MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Cooper Criswell
Cooper Criswell
SEA · P
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Portrait of Paul Blackburn
Paul Blackburn
NYY · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Cooper Criswell.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, WHIP, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cooper Criswell
91.0
Paul Blackburn
94.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cooper Criswell
10.6%
Paul Blackburn
10.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cooper Criswell
19.0%
Paul Blackburn
20.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cooper Criswell
36.8%
Paul Blackburn
27.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cooper Criswell
36.0%
Paul Blackburn
32.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cooper Criswell
4.5%
Paul Blackburn
6.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cooper Criswell
.286
Paul Blackburn
.288
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
Paul Blackburn
2.843.92
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.33
3.43
WHIPlower is better
Cooper Criswell
.9601.58
now 1.10
1.25
Paul Blackburn
.9601.58
now 1.44
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cooper Criswell
4024.60
now 19
12
Paul Blackburn
4024.60
now 16
11
Winshigher is better
Cooper Criswell
.5202.48
now 2
12
Paul Blackburn
.5202.48
now 2
12
Saveshigher is better
Cooper Criswell
.0002.40
now 1
01
Paul Blackburn
.0002.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCooper Criswell — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighPaul Blackburn — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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