Who Should I Trade?

Brayan Bello for Javier Assad (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Brayan Bello SP,RP - BOS	Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 280	‐
VBR	# 469	# 624

Projections

Strikeouts	18	8
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.10	4.54
WHIP	1.38	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 470	# 110

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 178	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brayan Bello SP,RP - BOS	Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	22

Games Started	8	10

Innings Pitched	90.1	83.1

Wins	5	6

Losses	6	1

Saves	1	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	98	71

Earned Runs	47	32

Home Runs Allowed	11	15

Strikeouts	68	55

Walks	30	21

ERA	4.68	3.46

WHIP	1.42	1.10

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brayan Bello SP,RP - BOS	Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	8

Games Started	3	1

Innings Pitched	22.7	10.3

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	22	10

Earned Runs	10	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	18	8

Walks	8	4

ERA	4.10	4.54

WHIP	1.38	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brayan Bello SP,RP - BOS	Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC
News
	Brayan Bello allowed one earned run on three hits and one walk while striking out three over 4 2/3 innings in Monday's win over the Diamondbacks. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 18th	The Cubs optioned RHP Javier Assad to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd
	Brayan Bello is expected to make a bulk relief appearance on Monday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	The Cubs recalled Javier Assad from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	Brayan Bello allowed one earned run on three hits while striking out four over four innings in a loss to the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 9th	The Cubs optioned Javier Assad to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th
	Brayan Bello allowed four hits and one walk while striking out five over 5 1/3 scoreless innings in Wednesday’s loss to the Orioles. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 23rd	Javier Assad allowed one run on four hits and two walks while striking out three across 5.2 innings in Tuesday's 5-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Aug 5th
	The Red Sox recalled Brayan Bello from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	Javier Assad allowed one run on six hits and two walks while striking out six across 4.1 innings in Thursday's 4-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 31st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brayan Bello SP,RP - BOS			Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#269
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#177
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#205
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#414	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#96	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#341
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#192	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#51
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#148	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#269	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#51	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#352	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez		vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#208
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#127
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#169
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#282	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ BOS
Sat, May 9th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Mon, May 25th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Sat, Jun 6th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Tue, Jul 21st				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Brayan Bello for Javier Assad (2026)

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