MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Portrait of Jacob Latz
Jacob Latz
TEX · P
Change to
Portrait of Jeff Hoffman
Jeff Hoffman
MIN · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22, 1 even. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Jacob Latz wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); Jeff Hoffman wins 2 (K, W); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jacob Latz
94.7
Jeff Hoffman
96.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jacob Latz
15.8%
Jeff Hoffman
18.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jacob Latz
29.7%
Jeff Hoffman
34.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jacob Latz
35.1%
Jeff Hoffman
37.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jacob Latz
39.0%
Jeff Hoffman
37.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jacob Latz
6.8%
Jeff Hoffman
9.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jacob Latz
.247
Jeff Hoffman
.288
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
Jacob Latz
28.03
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.00
2.52
Jeff Hoffman
28.03
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.31
3.45
WHIPlower is better
Jacob Latz
.9002.21
now 0.59
1.15
Jeff Hoffman
.9002.21
now 1.75
1.23

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jacob Latz
4061.40
now 26
4
Jeff Hoffman
4061.40
now 45
7
Winshigher is better
Jacob Latz
.0005.60
now 1
00
Jeff Hoffman
.0005.60
now 4
01
Saveshigher is better
Jacob Latz
.00010.80
now 8
12
Jeff Hoffman
.00010.80
now 5
11
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighJacob Latz — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.92
BuyJeff Hoffman — buy.conf 0.79
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