MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Ben Brown
Ben Brown
CHC · P
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Portrait of Jacob Latz
Jacob Latz
TEX · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Ben Brown.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Ben Brown wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Jacob Latz wins 1 (SV); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Ben Brown
96.3
Jacob Latz
94.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Ben Brown
12.9%
Jacob Latz
15.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Ben Brown
24.5%
Jacob Latz
28.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Ben Brown
30.6%
Jacob Latz
34.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Ben Brown
43.0%
Jacob Latz
39.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Ben Brown
7.3%
Jacob Latz
6.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Ben Brown
.279
Jacob Latz
.249
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
Ben Brown
24.31
lg xERA 4.10
now 1.92
3.19
Jacob Latz
24.31
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.00
3.63
WHIPlower is better
Ben Brown
.9001.49
now 0.93
1.22
Jacob Latz
.9001.49
now 0.59
1.23

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Ben Brown
4066.60
now 53
40
Jacob Latz
4066.60
now 26
19
Winshigher is better
Ben Brown
.5202.48
now 2
12
Jacob Latz
.5202.48
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
Ben Brown
.00012.60
now 1
01
Jacob Latz
.00012.60
now 8
59
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighBen Brown — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Sell HighJacob Latz — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.92
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