MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 3, 2026
Portrait of Cooper Criswell
Cooper Criswell
SEA · P
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Portrait of Tyler Alexander
Tyler Alexander
TEX · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Tyler Alexander.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Tyler Alexander wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Cooper Criswell wins 1 (WHIP); 2 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cooper Criswell
91.0
Tyler Alexander
91.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cooper Criswell
10.6%
Tyler Alexander
10.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cooper Criswell
19.0%
Tyler Alexander
20.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cooper Criswell
36.8%
Tyler Alexander
32.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cooper Criswell
36.0%
Tyler Alexander
34.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cooper Criswell
4.5%
Tyler Alexander
4.1%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cooper Criswell
.286
Tyler Alexander
.286
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
Tyler Alexander
2.843.92
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.12
3.38
WHIPlower is better
Cooper Criswell
.9901.49
now 1.10
1.25
Tyler Alexander
.9901.49
now 1.38
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cooper Criswell
4026.60
now 19
12
Tyler Alexander
4026.60
now 21
13
Winshigher is better
Cooper Criswell
.0002.80
now 2
12
Tyler Alexander
.0002.80
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Cooper Criswell
.0003.40
now 1
01
Tyler Alexander
.0003.40
now 2
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCooper Criswell — hold.conf 0.50
BuyTyler Alexander — buy.conf 0.82
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