MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 23, 2026
Portrait of Jacob Latz
Jacob Latz
TEX · P
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Portrait of Shane Drohan
Shane Drohan
MIL · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Shane Drohan.

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

Shane Drohan wins 3 categories (K, ERA, W); Jacob Latz wins 2 (WHIP, SV).

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jacob Latz
94.7
Shane Drohan
94.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jacob Latz
15.3%
Shane Drohan
13.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jacob Latz
28.1%
Shane Drohan
24.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jacob Latz
34.3%
Shane Drohan
34.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jacob Latz
38.5%
Shane Drohan
36.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jacob Latz
6.4%
Shane Drohan
8.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jacob Latz
.245
Shane Drohan
.283
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
24.27
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.00
3.62
Shane Drohan
24.27
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.87
3.31
WHIPlower is better
Jacob Latz
.9001.51
now 0.59
1.23
Shane Drohan
.9001.51
now 1.15
1.25

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jacob Latz
4039
now 26
18
Shane Drohan
4039
now 33
32
Winshigher is better
Jacob Latz
.2003.80
now 1
11
Shane Drohan
.2003.80
now 2
13
Saveshigher is better
Jacob Latz
.00011.20
now 8
48
Shane Drohan
.00011.20
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighJacob Latz — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.91
BuyShane Drohan — buy.conf 0.84
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