MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of Grant Wolfram
Grant Wolfram
BAL · P
Change to
Javier Assad
CHC · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Grant Wolfram.

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

Grant Wolfram 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
Grant Wolfram
95.4
Javier Assad
93.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Grant Wolfram
11.8%
Javier Assad
6.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Grant Wolfram
24.5%
Javier Assad
16.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Grant Wolfram
30.3%
Javier Assad
22.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Grant Wolfram
36.5%
Javier Assad
45.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Grant Wolfram
5.2%
Javier Assad
7.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Grant Wolfram
.286
Javier Assad
.328
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Grant Wolfram
2.836.75
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.02
3.70
Javier Assad
2.836.75
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.88
4.25
WHIPlower is better
Grant Wolfram
1.121.65
now 1.53
1.24
Javier Assad
1.121.65
now 1.27
1.29

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Grant Wolfram
4026.60
now 21
18
Javier Assad
4026.60
now 14
14
Winshigher is better
Grant Wolfram
.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
Buy LowGrant Wolfram — 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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