Braxton Ashcraft
American baseball player (born 1999)
Braxton Ashcraft (born October 5, 1999) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball (MLB). Ashcraft was named to his first All-Star game in 2026.
Career
Ashcraft attended Robinson High School in Robinson, Texas. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the second round (51st overall) of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft. He signed and made his professional debut that summer with the rookie-level Gulf Coast League Pirates.
Ashcraft pitched in 2019 for the Low-A West Virginia Black Bears, logging a 1–9 record and 5.77 ERA with 39 strikeouts over 11 starts. He later underwent surgery on his left shoulder, which had been causing his non-throwing arm to become numb when he pitched. Ashcraft did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. He also had surgery to repair a torn meniscus. He returned in 2021 to play for the High-A Greensboro Grasshoppers, making 10 starts before undergoing Tommy John surgery in August, which caused him to miss the 2022 season.
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