Cooper Criswell

Bats R Throws R6'6" 200 lbBorn 1996 Carrolton, USADebut 2021Team BOSDraft 2018 R13 #391 Los Angeles Angels, North CarolinaContract 1 y/$800,000 (26) 2026: $800,000

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	188	17.9	7.0	2.93	22.3	6.40	99.0
2027							99.9
2028							100.3

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 28

His ten closest age-28 comparables averaged 93 PITCH+ the next season; 5 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Brian Johnson	2019	90.9	did not play
2	Wes Obermueller	2005	90.2	did not play
3	Brian Burres	2009	90.8	87.1	362
4	Rafael Montero	2019	87.6	114.9	72
5	Touki Toussaint	2024	92.5	66.0	11
6	Sun-Woo Kim	2006	91.7	did not play
7	Eric Stults	2008	93.0	94.7	223
8	David Hale	2016	93.8	did not play
9	Gary Glover	2005	89.2	did not play
10	Matt Belisle	2008	92.9	99.9	133

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									188				99.9
2026*									121				104.9	109.0	113.8
2025	BOS	1	0	3.57	7	1	1	17.7	80	3	5	9	89.4	96.2	85.6
2024	BOS	6	5	4.08	26	18	0	99.3	424	10	31	73	95.6	97.6	93.2
2023	TB	1	1	5.73	10	0	0	33.0	151	6	11	27	83.7	99.8	83.5
2022	TB	0	0	2.70	1	1	0	3.3	13	0	1	4	138.5	98.5	137.1
2021	LAA	0	1	20.25	1	1	0	1.3	10	0	0	0	2.8	92.3	-4.9
Career		8	7	4.48	45	21	1	154.7	678	19	48	113	91.6		89.5

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	BOS	P	7	18	0	1	1	0	0.500	-0.4
2024	BOS	P	26	99	8	4	0	1	1.000	-1.2
2023	TB	P	10	33	0	4	0	0	1.000	-0.0
2022	TB	P	1	3	0	0	0	0		-0.0
2021	LAA	P	1	1	0	0	0	0		-0.1

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2025	AAA	Worcester Red Sox	Pit	277	65.2 IP, 25% K	3.73
2024	AAA	Worcester Red Sox	Pit	108	25.2 IP, 21% K	1.43
2023	AAA	Durham Bulls	Pit	370	84.2 IP, 22% K	3.95
2022	AAA	Durham Bulls	Pit	145	36.2 IP, 23% K	4.23
2022	AA	Rocket City Trash Pandas	Pit	23	5.0 IP, 22% K	7.20
2022	Rk	ACL Angels	Pit	52	13.0 IP, 37% K	2.08
2021	AAA	Salt Lake Bees	Pit	211	47.0 IP, 20% K	6.51
2021	AA	Rocket City Trash Pandas	Pit	291	70.1 IP, 29% K	3.72
2019	A+	Inland Empire 66ers	Pit	512	117.1 IP, 22% K	4.61

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.315	0.302	0.258	0.375
2025	0.378	0.417	0.403	0.400
2024	0.311	0.370	0.349	0.331
2023	0.444	0.341	0.381	0.384
2022	0.000	0.227		0.192
2021	0.625	0.658	0.645

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.