MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 1, 2026
Portrait of Caleb Ferguson
Caleb Ferguson
CIN · 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); Caleb Ferguson wins 2 (K, WHIP).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Caleb Ferguson
92.4
Cooper Criswell
91.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Caleb Ferguson
9.2%
Cooper Criswell
10.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Caleb Ferguson
20.4%
Cooper Criswell
19.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Caleb Ferguson
29.7%
Cooper Criswell
36.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Caleb Ferguson
32.9%
Cooper Criswell
36.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Caleb Ferguson
4.3%
Cooper Criswell
4.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Caleb Ferguson
.293
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
Caleb Ferguson
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
Caleb Ferguson
.9001.51
now 0.60
1.24
Cooper Criswell
.9001.51
now 1.10
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Caleb Ferguson
4032.60
now 6
25
Cooper Criswell
4032.60
now 19
12
Winshigher is better
Caleb Ferguson
.0002.80
now 0
00
Cooper Criswell
.0002.80
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Caleb Ferguson
.0002.40
now 0
0
Cooper Criswell
.0002.40
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCaleb Ferguson — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeCooper Criswell — hold.conf 0.50
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