MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 19, 2026
Portrait of Daniel Palencia
Daniel Palencia
CHC · 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, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Daniel Palencia wins 2 (ERA, SV); Javier Assad wins 2 (K, W); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Daniel Palencia
99.4
Javier Assad
93.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Daniel Palencia
15.6%
Javier Assad
5.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Daniel Palencia
26.8%
Javier Assad
14.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Daniel Palencia
31.8%
Javier Assad
22.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Daniel Palencia
30.4%
Javier Assad
46.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Daniel Palencia
6.5%
Javier Assad
5.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Daniel Palencia
.300
Javier Assad
.313
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
Daniel Palencia
27.31
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.31
3.70
Javier Assad
27.31
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.88
3.72
WHIPlower is better
Daniel Palencia
1.151.55
now 1.46
1.24
Javier Assad
1.151.55
now 1.27
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Daniel Palencia
4041.40
now 12
28
Javier Assad
4041.40
now 14
33
Winshigher is better
Daniel Palencia
.00012.20
now 1
23
Javier Assad
.00012.20
now 3
39
Saveshigher is better
Daniel Palencia
.00012.60
now 3
59
Javier Assad
.00012.60
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeDaniel Palencia — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeJavier Assad — hold.conf 0.50
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