MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 14, 2026
Portrait of A.J. Minter
A.J. Minter
NYM · P
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Portrait of Cooper Criswell
Cooper Criswell
SEA · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Cooper Criswell.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cooper Criswell wins 3 categories (ERA, W, SV); A.J. Minter wins 2 (K, WHIP).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
A.J. Minter
92.9
Cooper Criswell
91.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
A.J. Minter
13.9%
Cooper Criswell
10.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
A.J. Minter
23.3%
Cooper Criswell
19.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
A.J. Minter
34.4%
Cooper Criswell
36.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
A.J. Minter
36.4%
Cooper Criswell
36.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
A.J. Minter
9.1%
Cooper Criswell
4.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
A.J. Minter
.263
Cooper Criswell
.286
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
A.J. Minter
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.70
Cooper Criswell
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.08
3.68
WHIPlower is better
A.J. Minter
.9001.41
now 0.86
1.24
Cooper Criswell
.9001.41
now 1.10
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
A.J. Minter
4055.40
now 5
41
Cooper Criswell
4055.40
now 19
16
Winshigher is better
A.J. Minter
.0004.20
now 0
00
Cooper Criswell
.0004.20
now 2
13
Saveshigher is better
A.J. Minter
.0003.40
now 0
0
Cooper Criswell
.0003.40
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighA.J. Minter — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Hold · wait & seeCooper Criswell — hold.conf 0.50
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