MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of Austin Warren
Austin Warren
NYM · P
Change to
Javier Assad
CHC · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Austin Warren.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP.

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

Austin Warren wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Javier Assad wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Austin Warren
93.9
Javier Assad
93.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Austin Warren
10.7%
Javier Assad
6.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Austin Warren
23.6%
Javier Assad
16.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Austin Warren
26.8%
Javier Assad
22.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Austin Warren
42.4%
Javier Assad
45.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Austin Warren
13.1%
Javier Assad
7.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Austin Warren
.349
Javier Assad
.328
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
Austin Warren
27.70
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.33
3.70
Javier Assad
27.70
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.88
4.25
WHIPlower is better
Austin Warren
1.061.36
now 1.13
1.24
Javier Assad
1.061.36
now 1.27
1.29

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Austin Warren
4027.60
now 22
16
Javier Assad
4027.60
now 14
14
Winshigher is better
Austin Warren
.0005.60
now 1
01
Javier Assad
.0005.60
now 3
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeAustin Warren — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighJavier Assad — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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