MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 1, 2026
Portrait of Jacob Latz
Jacob Latz
TEX · P
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Portrait of Steven Okert
Steven Okert
HOU · 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 — strikeouts, wins, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jacob Latz
94.7
Steven Okert
91.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jacob Latz
15.0%
Steven Okert
15.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jacob Latz
28.0%
Steven Okert
26.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jacob Latz
35.4%
Steven Okert
29.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jacob Latz
36.7%
Steven Okert
31.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jacob Latz
5.8%
Steven Okert
4.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jacob Latz
.243
Steven Okert
.253
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
24.27
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.00
3.62
Steven Okert
24.27
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.46
2.63
WHIPlower is better
Jacob Latz
.9001.49
now 0.59
1.23
Steven Okert
.9001.49
now 0.96
1.13

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jacob Latz
4031.60
now 26
16
Steven Okert
4031.60
now 22
14
Winshigher is better
Jacob Latz
.0001.48
now 1
01
Steven Okert
.0001.48
now 0
00
Saveshigher is better
Jacob Latz
.00011.20
now 8
47
Steven Okert
.00011.20
now 0
0
If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighJacob Latz — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.80
Sell HighSteven Okert — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.83
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