MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Cooper Criswell
Cooper Criswell
SEA · P
Change to
Jose Franco
CIN · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cooper Criswell wins 2 (ERA, SV); Jose Franco wins 2 (K, WHIP); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cooper Criswell
91.0
Jose Franco
95.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cooper Criswell
10.6%
Jose Franco
9.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cooper Criswell
19.0%
Jose Franco
16.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cooper Criswell
36.8%
Jose Franco
24.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cooper Criswell
36.0%
Jose Franco
34.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cooper Criswell
4.5%
Jose Franco
11.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cooper Criswell
.286
Jose Franco
.354
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
2.544.97
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.08
3.68
Jose Franco
2.544.97
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.43
3.71
WHIPlower is better
Cooper Criswell
.9001.97
now 1.10
1.25
Jose Franco
.9001.97
now 1.72
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cooper Criswell
4024.60
now 19
13
Jose Franco
4024.60
now 15
18
Winshigher is better
Cooper Criswell
.5202.48
now 2
12
Jose Franco
.5202.48
now 1
12
Saveshigher is better
Cooper Criswell
.0002.40
now 1
01
Jose Franco
.0002.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCooper Criswell — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeJose Franco — hold.conf 0.50
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