MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 2, 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 — ERA and WHIP. Javier Assad’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

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

Cade Gibson wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Javier Assad wins 1 (W); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Gibson
92.3
Javier Assad
93.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Gibson
8.2%
Javier Assad
6.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Gibson
22.4%
Javier Assad
15.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Gibson
33.7%
Javier Assad
21.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Gibson
36.7%
Javier Assad
50.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Gibson
4.1%
Javier Assad
8.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Gibson
.314
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
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
4.44
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
4033.80
now 10
27
Javier Assad
4033.80
now 14
27
Winshigher is better
Cade Gibson
.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
Hold · wait & seeCade Gibson — hold.conf 0.50
SellJavier Assad — sell.conf 0.77
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