MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 7, 2026
Portrait of Cooper Criswell
Cooper Criswell
SEA · P
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Portrait of Jason Adam
Jason Adam
SD · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 11, 3 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cooper Criswell wins 1 (ERA); Jason Adam wins 1 (WHIP); 3 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cooper Criswell
91.0
Jason Adam
93.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cooper Criswell
10.6%
Jason Adam
15.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cooper Criswell
19.0%
Jason Adam
16.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cooper Criswell
36.8%
Jason Adam
35.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cooper Criswell
36.0%
Jason Adam
36.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cooper Criswell
4.5%
Jason Adam
6.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cooper Criswell
.286
Jason Adam
.288
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Cooper Criswell
24.82
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.08
3.68
Jason Adam
24.82
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.90
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cooper Criswell
.9001.35
now 1.10
1.25
Jason Adam
.9001.35
now 1.00
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cooper Criswell
4024.60
now 19
11
Jason Adam
4024.60
now 11
11
Winshigher is better
Cooper Criswell
.5202.48
now 2
12
Jason Adam
.5202.48
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Cooper Criswell
.0002.40
now 1
01
Jason Adam
.0002.40
now 1
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCooper Criswell — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighJason Adam — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.92
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