Jacob Lopez or Javier Assad
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| Jacob Lopez SP - ATH  | Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC  | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 11 | 8 |
| Games Started | 9 | 3 |
| Innings Pitched | 48.2 | 26.0 |
| Wins | 4 | 3 |
| Losses | 2 | 1 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 1 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 54 | 26 |
| Earned Runs | 31 | 17 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 11 | 4 |
| Strikeouts | 35 | 14 |
| Walks | 31 | 7 |
| ERA | 5.73 | 5.88 |
| WHIP | 1.75 | 1.27 |
| Jacob Lopez SP - ATH | Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 24 | 38 |
| Games Started | 23 | 5 |
| Innings Pitched | 122.0 | 67.7 |
| Wins | 7 | 3 |
| Losses | 8 | 3 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 4 |
| Hits Allowed | 109 | 64 |
| Earned Runs | 57 | 31 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 18 | 8 |
| Strikeouts | 128 | 54 |
| Walks | 48 | 25 |
| ERA | 4.20 | 4.17 |
| WHIP | 1.29 | 1.32 |
| Jacob Lopez SP - ATH | Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC | |
| News | ||
| Jacob Lopez allowed one earned run on six hits and one walk while striking out three over 4 2/3 innings in Sunday's win over the Padres. Chris Schommer Mon, May 25th | The Cubs optioned Javier Assad to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th | |
| The Athletics have left Sunday's probable starter as TBA. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd | Javier Assad pitched 5.2 innings and allowed one run on three hits in a no-decision on Sunday as the Cubs defeated the Mets, 2-1, in 10 innings. David Leisering Sun, Apr 19th | |
| Jacob Lopez allowed four earned runs on seven hits and three walks while striking out two over 3 2/3 innings in Tuesday’s win over the Angels. Chris Schommer Wed, May 20th | Javier Assad was touched up for nine runs on 11 hits in 4.1 innings on Monday as the Cubs dropped a 13-7 decision in the series opener against the Phillies. David Leisering Mon, Apr 13th | |
| Jacob Lopez allowed two earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out two over five innings in Thursday’s 5-4 loss to the Cardinals. Chris Schommer Fri, May 15th | Javier Assad earned the win on Tuesday after allowing just one hit in 5.2 scoreless innings as the Cubs defeated the Rays, 9-2. Assad walked two and struck out three. David Leisering Wed, Apr 8th | |
| Jacob Lopez allowed two earned runs on three hits and two walks while striking out five over 5 1/3 innings in Friday's 4-3 win over the Orioles. Chris Schommer Sat, May 9th | The Cubs are recalling Javier Assad from Triple-A to start on Tuesday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 6th | |
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Jacob Lopez SP - ATH | Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Mar 27th | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #20 | |||
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 | vs WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #246 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ TOR | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #256 | vs WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #198 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #113 | vs LAA | Ryan Johnson | |
| Tue, Mar 31st | @ ATL | Jose Suarez | #241 | vs LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #38 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | @ ATL | Chris Sale (7-3) | #5 | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #150 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | vs HOU | Cristian Javier (0-1) | #245 | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #96 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs HOU | Tatsuya Imai (2-2) | #158 | |||
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs HOU | Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3) | #208 | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #52 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 | @ TB | Mason Englert | |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #65 | @ TB | Joe Boyle (0-1) | #166 |
| Thu, Apr 9th | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-2) | #68 | |||
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #170 | vs PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #114 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ NYM | Kodai Senga (0-4) | #133 | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #49 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #24 | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #125 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-5) | #21 | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | vs TEX | MacKenzie Gore (3-4) | #51 | @ PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #40 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | vs TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #105 | @ PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 |
| Thu, Apr 16th | vs TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #77 | |||
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs CWS | Davis Martin (7-1) | #76 | vs NYM | Kodai Senga (0-4) | #133 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #347 | vs NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #24 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #222 | vs NYM | Tobias Myers (0-1) | #181 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #92 | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #40 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | @ SEA | Luis Castillo (1-5) | #46 | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 | vs PHI | Kyle Backhus | |
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-5) | #21 | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #43 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ TEX | MacKenzie Gore (3-4) | #51 | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #130 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #105 | @ LAD | Justin Wrobleski (6-2) | #140 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | vs KC | Kris Bubic (3-2) | #78 | @ SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #212 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #82 | @ SD | Matt Waldron (1-2) | #305 |
| Thu, Apr 30th | vs KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #95 | |||
| Fri, May 1st | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #96 | vs ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #60 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #110 | vs ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-3) | #91 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #52 | vs ARI | Merrill Kelly (5-3) | #94 |
| Tue, May 5th | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 |
| Wed, May 6th | @ PHI | Zack Wheeler (4-0) | #8 | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-4) | #142 |
| Thu, May 7th | @ PHI | Andrew Painter (1-5) | #163 | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #223 |
| Fri, May 8th | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #50 | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #105 |
| Sat, May 9th | @ BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #83 | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #77 |
| Sun, May 10th | @ BAL | Keegan Akin (0-0) | #180 | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #7 |
| Tue, May 12th | vs STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #139 | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #124 |
| Wed, May 13th | vs STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #119 | @ ATL | JR Ritchie (1-1) | #247 |
| Thu, May 14th | vs STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #84 | @ ATL | Chris Sale (7-3) | #5 |
| Fri, May 15th | vs SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #98 | @ CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #135 |
| Sat, May 16th | vs SF | Trevor McDonald (2-2) | #187 | @ CWS | Davis Martin (7-1) | #76 |
| Sun, May 17th | vs SF | Adrian Houser (2-4) | #185 | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #347 |
| Mon, May 18th | @ LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #369 | vs MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-3) | #136 |
| Tue, May 19th | @ LAA | Reid Detmers (1-5) | #44 | vs MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #18 |
| Wed, May 20th | @ LAA | Jack Kochanowicz (2-3) | #370 | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #58 |
| Thu, May 21st | @ LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #38 | |||
| Fri, May 22nd | @ SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #212 | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (6-1) | #122 |
| Sat, May 23rd | @ SD | Lucas Giolito (2-0) | #162 | vs HOU | Kai-Wei Teng (3-3) | #178 |
