Who Should I Trade?

Javier Assad for Jose Soriano (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jose Soriano SP - TOR	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	# 56	‐
VBR	# 216	# 566

Projections

Strikeouts	30	8
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.72	4.27
WHIP	1.37	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 66	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 87	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 76	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 47	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 53	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 43	# 110

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jose Soriano SP - TOR	Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	22

Games Started	26	10

Innings Pitched	144.1	83.1

Wins	10	6

Losses	7	1

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	121	71

Earned Runs	56	32

Home Runs Allowed	13	15

Strikeouts	143	55

Walks	65	21

ERA	3.49	3.46

WHIP	1.29	1.10

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jose Soriano SP - TOR	Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	8

Games Started	5	1

Innings Pitched	31.0	9.8

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	27	10

Earned Runs	13	5

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	30	8

Walks	14	4

ERA	3.72	4.27

WHIP	1.37	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jose Soriano SP - TOR	Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC
News
	Jose Soriano allowed three earned runs on nine hits while striking out two over 5 2/3 innings in Tuesday's win over the Rays. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 19th	The Cubs optioned RHP Javier Assad to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd
	Jose Soriano allowed one earned run on four hits and two walks while striking out four over six innings in Wednesday's win over the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 13th	The Cubs recalled Javier Assad from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	Jose Soriano allowed one earned run on four hits and three walks while striking out three over 4 2/3 innings in Friday's win over the Phillies. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 8th	The Cubs optioned Javier Assad to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th
	Jose Soriano will make his debut for the Blue Jays on Friday against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	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
	Jose Soriano reported to the Blue Jays ahead of Tuesday's game in Houston. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Aug 4th	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
	Jose Soriano SP - TOR			Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#419	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#33	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#227
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#220
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#116	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#91
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#152
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#212
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#383
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#91
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#261
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Thu, Jul 9th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#261	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#305	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#176	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#208
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#68
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#68	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#33
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Javier Assad for Jose Soriano (2026)

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