MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 22, 2026
Portrait of Cooper Criswell
Cooper Criswell
SEA · P
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Portrait of Justin Sterner
Justin Sterner
ATH · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Justin Sterner.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Cooper Criswell’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cooper Criswell
91.0
Justin Sterner
93.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cooper Criswell
10.6%
Justin Sterner
16.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cooper Criswell
19.0%
Justin Sterner
24.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cooper Criswell
36.8%
Justin Sterner
36.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cooper Criswell
36.0%
Justin Sterner
44.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cooper Criswell
4.5%
Justin Sterner
6.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cooper Criswell
.286
Justin Sterner
.252
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
Cooper Criswell
2.843.92
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.08
3.68
Justin Sterner
2.843.92
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.54
3.62
WHIPlower is better
Cooper Criswell
1.031.32
now 1.10
1.25
Justin Sterner
1.031.32
now 1.11
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cooper Criswell
4036.60
now 19
22
Justin Sterner
4036.60
now 26
31
Winshigher is better
Cooper Criswell
.0005.20
now 2
14
Justin Sterner
.0005.20
now 2
14
Saveshigher is better
Cooper Criswell
.0003.40
now 1
12
Justin Sterner
.0003.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCooper Criswell — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeJustin Sterner — hold.conf 0.50
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