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Cristopher Sanchez for Javier Assad (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| Cristopher Sanchez SP - PHI  | Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 7 of 7 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 7 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 3 | ‐ |
| VBR | # 23 | # 813 |
| Projections | ||
| Strikeouts | 135 | 18 |
| Wins | 9 | 1 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| ERA | 3.00 | 4.18 |
| WHIP | 1.18 | 1.40 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | MiLB |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 2 | ‐ |
| Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot | # 4 | ‐ |
| Chris Welsh FantasyPros | # 6 | ‐ |
| Mike Maher BettingPros | # 2 | ‐ |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 6 | ‐ |
| Kelly Kirby FantasyPros | # 5 | ‐ |
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 4 | # 408 |
| Cristopher Sanchez SP - PHI | Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 12 | 8 |
| Games Started | 12 | 3 |
| Innings Pitched | 79.1 | 26.0 |
| Wins | 6 | 3 |
| Losses | 2 | 1 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 73 | 26 |
| Earned Runs | 13 | 17 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 3 | 4 |
| Strikeouts | 95 | 14 |
| Walks | 16 | 7 |
| ERA | 1.47 | 5.88 |
| WHIP | 1.12 | 1.27 |
| Cristopher Sanchez SP - PHI | Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 21 | 20 |
| Games Started | 21 | 1 |
| Innings Pitched | 130.1 | 23.0 |
| Wins | 9 | 1 |
| Losses | 5 | 1 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 117 | 22 |
| Earned Runs | 43 | 11 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 10 | 3 |
| Strikeouts | 135 | 18 |
| Walks | 32 | 9 |
| ERA | 3.00 | 4.18 |
| WHIP | 1.18 | 1.40 |
| Cristopher Sanchez SP - PHI | Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC | |
| News | ||
| Cristopher Sanchez allowed no runs on six hits and no walks while striking out nine across seven innings in Wednesday's 3-0 win over the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, May 28th | The Cubs optioned Javier Assad to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th | |
| Cristopher Sanchez fired eight shutout innings in Wednesday's 1-0 loss to the Guardians, giving up just four hits and two walks while striking out six. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, May 23rd | 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 | |
| Cristopher Sanchez threw a complete-game shutout in Saturday's 6-0 win over the Pirates, allowing six hits and no walks while racking up 13 strikeouts. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, May 17th | 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 | |
| Cristopher Sanchez gave up no runs on six hits and zero walks while striking out seven over seven innings in Sunday's 6-0 win against the Rockies. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, May 11th | 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 | |
| Cristopher Sanchez allowed no runs on three hits and one walk while striking out 10 over eight innings in Tuesday's 9-1 win over the Athletics. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, May 6th | 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 | ||
| Cristopher Sanchez SP - PHI | Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #20 | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #88 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | vs TEX | Jacob Latz (1-1) | #105 | vs WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #216 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | vs TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-4) | #52 | vs WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #202 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs WSH | Foster Griffin (6-2) | #89 | vs LAA | Ryan Johnson | |
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | #248 | vs LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #44 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #88 | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #150 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #423 | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #98 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | @ COL | Brennan Bernardino (2-3) | #250 | |||
| Sun, Apr 5th | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #426 | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #50 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ SF | Adrian Houser (2-4) | #210 | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (5-2) | #23 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #87 | @ TB | Mason Englert | |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #96 | @ TB | Joe Boyle (0-1) | #166 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs ARI | Michael Soroka (7-2) | #71 | vs PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #124 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs ARI | Brandon Pfaadt (0-1) | #118 | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #48 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #66 | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | vs CHC | Javier Assad (3-1) | #278 | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | vs CHC | Riley Martin | @ PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #37 | |
| Wed, Apr 15th | vs CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #22 | @ PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #9 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs ATL | Martin Perez (2-3) | #195 | vs NYM | Kodai Senga (0-4) | #132 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 | vs NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #28 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #136 | vs NYM | Tobias Myers (0-1) | #178 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | @ CHC | Colin Rea (5-3) | #143 | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #37 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #22 | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #9 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | @ CHC | Matthew Boyd (2-1) | #40 | vs PHI | Kyle Backhus | |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | @ CHC | Edward Cabrera (3-2) | #74 | vs PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #136 | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #41 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #114 | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #126 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 | @ LAD | Justin Wrobleski (7-2) | #134 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | vs SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #96 | @ SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #211 |
| Thu, Apr 30th | vs SF | Adrian Houser (2-4) | #210 | |||
| Fri, May 1st | @ MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #59 | vs ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #66 |
| Sat, May 2nd | @ MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #72 | vs ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-3) | #94 |
| Sun, May 3rd | @ MIA | Chris Paddack (0-7) | #339 | vs ARI | Merrill Kelly (5-3) | #93 |
| Mon, May 4th | @ MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #119 | vs CIN | Chase Petty (0-0) | #416 |
| Tue, May 5th | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #116 | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #100 |
| Wed, May 6th | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #111 | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-4) | #140 |
| Thu, May 7th | vs ATH | J.T. Ginn (2-3) | #130 | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #203 |
| Fri, May 8th | vs COL | Chase Dollander (3-3) | #337 | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #107 |
| Sat, May 9th | vs COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #398 | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #79 |
| Sun, May 10th | vs COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #426 | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #8 |
| Tue, May 12th | @ BOS | Jovani Moran (0-2) | #180 | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #136 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ BOS | Sonny Gray (5-1) | #30 | @ ATL | JR Ritchie (1-1) | #241 |
| Thu, May 14th | @ BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #33 | @ ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 |
| Fri, May 15th | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #48 | @ CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #138 |
| Sat, May 16th | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 | @ CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #73 |
| Sun, May 17th | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #366 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs CIN | Nick Lodolo (1-1) | #62 | vs MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-3) | #135 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #25 | vs MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #17 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #100 | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #69 |
