MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Cooper Criswell
Cooper Criswell
SEA · P
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Portrait of Jonathan Loáisiga
Jonathan Loáisiga
AZ · P
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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 (K); Jonathan Loáisiga 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
Jonathan Loáisiga
97.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cooper Criswell
10.6%
Jonathan Loáisiga
12.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cooper Criswell
19.0%
Jonathan Loáisiga
18.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cooper Criswell
36.8%
Jonathan Loáisiga
36.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cooper Criswell
36.0%
Jonathan Loáisiga
32.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cooper Criswell
4.5%
Jonathan Loáisiga
4.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cooper Criswell
.286
Jonathan Loáisiga
.284
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
2.014.17
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.08
3.68
Jonathan Loáisiga
2.014.17
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.49
3.69
WHIPlower is better
Cooper Criswell
.9801.33
now 1.10
1.25
Jonathan Loáisiga
.9801.33
now 1.06
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cooper Criswell
4024.60
now 19
13
Jonathan Loáisiga
4024.60
now 13
11
Winshigher is better
Cooper Criswell
.5202.48
now 2
12
Jonathan Loáisiga
.5202.48
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
Cooper Criswell
.0002.40
now 1
01
Jonathan Loáisiga
.0002.40
now 1
11
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCooper Criswell — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighJonathan Loáisiga — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.86
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