MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Portrait of Jacob Latz
Jacob Latz
TEX · P
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Portrait of Rico Garcia
Rico Garcia
BAL · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jacob Latz.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — ERA and WHIP. Rico Garcia’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Jacob Latz wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Rico Garcia wins 1 (W); 2 even.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jacob Latz
94.7
Rico Garcia
95.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jacob Latz
15.8%
Rico Garcia
15.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jacob Latz
29.7%
Rico Garcia
26.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jacob Latz
35.1%
Rico Garcia
29.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jacob Latz
39.0%
Rico Garcia
34.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jacob Latz
6.8%
Rico Garcia
5.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jacob Latz
.247
Rico Garcia
.271
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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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
23.97
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.00
2.52
Rico Garcia
23.97
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.71
3.04
WHIPlower is better
Jacob Latz
.9001.44
now 0.59
1.15
Rico Garcia
.9001.44
now 0.63
1.20

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jacob Latz
4037.60
now 26
4
Rico Garcia
4037.60
now 28
4
Winshigher is better
Jacob Latz
.0004.20
now 1
00
Rico Garcia
.0004.20
now 3
01
Saveshigher is better
Jacob Latz
.00011.20
now 8
12
Rico Garcia
.00011.20
now 3
01
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighJacob Latz — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.92
BuyRico Garcia — buy.conf 0.92
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