MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Javier Assad
CHC · P
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Portrait of Ryan Zeferjahn
Ryan Zeferjahn
LAA · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ryan Zeferjahn.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Javier Assad
93.2
Ryan Zeferjahn
97.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Javier Assad
6.0%
Ryan Zeferjahn
13.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Javier Assad
16.0%
Ryan Zeferjahn
32.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Javier Assad
22.8%
Ryan Zeferjahn
23.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Javier Assad
48.0%
Ryan Zeferjahn
34.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Javier Assad
7.9%
Ryan Zeferjahn
6.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Javier Assad
.331
Ryan Zeferjahn
.273
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
27
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.88
4.32
Ryan Zeferjahn
27
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.74
3.08
WHIPlower is better
Javier Assad
1.201.46
now 1.27
1.28
Ryan Zeferjahn
1.201.46
now 1.39
1.36

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Javier Assad
4039.20
now 14
18
Ryan Zeferjahn
4039.20
now 32
22
Winshigher is better
Javier Assad
.0006.60
now 3
25
Ryan Zeferjahn
.0006.60
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Javier Assad
.0002.40
now 0
0
Ryan Zeferjahn
.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
BuyRyan Zeferjahn — buy.conf 0.91
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