MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 2, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Kittredge
Andrew Kittredge
BAL · 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

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Andrew Kittredge
94.2
Javier Assad
93.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Kittredge
13.2%
Javier Assad
6.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Kittredge
22.8%
Javier Assad
15.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Kittredge
41.0%
Javier Assad
21.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Kittredge
39.1%
Javier Assad
50.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Kittredge
6.3%
Javier Assad
8.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Kittredge
.299
Javier Assad
.339
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
Andrew Kittredge
2.148.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.59
3.70
Javier Assad
2.148.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.88
4.44
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Kittredge
1.061.87
now 1.69
1.24
Javier Assad
1.061.87
now 1.27
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Kittredge
4033
now 12
26
Javier Assad
4033
now 14
27
Winshigher is better
Andrew Kittredge
.00011.20
now 0
00
Javier Assad
.00011.20
now 3
38

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowAndrew Kittredge — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
SellJavier Assad — sell.conf 0.77
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