Who Should I Trade?

Connelly Early for Jacob Latz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jacob Latz SP,RP - TEX	Connelly Early SP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 59	# 83
VBR	# 257	# 500

Projections

Strikeouts	13	10
Wins	1	1
Saves	5	0
ERA	3.49	3.88
WHIP	1.28	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 70	# 107

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 55	# 70

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 52	# 100

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 63	# 216

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 66	# 93

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 84	# 63

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jacob Latz SP,RP - TEX	Connelly Early SP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	47	17

Games Started	1	17

Innings Pitched	59.0	91.2

Wins	4	7

Losses	1	5

Saves	25	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	27	81

Earned Runs	11	35

Home Runs Allowed	3	15

Strikeouts	65	93

Walks	18	34

ERA	1.68	3.44

WHIP	0.76	1.25

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jacob Latz SP,RP - TEX	Connelly Early SP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	2

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	12.4	9.6

Wins	1	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	5	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	10	9

Earned Runs	5	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	13	10

Walks	5	4

ERA	3.49	3.88

WHIP	1.28	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jacob Latz SP,RP - TEX	Connelly Early SP - WSH
News
	Jacob Latz allowed one hit and one walk while striking out two over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Sunday's win over the Angels. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd	The Nationals transferred LHP Connelly Early to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd
	Jacob Latz walked one and struck out three over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Thursday’s 2-0 win over the Nationals. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 21st	Connelly Early played catch on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th
	Jacob Latz walked one and struck out two over two scoreless innings in Saturday's 5-3 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th	Connelly Early will have his throwing program paused after he experienced forearm tightness in between innings of his live BP session this week. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 6th
	Jacob Latz allowed one walk while striking out one over a scoreless inning to record the save in Monday’s 4-1 win over the Angels. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 11th	Connelly Early will face live hitters in West Palm Beach before going on an official rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Jacob Latz allowed two hits and one walk while striking out three over two innings to earn the save in Friday's win over the Orioles. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 8th	Connelly Early threw a bullpen session for the Nationals on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jacob Latz SP,RP - TEX			Connelly Early SP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#83
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-1)	#112
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#127
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#127
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#96	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (5-2)	#176	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Thu, May 14th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#318	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#358	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#389
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#364
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Wed, Jun 17th				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#132
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#286	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#343
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#167	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Thu, Aug 6th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#341
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#208	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#275	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs COL	Mason Adams	#426
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs NYM
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Connelly Early for Jacob Latz (2026)

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