Who Should I Trade?

Elmer Rodriguez for Jacob Latz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jacob Latz SP,RP - TEX	Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 68	‐
VBR	# 264	# 711

Projections

Strikeouts	20	9
Wins	1	1
Saves	8	0
ERA	3.72	4.28
WHIP	1.30	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 69	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 55	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 51	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 84	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 82	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 66	# 477

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jacob Latz SP,RP - TEX	Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	41	4

Games Started	1	4

Innings Pitched	51.0	17.0

Wins	4	0

Losses	1	2

Saves	20	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	24	19

Earned Runs	11	9

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	52	10

Walks	12	11

ERA	1.94	4.76

WHIP	0.71	1.76

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jacob Latz SP,RP - TEX	Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	10

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	19.1	10.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	8	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	16	10

Earned Runs	8	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	20	9

Walks	8	4

ERA	3.72	4.28

WHIP	1.30	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jacob Latz SP,RP - TEX	Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY
News
	Jacob Latz tossed a perfect ninth inning to earn the save in Tuesday’s 4-1 win over the Rays. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Elmer Rodriguez will "potentially" start Game 2 of Sunday's doubleheader against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Jacob Latz allowed one earned run on one hit while striking out one over one inning to record the save in Friday's win over the Mariners. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	The Yankees optioned RHP Elmer Rodríguez to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Jacob Latz struck out one over 1 1/3 scoreless innings to earn the save in a win over the Braves. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	Elmer Rodriguez allowed three earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out four over four innings in Sunday's loss to the Reds. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 21st
	Jacob Latz earned the save Monday against Cleveland after retiring all six batters he faced over two scoreless innings. He struck out one and did not allow a hit or walk while securing his 17th save of the season. Bruno Mulé Tue, Jun 30th	The Yankees recalled RHP Elmer Rodríguez from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Jacob Latz earned the save Thursday against the Blue Jays after allowing two runs on two hits over the ninth inning. He struck out two and did not issue a walk while protecting a 6-3 lead. Bruno Mulé Fri, Jun 26th	Elmer Rodriguez will make a spot start for the Yankees on Sunday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
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			Elmer Rodriguez SP - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#186
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Mon, May 4th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#197	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#356	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#415	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 4th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Wed, Jun 17th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#157	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#323	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th				@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#250
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Elmer Rodriguez for Jacob Latz (2026)

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