.4
Popups 0 -10 10 -4 14 -9 23 +9 14
Flyballs 3 -22 25 -34 59 -42 101 +34 67
Line Drives 5 -41 46 -13 59 -51 110 +30 80
Groundballs 9 -105 114 -14 128 -88 216 +22 194
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 46.9 -0.2 47.1 -2.9 50.0 -1.3 51.3 +0.8 50.5
Out of Zone % 53.1 +0.2 52.9 +2.9 50.0 +1.3 48.7 -0.8 49.5
Edge % 39.8 -2.4 42.2 -0.3 42.5 -0.6 43.1 +0.4 42.7
Zone Swing % 68.3 +4.9 63.4 -8.9 72.3 +4.3 68.0 -2.1 70.1
Out of Zone Swing % 36.8 -1.4 38.2 +12.0 26.2 -1.1 27.3 -0.9 28.2
In Zone Contact % 73.2 -10.3 83.5 -3.3 86.8 +0.4 86.4 -1.9 88.3
Out of Zone Contact % 32.0 -18.5 50.5 -2.9 53.4 -1.0 54.4 -9.7 64.1
Whiff % 42.4 +12.6 29.8 +7.7 22.1 -0.2 22.3 +3.7 18.6
First Strike % 61.3 -0.3 61.6 +5.6 56.0 -3.8 59.8 +1.4 58.4
First Pitch Swing % 32.3 -2.9 35.2 +1.5 33.7 +4.9 28.8 -0.3 29.1
Swing % 51.6 +1.6 50.0 +0.7 49.3 +1.1 48.2 -1.2 49.4
Meatball Swing % 80.0 +23.2 56.8 -29.5 86.3 +11.3 75.0 -7.9 82.9
Meatball % 3.9 -3.2 7.1 -0.5 7.6 -0.7 8.3 +1.3 7.0
Zone Swing & Miss % 26.8 +10.3 16.5 +3.3 13.2 -0.2 13.4 +1.7 11.7
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 68.0 +18.5 49.5 +2.9 46.6 +1.0 45.6 +9.7 35.9
In Zone 60 -429 489 -182 671 -522 1,193 +306 887
Out of Zone 68 -482 550 -121 671 -460 1,131 +262 869
Edge 51 -387 438 -132 570 -432 1,002 +252 750
In Zone Swings 41 -269 310 -175 485 -326 811 +189 622
Out of Zone Swings 25 -185 210 +34 176 -133 309 +64 245
In Zone Swing & Misses 11 -40 51 -13 64 -45 109 +36 73
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 17 -87 104 +22 82 -59 141 +53 88
Basic
Pitches 128 -911 1,039 -303 1,342 -982 2,324 +568 1,756
PA 31 -253 284 -66 350 -274 624 +160 464
AB 28 -226 254 -62 316 -242 558 +135 423
Hits 6 -62 68 -21 89 -59 148 +29 119
Singles 2 -46 48 -15 63 -35 98 +9 89
Doubles 3 -15 18 +3 15 -8 23 +4 19
Triples 1 +1 0 0 0 -4 4 +4 0
Home Runs 0 -2 2 -9 11 -12 23 +12 11
Walks 3 -22 25 -2 27 -25 52 +22 30
Strikeouts 11 -53 64 +7 57 -54 111 +40 71
K% 35.5 +13.0 22.5 +6.2 16.3 -1.5 17.8 +2.5 15.3
BB% 9.7 +0.9 8.8 +1.1 7.7 -0.6 8.3 +1.8 6.5
HBP 0 0 0 -6 6 -4 10 +2 8
Batted Balls 17 -178 195 -65 260 -190 450 +95 355
Number of Fastballs 72 -490 562 -291 853 -602 1,455 +187 1,268
Number of Offspeed 0 0 0 -60 60 +59 1 -11 12
Number of Breaking 56 -421 477 +48 429 -439 868 +392 476
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2022 Shifts 463 .326 251 15 6.0 212 105 49.5
2023 Shades 623 .339 326 43 13.2 297 176 59.3
2024 Shades 350 .342 188 22 11.7 162 120 74.1
2025 Shades 284 .309 158 24 15.2 126 77 61.1
2026 Shades 31 .306 16 2 12.5 15 10 66.7
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2022 486 18.4 6.8% 1.0% 288 21.8 0.3% 3.1%
2023 642 15.7 33.3% 0.8% 374 17.5 8.6% 0.3%
2024 337 16.2 13.1% 1.2% 222 17.6 3.6% 0.9%
2025 231 15.6 38.5% 0.4% 191 17.2 8.9% 0.5%
2026 29 15.0 48.3% 0.0% 18 16.6 16.7% 11.1%

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Pitch Distribution