MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of Cooper Criswell
Cooper Criswell
SEA · P
Change to
Javier Assad
CHC · P
Change to
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.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cooper Criswell
91.0
Javier Assad
93.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cooper Criswell
10.6%
Javier Assad
6.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cooper Criswell
19.0%
Javier Assad
16.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cooper Criswell
36.8%
Javier Assad
22.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cooper Criswell
36.0%
Javier Assad
45.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cooper Criswell
4.5%
Javier Assad
7.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cooper Criswell
.286
Javier Assad
.328
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
27
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.08
3.68
Javier Assad
27
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.88
4.25
WHIPlower is better
Cooper Criswell
1.021.37
now 1.10
1.25
Javier Assad
1.021.37
now 1.27
1.29

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cooper Criswell
4024.60
now 19
10
Javier Assad
4024.60
now 14
14
Winshigher is better
Cooper Criswell
.0005.20
now 2
12
Javier Assad
.0005.20
now 3
24
Saveshigher is better
Cooper Criswell
.0002.40
now 1
01
Javier Assad
.0002.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCooper Criswell — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighJavier Assad — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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