MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Cooper Criswell
Cooper Criswell
SEA · P
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Portrait of Steven Cruz
Steven Cruz
KC · 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 and WHIP.

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

Cooper Criswell wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Steven Cruz 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
Steven Cruz
98.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cooper Criswell
10.8%
Steven Cruz
14.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cooper Criswell
18.7%
Steven Cruz
25.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cooper Criswell
36.0%
Steven Cruz
27.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cooper Criswell
39.2%
Steven Cruz
36.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cooper Criswell
4.9%
Steven Cruz
10.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cooper Criswell
.293
Steven Cruz
.312
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
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.08
3.69
Steven Cruz
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.36
3.95
WHIPlower is better
Cooper Criswell
.9002.16
now 1.10
1.25
Steven Cruz
.9002.16
now 1.86
1.28

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cooper Criswell
4026.80
now 19
3
Steven Cruz
4026.80
now 20
6
Winshigher is better
Cooper Criswell
.0002.80
now 2
01
Steven Cruz
.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
Hold · steadySteven Cruz — hold.conf 0.60
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