MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Cooper Criswell
Cooper Criswell
SEA · P
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Portrait of Sean Newcomb
Sean Newcomb
CWS · 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 — ERA and WHIP. Sean Newcomb’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Cooper Criswell wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Sean Newcomb wins 1 (K); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cooper Criswell
90.9
Sean Newcomb
94.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cooper Criswell
10.8%
Sean Newcomb
10.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cooper Criswell
18.7%
Sean Newcomb
22.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cooper Criswell
36.0%
Sean Newcomb
27.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cooper Criswell
39.2%
Sean Newcomb
37.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cooper Criswell
4.9%
Sean Newcomb
5.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cooper Criswell
.293
Sean Newcomb
.303
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
2.154.26
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.08
3.69
Sean Newcomb
2.154.26
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.62
3.79
WHIPlower is better
Cooper Criswell
11.37
now 1.10
1.25
Sean Newcomb
11.37
now 1.08
1.29

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cooper Criswell
4042.20
now 19
3
Sean Newcomb
4042.20
now 31
5
Winshigher is better
Cooper Criswell
.0002.80
now 2
01
Sean Newcomb
.0002.80
now 0
00

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCooper Criswell — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighSean Newcomb — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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