MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 13, 2026
Javier Assad
CHC · P
Change to
Portrait of John King
John King
MIA · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

John King.

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

John King 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
Javier Assad
93.2
John King
90.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Javier Assad
5.6%
John King
11.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Javier Assad
15.2%
John King
20.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Javier Assad
22.5%
John King
34.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Javier Assad
48.7%
John King
36.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Javier Assad
8.4%
John King
8.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Javier Assad
.336
John King
.283
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
Javier Assad
27.22
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.88
4.40
John King
27.22
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.52
3.68
WHIPlower is better
Javier Assad
.9001.52
now 1.27
1.29
John King
.9001.52
now 0.72
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Javier Assad
4028.60
now 14
23
John King
4028.60
now 20
16
Winshigher is better
Javier Assad
.0009.40
now 3
27
John King
.0009.40
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
Javier Assad
.0003.40
now 0
0
John King
.0003.40
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighJavier Assad — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.91
Sell HighJohn King — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.87
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