MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Javier Assad
CHC · P
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Portrait of Matt Festa
Matt Festa
CLE · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Matt Festa.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Matt Festa wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, SV); Javier Assad wins 1 (W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Javier Assad
93.3
Matt Festa
92.5
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Javier Assad
6.2%
Matt Festa
13.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Javier Assad
17.0%
Matt Festa
24.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Javier Assad
22.9%
Matt Festa
29.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Javier Assad
45.8%
Matt Festa
41.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Javier Assad
7.5%
Matt Festa
9.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Javier Assad
.329
Matt Festa
.316
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
Javier Assad
3.286.62
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.88
4.27
Matt Festa
3.286.62
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.68
4.02
WHIPlower is better
Javier Assad
1.171.36
now 1.27
1.29
Matt Festa
1.171.36
now 1.24
1.26

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Javier Assad
4032.60
now 14
15
Matt Festa
4032.60
now 27
17
Winshigher is better
Javier Assad
.0007
now 3
25
Matt Festa
.0007
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Javier Assad
.0002.40
now 0
0
Matt Festa
.0002.40
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighJavier Assad — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Hold · steadyMatt Festa — hold.conf 0.60
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