Who Should I Trade?

Javier Assad for Tanner Bibee (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tanner Bibee SP - CLE	Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 64	‐
VBR	# 264	# 608

Projections

Strikeouts	28	7
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.17	4.34
WHIP	1.30	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 77	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 68	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 88	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 70	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 38	# 110

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tanner Bibee SP - CLE	Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	27	22

Games Started	27	10

Innings Pitched	156.1	83.1

Wins	5	6

Losses	13	1

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	135	71

Earned Runs	69	32

Home Runs Allowed	26	15

Strikeouts	123	55

Walks	44	21

ERA	3.97	3.46

WHIP	1.15	1.10

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tanner Bibee SP - CLE	Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	7

Games Started	5	1

Innings Pitched	31.4	9.4

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	30	9

Earned Runs	15	5

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	28	7

Walks	9	4

ERA	4.17	4.34

WHIP	1.30	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tanner Bibee SP - CLE	Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC
News
	Tanner Bibee allowed two earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out six over six innings in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Rockies. Matthew Adam Sun, Aug 23rd	The Cubs optioned RHP Javier Assad to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd
	Tanner Bibee allowed three earned runs on seven hits and three walks while striking out three over six innings in Sunday's 5-0 loss to the Padres. Matthew Adam Mon, Aug 17th	The Cubs recalled Javier Assad from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	Tanner Bibee allowed five earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out four over 6.1 innings in Tuesday's 6-4 loss to the Tigers. Matthew Adam Wed, Aug 12th	The Cubs optioned Javier Assad to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th
	Tanner Bibee allowed three earned runs on four hits and no walks while striking out 10 over 5.2 innings in Wednesday's 6-5 loss to the Mets in 10 innings. Matthew Adam Thu, Aug 6th	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
	Tanner Bibee allowed two earned runs on three hits and one walk while striking out three over 7.1 innings in Friday's 4-1 loss to the Diamondbacks. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 1st	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
	Tanner Bibee SP - CLE			Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#228
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#277
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#157
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#360	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#214
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#344
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#136	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#141	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Fri, Jul 17th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#84	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#234	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#387	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#190
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#163	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#193	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#119
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#430	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#393	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#270
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71

Who Should I Trade?

Javier Assad for Tanner Bibee (2026)

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