Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Civale for Cooper Criswell (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Aaron Civale SP,RP - CHC	Cooper Criswell RP - SEA
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 269	# 326
VBR	# 607	# 683

Projections

Strikeouts	21	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.61	4.08
WHIP	1.35	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 394	# 295

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 167	# 336

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Aaron Civale SP,RP - CHC	Cooper Criswell RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	26

Games Started	15	0

Innings Pitched	77.0	30.2

Wins	5	2

Losses	7	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	103	28

Earned Runs	48	12

Home Runs Allowed	17	3

Strikeouts	60	23

Walks	25	8

ERA	5.61	3.52

WHIP	1.66	1.17

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Aaron Civale SP,RP - CHC	Cooper Criswell RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	17	13

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	24.5	13.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	24	13

Earned Runs	13	6

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	21	11

Walks	8	4

ERA	4.61	4.08

WHIP	1.35	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Aaron Civale SP,RP - CHC	Cooper Criswell RP - SEA
News
	The Cubs added Aaron Civale to their 26-man roster. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	The Mariners transferred Cooper Criswell to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Aaron Civale is being traded from the Athletics to the Chicago Cubs. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 18th	Mariners GM Justin Hollander said Cooper Criswell will undergo an MRI on July 6. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	The Athletics designated RHP Aaron Civale for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	The Mariners expect Cooper Criswell to return in early August. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	Aaron Civale allowed four earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out four over 2 1/3 innings in Friday's loss to the White Sox. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	The Mariners placed RHP Cooper Criswell on the 15-day injured list with a right shoulder strain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	Aaron Civale allowed four earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out six over 4 2/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Marlins. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	Criswell allowed no runs and only two hits through three inninings, while picking up the save in Seattle's 8-0 win over the Guardians. Robert Finkelstein Sun, Mar 29th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Aaron Civale SP,RP - CHC			Cooper Criswell RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#316
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#172	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#321
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#276	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#413	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#292
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#292	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#339
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#284
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#430	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#80
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#281
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#73
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs MIN
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			vs DET
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			vs DET
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			vs TB
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			vs TB
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs ATH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Sat, Apr 4th				@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Mon, Jun 1st				vs NYM	Austin Warren
Mon, Jun 8th				@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#299
Thu, Jun 18th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sun, Jun 21st				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Thu, Aug 20th				@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Civale for Cooper Criswell (2026)

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