Who Should I Trade?

Cade Povich for Javier Assad (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Cade Povich SP - BAL	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	# 392	‐
VBR	# 611	# 643

Projections

Strikeouts	18	16
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.52	4.37
WHIP	1.41	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 447	# 110

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 419	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cade Povich SP - BAL	Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	5	19

Games Started	4	10

Innings Pitched	25.1	75.1

Wins	2	6

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	26	67

Earned Runs	11	30

Home Runs Allowed	4	13

Strikeouts	19	51

Walks	8	20

ERA	3.91	3.58

WHIP	1.34	1.15

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cade Povich SP - BAL	Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	14

Games Started	3	2

Innings Pitched	19.7	20.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	20	20

Earned Runs	10	10

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	18	16

Walks	7	7

ERA	4.52	4.37

WHIP	1.41	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cade Povich SP - BAL	Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC
News
	Cade Povich is expected to join the Orioles’ taxi squad. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	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 Orioles activated Cade Povich from the 15-day injured list and optioned him to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	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
	Cade Povich is continuing his rehab assignment with Double-A Chesapeake. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Javier Assad allowed two runs on sevent hits and no walks while striking out four across five innings in Saturday's 5-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th
	Cade Povich threw 43 pitches in his first rehab start on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	Javier Assad allowed no runs on two hits and two walks while striking out two across 4.2 innings in Sunday's 6-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jul 6th
	Cade Povich is starting a rehab assignment on Sunday with Double-A Chesapeake. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	Javier Assad will start one of the two games for the Cubs in Wednesday's doubleheader. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Povich SP - BAL			Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#216	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#275	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#215	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ BOS
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Wed, Apr 29th				@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, May 23rd				vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Jul 21st				vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Cade Povich for Javier Assad (2026)

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