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Javier Assad

Age: 29
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 200 lb
Number: #72

Born: July 30, 1997 in Tijuana, BC, Mexico
MLB debut: August 23, 2022
Salary, 2026: $1.8M

dbWAR: 2.1
IP: 94.1
ERA: 3.63
FIP: 4.93
K/9: 6.0
FIP−: 118

Javier Assad is a relief pitcher for the Chicago Cubs. In 2026 he struck out 63 batters over 94.1 innings across 28 appearances, going 6-2. His ERA of 3.63 is 13.2% lower than the league average of 4.18 — 5th of 16 on his team, and 188th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.93 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 15.9% of swings (7.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.1% of the batters he faced and struck out 16.7%. His 0.0 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2026.

FIP4.93

K/96.0

WHIP1.14

WAR.0

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2026	CHC	28	11	94.1	6	2	2	81	38	63	27	3.63	4.93	1.14	6.0	2.6	87	118	0.0
2025	CHC	8	7	37.0	4	1	0	33	15	23	12	3.65	4.24	1.22	5.6	2.9	88	102	0.4
2024	CHC	29	29	147.0	7	6	0	143	61	124	63	3.73	4.64	1.40	7.6	3.9	92	114	0.5
2023	CHC	32	10	109.1	5	3	0	93	37	94	41	3.05	4.29	1.23	7.7	3.4	70	99	1.0
2022	CHC	9	8	37.2	2	2	0	35	13	30	20	3.11	4.49	1.46	7.2	4.8	78	113	0.2

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2026. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	197	177	46	13	18	36	.260	.332	.503	.361	18.3%
vs RHB	181	168	35	3	9	27	.208	.256	.286	.245	14.9%

Pitch sequencing

What Javier Assad throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Sinker	42.2%	636	93.4	2,030	46.4%	8.8%	168	.226	.637
Four-Seam Fastball	18.9%	285	93.5	2,141	52.6%	18.8%	64	.281	.849
Cutter	12.4%	186	88.9	2,152	44.6%	14.1%	27	.296	1.033
Sweeper	7.8%	118	81.8	2,459	28.0%	34.1%	23	.087	.174
Changeup	7.8%	118	86.0	1,367	28.0%	30.8%	35	.286	.857
Curveball	7.0%	106	77.6	2,497	44.3%	20.7%	11	—	—
Slider	3.8%	57	85.3	2,259	31.6%	20.8%	18	.278	.722

Javier Assad's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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Similar players

Nearest 2026 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Erick FeddeCWS

ERA: 3.83
FIP: 5.01
SO: 99
WAR: -0.2

Adrian HouserSF

ERA: 4.02
FIP: 4.55
SO: 75
WAR: 0.6

Trent ThorntonCHC

ERA: 3.35
FIP: 5.21
SO: 31
WAR: -0.3

Blade TidwellSF

ERA: 4.45
FIP: 4.74
SO: 46
WAR: 0.1

How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.