| Fri, May 22nd | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #121 |
| Sat, May 23rd | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #112 | vs HOU | Kai-Wei Teng (3-3) | #179 |
| Sun, May 24th | vs CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #50 | vs HOU | Peter Lambert (3-4) | #185 |
| Mon, May 25th | @ SD | Griffin Canning (0-3) | #142 | @ PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #124 |
| Tue, May 26th | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #201 | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #48 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #211 | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 |
| Fri, May 29th | @ LAD | Justin Wrobleski (7-2) | #134 | @ STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #146 |
| Sat, May 30th | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #126 | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #164 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4) | #12 | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #117 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #201 | vs ATH | Gage Jump (0-1) | #151 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #211 | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #111 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | vs SD | Lucas Giolito (2-0) | #157 | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #116 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs CWS | Anthony Kay (4-1) | #183 | vs SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #87 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #138 | vs SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #64 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs CWS | David Sandlin (1-0) | #209 | vs SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #96 |
| Mon, Jun 8th | @ TOR | |||||
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ TOR | @ COL | ||||
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ TOR | @ COL | ||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ MIL | @ SF | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ MIL | @ SF | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ MIL | @ SF | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | vs MIA | vs COL | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | vs MIA | vs COL | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | vs MIA | vs COL | ||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | vs NYM | |||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs NYM | vs TOR | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs NYM | vs TOR | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ WSH | @ NYM | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ WSH | @ NYM | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ WSH | @ NYM | ||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ WSH | @ NYM | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ NYM | @ MIL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ NYM | @ MIL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ NYM | @ MIL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs PIT | vs SD | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs PIT | vs SD | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs PIT | vs SD | ||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | vs PIT | |||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | @ KC | vs STL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | @ KC | vs STL | ||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | @ KC | |||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ CIN | @ BAL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ CIN | @ BAL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ CIN | @ BAL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ DET | @ CIN | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ DET | @ CIN | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ DET | @ CIN | ||||
| Thu, Jul 16th | vs NYM | |||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs NYM | vs MIN | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs NYM | vs MIN | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs LAD | vs DET | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs LAD | vs DET | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs LAD | vs DET | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | vs NYY | @ PIT | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | vs NYY | @ PIT | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | vs NYY | @ PIT | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ MIA | @ STL | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ MIA | @ STL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ MIA | @ STL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ BAL | vs NYY | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ BAL | vs NYY | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ BAL | vs NYY | ||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | vs WSH | vs LAD | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs WSH | vs LAD | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs WSH | vs LAD | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | vs WSH | |||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs TOR | @ KC | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs TOR | @ KC | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs TOR | @ KC | ||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | @ STL | |||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ STL | @ WSH | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ STL | @ WSH | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | @ MIN | @ WSH | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | @ MIN | vs STL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | @ MIN | vs STL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs MIA | vs CWS | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs MIA | vs CWS | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs MIA | vs CWS | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | vs STL | @ SEA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | vs STL | @ SEA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | vs STL | @ SEA | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ SEA | @ ARI | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ SEA | @ ARI | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ SEA | @ ARI | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ LAA | vs CIN | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ LAA | vs CIN | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | @ LAA | vs CIN | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | @ ARI | vs MIL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | @ ARI | vs MIL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | @ ARI | vs MIL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs ATL | @ MIA | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs ATL | @ MIA | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs ATL | @ MIA | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | vs ATL | @ MIL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | vs HOU | @ MIL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | vs HOU | @ MIL | ||||
| Thu, Sep 10th | vs HOU | |||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ ATL | vs PIT | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ ATL | vs PIT | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ ATL | vs PIT | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | @ WSH | vs ATL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | @ WSH | vs ATL | ||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | @ NYM | |||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | @ NYM | @ CIN | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | @ NYM | @ CIN | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | @ NYM | @ CIN | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | vs MIL | vs MIA | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | vs MIL | vs MIA | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | vs MIL | vs MIA | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | vs TB | @ BOS | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | vs TB | @ BOS | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | vs TB | @ BOS | ||||
| Mon, Apr 27th | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #201 | |||
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ SD | Matt Waldron (1-2) | #300 | |||
| Thu, May 28th | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 | |||
| Thu, Jun 11th | @ COL | |||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs TOR | |||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs STL | |||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs MIN | |||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ STL | |||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs STL | |||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs MIL | |||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs ATL | |||||
