Who Should I Trade?

Connor Phillips for Cooper Criswell (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Cooper Criswell RP - SEA	Connor Phillips RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 327	‐
VBR	# 665	# 1039

Projections

Strikeouts	10	9
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.13	4.77
WHIP	1.38	1.53

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 299	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 336	# 481

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cooper Criswell RP - SEA	Connor Phillips RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	25

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	30.2	27.2

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	3	5

Hits Allowed	28	21

Earned Runs	12	17

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	23	28

Walks	8	28

ERA	3.52	5.53

WHIP	1.17	1.77

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cooper Criswell RP - SEA	Connor Phillips RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	12.2	8.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	12	7

Earned Runs	6	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	10	9

Walks	4	5

ERA	4.13	4.77

WHIP	1.38	1.53

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cooper Criswell RP - SEA	Connor Phillips RP - CIN
News
	Cooper Criswell is targeting his return in late August. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Reds optioned RHP Connor Phillips to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	The Mariners transferred Cooper Criswell to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	Reds right-hander Connor Phillips notched his first career save on Monday against the visiting Pirates. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 31st
	Mariners GM Justin Hollander said Cooper Criswell will undergo an MRI on July 6. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	The Mariners expect Cooper Criswell to return in early August. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 18th
	The Mariners placed RHP Cooper Criswell on the 15-day injured list with a right shoulder strain. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cooper Criswell RP - SEA			Connor Phillips RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#321	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#301
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET			vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			@ TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Connor Phillips for Cooper Criswell (2026)

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