MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Portrait of Alex Vesia
Alex Vesia
LAD · P
Change to
Javier Assad
CHC · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Alex Vesia wins 2 (K, ERA); Javier Assad wins 2 (WHIP, W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Alex Vesia
92.1
Javier Assad
93.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Alex Vesia
15.8%
Javier Assad
6.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Alex Vesia
30.2%
Javier Assad
16.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Alex Vesia
31.9%
Javier Assad
22.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Alex Vesia
36.1%
Javier Assad
45.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Alex Vesia
6.7%
Javier Assad
6.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Alex Vesia
.272
Javier Assad
.330
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
Alex Vesia
27.35
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.21
3.06
Javier Assad
27.35
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.88
4.31
WHIPlower is better
Alex Vesia
.9001.53
now 0.93
1.36
Javier Assad
.9001.53
now 1.27
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Alex Vesia
4037.60
now 28
6
Javier Assad
4037.60
now 14
4
Winshigher is better
Alex Vesia
.0004.20
now 1
00
Javier Assad
.0004.20
now 3
01

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyAlex Vesia — buy.conf 0.91
Sell HighJavier Assad — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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