| Sun, May 24th | @ SD | Michael King (4-3) | #35 | vs HOU | Peter Lambert (3-4) | #186 |
| Mon, May 25th | vs SEA | Luis Castillo (1-5) | #46 | @ PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #114 |
| Tue, May 26th | vs SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #92 | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #49 |
| Wed, May 27th | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #125 |
| Fri, May 29th | vs NYY | Carlos Rodon (0-2) | #33 | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #161 |
| Sat, May 30th | vs NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-2) | #68 | @ STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #139 |
| Sun, May 31st | vs NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #65 | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #119 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | @ CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #103 | vs ATH | Gage Jump (0-1) | #155 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | @ CHC | Colin Rea (4-3) | #138 | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #118 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-5) | #22 | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-5) | #117 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ HOU | Kai-Wei Teng (3-3) | #178 | vs SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #85 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ HOU | Tatsuya Imai (2-2) | #158 | vs SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #67 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ HOU | vs SF | ||||
| Mon, Jun 8th | vs MIL | |||||
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs MIL | @ COL | ||||
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs MIL | @ COL | ||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs COL | @ SF | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs COL | @ SF | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs COL | @ SF | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | vs PIT | vs COL | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | vs PIT | vs COL | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | vs PIT | vs COL | ||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | vs LAA | |||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs LAA | vs TOR | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs LAA | vs TOR | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs LAA | vs TOR | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ SF | @ NYM | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ SF | @ NYM | ||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ SF | @ NYM | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ LAA | @ MIL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ LAA | @ MIL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ LAA | @ MIL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs LAD | vs SD | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs LAD | vs SD | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs LAD | vs SD | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs MIA | vs STL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs MIA | vs STL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs MIA | vs STL | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ DET | @ BAL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ DET | @ BAL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ DET | @ BAL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ CWS | @ CIN | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ CWS | @ CIN | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ CWS | @ CIN | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs WSH | vs MIN | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs WSH | vs MIN | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs WSH | vs MIN | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | @ ARI | vs DET | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | @ ARI | vs DET | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | @ ARI | vs DET | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ MIN | @ PIT | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ MIN | @ PIT | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ MIN | @ PIT | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | vs BOS | @ STL | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs BOS | @ STL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs BOS | @ STL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | vs BOS | @ STL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | vs DET | vs NYY | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | vs DET | vs NYY | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | vs DET | vs NYY | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ CIN | vs LAD | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ CIN | vs LAD | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | @ CIN | |||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | @ BOS | @ KC | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | @ BOS | @ KC | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | @ BOS | @ KC | ||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | vs TB | |||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | vs TB | @ WSH | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | vs TB | @ WSH | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs TEX | vs STL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs TEX | vs STL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs TEX | vs STL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | @ KC | vs CWS | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | @ KC | vs CWS | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | @ KC | vs CWS | ||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | @ KC | |||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ HOU | @ SEA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ HOU | @ SEA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ HOU | @ SEA | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | vs MIN | @ ARI | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | vs MIN | @ ARI | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | vs MIN | @ ARI | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs BAL | vs CIN | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs BAL | vs CIN | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs BAL | vs CIN | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | @ TEX | vs MIL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | @ TEX | vs MIL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | @ TEX | vs MIL | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | @ SEA | vs MIL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | @ SEA | @ MIA | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | @ SEA | @ MIA | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | @ SEA | @ MIA | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | vs TOR | @ MIL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | vs TOR | @ MIL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | vs TOR | @ MIL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | vs SEA | vs PIT | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | vs SEA | vs PIT | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | vs SEA | vs PIT | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | @ TB | vs ATL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | @ TB | vs ATL | ||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | @ TB | |||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | @ CLE | @ CIN | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | @ CLE | @ CIN | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | @ CLE | @ CIN | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | vs LAA | vs MIA | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | vs LAA | vs MIA | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | vs HOU | vs MIA | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | vs HOU | @ BOS | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | vs HOU | @ BOS | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | vs HOU | @ BOS | ||||
| Thu, Mar 26th | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #89 | |||
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (5-2) | #23 | |||
| Thu, Apr 23rd | vs PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 | |||
| Mon, Apr 27th | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #191 | |||
| Mon, May 4th | vs CIN | Chase Petty (0-0) | #417 | |||
| Thu, May 28th | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-4) | #2 | |||
| Thu, Jun 11th | @ COL | |||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ NYM | |||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | vs LAD | |||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | @ WSH | |||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs ATL | |||||
