MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 26, 2026
Portrait of Brad Lord
Brad Lord
WSH · 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, WHIP, and saves. Brad Lord’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cooper Criswell wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, SV); Brad Lord wins 2 (K, W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brad Lord
94.5
Cooper Criswell
91.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brad Lord
10.8%
Cooper Criswell
10.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brad Lord
21.4%
Cooper Criswell
19.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brad Lord
31.8%
Cooper Criswell
36.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brad Lord
42.6%
Cooper Criswell
36.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brad Lord
6.1%
Cooper Criswell
4.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brad Lord
.314
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
Brad Lord
2.184.43
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.68
3.93
Cooper Criswell
2.184.43
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.08
3.68
WHIPlower is better
Brad Lord
.9001.36
now 1.00
1.26
Cooper Criswell
.9001.36
now 1.10
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brad Lord
4038.60
now 31
33
Cooper Criswell
4038.60
now 19
21
Winshigher is better
Brad Lord
.0006.60
now 3
25
Cooper Criswell
.0006.60
now 2
14
Saveshigher is better
Brad Lord
.0003.40
now 0
0
Cooper Criswell
.0003.40
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighBrad Lord — 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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