Who Should I Trade?

Jacob deGrom for Javier Assad (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jacob deGrom SP - TEX	Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 11	‐
VBR	# 64	# 638

Projections

Strikeouts	71	23
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.34	4.40
WHIP	1.07	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 8	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 10	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 12	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 10	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 12	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 12	# 110

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jacob deGrom SP - TEX	Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	17

Games Started	19	8

Innings Pitched	105.1	65.1

Wins	7	6

Losses	6	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	87	57

Earned Runs	44	28

Home Runs Allowed	16	12

Strikeouts	128	42

Walks	24	16

ERA	3.76	3.86

WHIP	1.05	1.12

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jacob deGrom SP - TEX	Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	18

Games Started	11	3

Innings Pitched	61.4	30.2

Wins	4	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	50	30

Earned Runs	23	15

Home Runs Allowed	8	4

Strikeouts	71	23

Walks	14	11

ERA	3.34	4.40

WHIP	1.07	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jacob deGrom SP - TEX	Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC
News
	Jacob deGrom allowed five earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out six over 4 2/3 innings in Monday’s loss to the White Sox. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st	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
	Jacob deGrom will start Monday's series opener against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	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
	Jacob deGrom will likely start his first game of the second half next week against the Chicago White Sox. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jul 17th	Javier Assad will start one of the two games for the Cubs in Wednesday's doubleheader. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	The Rangers are uncertain when Jacob deGrom will make his next start. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Javier Assad improved to 5-1 on the season, allowing two runs on five hits over 5.2 innings, in an 8-6 Cubs' win over the Rockies on Wednesday. David Leisering Thu, Jun 18th
	Jacob deGrom (hip) will miss his scheduled start on Sunday against the Astros. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th	Javier Assad allowed three hits and one walk while striking out five over six scoreless innings in Friday's win over the Giants. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 13th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jacob deGrom SP - TEX			Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#265
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#217	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#232
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#215	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#133	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			@ KC
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Mon, May 4th				vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Wed, Jun 17th				vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Jacob deGrom for Javier Assad (2026)

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