MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 8, 2026
Portrait of Grant Taylor
Grant Taylor
CWS · P
Change to
Portrait of Jacob Latz
Jacob Latz
TEX · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Grant Taylor.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Jacob Latz’s box score looks better right now, but it’s built on luck that won’t hold.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Grant Taylor 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
Grant Taylor
98.2
Jacob Latz
94.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Grant Taylor
13.8%
Jacob Latz
15.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Grant Taylor
33.2%
Jacob Latz
27.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Grant Taylor
34.2%
Jacob Latz
35.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Grant Taylor
41.6%
Jacob Latz
37.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Grant Taylor
6.6%
Jacob Latz
5.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Grant Taylor
.241
Jacob Latz
.245
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
Grant Taylor
24.27
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.12
2.39
Jacob Latz
24.27
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.00
3.62
WHIPlower is better
Grant Taylor
.9001.49
now 1.11
1.14
Jacob Latz
.9001.49
now 0.59
1.23

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Grant Taylor
4056
now 44
25
Jacob Latz
4056
now 26
14
Winshigher is better
Grant Taylor
.0001.48
now 1
01
Jacob Latz
.0001.48
now 1
01
Saveshigher is better
Grant Taylor
.00011.20
now 1
01
Jacob Latz
.00011.20
now 8
36
If you already own them — trade angle
BuyGrant Taylor — buy.conf 0.92
Sell HighJacob Latz — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.76
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