MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Cade Gibson
Cade Gibson
MIA · P
Change to
Javier Assad
CHC · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Cade Gibson.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Javier Assad’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

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

Cade Gibson 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
Cade Gibson
92.0
Javier Assad
93.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Gibson
9.1%
Javier Assad
6.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Gibson
18.8%
Javier Assad
16.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Gibson
31.9%
Javier Assad
22.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Gibson
38.0%
Javier Assad
45.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Gibson
3.1%
Javier Assad
6.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Gibson
.303
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
Cade Gibson
2.278.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.27
3.70
Javier Assad
2.278.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.88
4.30
WHIPlower is better
Cade Gibson
12.09
now 1.85
1.24
Javier Assad
12.09
now 1.27
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Gibson
4019.60
now 10
6
Javier Assad
4019.60
now 14
5
Winshigher is better
Cade Gibson
.0004.20
now 0
00
Javier Assad
.0004.20
now 3
11

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowCade Gibson — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
Sell HighJavier Assad — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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