MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 13, 2026
Portrait of Daniel Palencia
Daniel Palencia
CHC · P
Change to
Portrait of Jacob Latz
Jacob Latz
TEX · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jacob Latz.

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

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Jacob Latz wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, SV); Daniel Palencia wins 1 (W).

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Daniel Palencia
99.4
Jacob Latz
94.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Daniel Palencia
15.6%
Jacob Latz
15.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Daniel Palencia
26.8%
Jacob Latz
28.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Daniel Palencia
31.8%
Jacob Latz
34.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Daniel Palencia
30.4%
Jacob Latz
38.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Daniel Palencia
6.5%
Jacob Latz
6.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Daniel Palencia
.300
Jacob Latz
.247
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
Daniel Palencia
24.38
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.31
3.70
Jacob Latz
24.38
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.00
3.62
WHIPlower is better
Daniel Palencia
.9001.81
now 1.46
1.24
Jacob Latz
.9001.81
now 0.59
1.23

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Daniel Palencia
4031.60
now 12
20
Jacob Latz
4031.60
now 26
21
Winshigher is better
Daniel Palencia
.5202.48
now 1
12
Jacob Latz
.5202.48
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
Daniel Palencia
.20012.80
now 3
47
Jacob Latz
.20012.80
now 8
510
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeDaniel Palencia — hold.conf 0.50
Sell HighJacob Latz — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.89
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