MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 9, 2026
Portrait of Jake Bird
Jake Bird
NYY · 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. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Jake Bird wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); Javier Assad wins 2 (K, W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jake Bird
94.0
Javier Assad
93.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jake Bird
11.7%
Javier Assad
5.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jake Bird
23.8%
Javier Assad
14.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jake Bird
23.9%
Javier Assad
22.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jake Bird
36.1%
Javier Assad
49.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jake Bird
9.6%
Javier Assad
7.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jake Bird
.333
Javier Assad
.332
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
Jake Bird
2.836.75
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.00
3.70
Javier Assad
2.836.75
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.88
4.32
WHIPlower is better
Jake Bird
1.171.40
now 1.33
1.24
Javier Assad
1.171.40
now 1.27
1.31

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jake Bird
4030.60
now 20
23
Javier Assad
4030.60
now 14
25
Winshigher is better
Jake Bird
.0009.40
now 1
12
Javier Assad
.0009.40
now 3
37

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJake Bird — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighJavier Assad — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.85
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