MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 3, 2026
Javier Assad
CHC · P
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Portrait of Sam Hentges
Sam Hentges
SF · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Sam Hentges.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Javier Assad’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

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

Sam Hentges wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Javier Assad wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Javier Assad
93.2
Sam Hentges
93.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Javier Assad
6.0%
Sam Hentges
11.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Javier Assad
15.0%
Sam Hentges
21.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Javier Assad
21.9%
Sam Hentges
27.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Javier Assad
50.0%
Sam Hentges
30.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Javier Assad
8.0%
Sam Hentges
5.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Javier Assad
.339
Sam Hentges
.339
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
27.76
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.88
4.44
Sam Hentges
27.76
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.17
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Javier Assad
1.111.70
now 1.27
1.30
Sam Hentges
1.111.70
now 1.57
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Javier Assad
4035.60
now 14
27
Sam Hentges
4035.60
now 9
28
Winshigher is better
Javier Assad
.00011.20
now 3
38
Sam Hentges
.00011.20
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellJavier Assad — sell.conf 0.77
Hold · wait & seeSam Hentges — hold.conf 0.50
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