MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Portrait of Jakob Junis
Jakob Junis
TEX · P
Change to
Javier Assad
CHC · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jakob Junis.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA, WHIP, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Jakob Junis wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, SV); Javier Assad wins 2 (K, W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jakob Junis
92.3
Javier Assad
93.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jakob Junis
8.9%
Javier Assad
6.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jakob Junis
18.3%
Javier Assad
17.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jakob Junis
29.7%
Javier Assad
22.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jakob Junis
34.7%
Javier Assad
45.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jakob Junis
3.2%
Javier Assad
7.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jakob Junis
.301
Javier Assad
.329
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
Jakob Junis
27.53
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.75
3.70
Javier Assad
27.53
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.88
4.27
WHIPlower is better
Jakob Junis
.9001.49
now 0.78
1.24
Javier Assad
.9001.49
now 1.27
1.29

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jakob Junis
4021.60
now 16
11
Javier Assad
4021.60
now 14
15
Winshigher is better
Jakob Junis
.0007
now 0
00
Javier Assad
.0007
now 3
25
Saveshigher is better
Jakob Junis
.0004.40
now 3
13
Javier Assad
.0004.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeJakob Junis — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighJavier Assad — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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