MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Cooper Criswell
Cooper Criswell
SEA · P
Change to
Samy Natera Jr.
LAA · 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, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cooper Criswell wins 3 categories (ERA, W, SV); Samy Natera Jr. wins 2 (K, WHIP).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cooper Criswell
91.0
Samy Natera Jr.
94.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cooper Criswell
10.6%
Samy Natera Jr.
16.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cooper Criswell
19.0%
Samy Natera Jr.
37.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cooper Criswell
36.8%
Samy Natera Jr.
25.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cooper Criswell
36.0%
Samy Natera Jr.
32.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cooper Criswell
4.5%
Samy Natera Jr.
5.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cooper Criswell
.285
Samy Natera Jr.
.217
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
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.08
3.68
Samy Natera Jr.
25.18
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.70
WHIPlower is better
Cooper Criswell
.9001.55
now 1.10
1.25
Samy Natera Jr.
.9001.55
now 0.50
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cooper Criswell
4038
now 19
13
Samy Natera Jr.
4038
now 3
28
Winshigher is better
Cooper Criswell
.0002.80
now 2
12
Samy Natera Jr.
.0002.80
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Cooper Criswell
.0002.40
now 1
01
Samy Natera Jr.
.0002.40
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCooper Criswell — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeSamy Natera Jr. — hold.conf 0.50
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