Who Should I Trade?

Jacob Latz for Justin Sterner (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 69	# 331
VBR	# 267	# 697

Projections

Strikeouts	21	12
Wins	1	1
Saves	9	0
ERA	3.74	4.32
WHIP	1.29	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 73	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 55	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 47	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 84	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 70	# 288

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 66	# 361

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jacob Latz SP,RP - TEX	Justin Sterner RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	40	46

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	50.0	42.2

Wins	3	2

Losses	1	3

Saves	20	1

Blown Saves	2	2

Holds	2	12

Hits Allowed	22	46

Earned Runs	10	29

Home Runs Allowed	3	11

Strikeouts	51	40

Walks	11	13

ERA	1.80	6.12

WHIP	0.66	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jacob Latz SP,RP - TEX	Justin Sterner RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	14

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.9	12.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	9	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	17	11

Earned Runs	8	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	21	12

Walks	8	4

ERA	3.74	4.32

WHIP	1.29	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jacob Latz SP,RP - TEX	Justin Sterner RP - ATH
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	A's right-hander Justin Sterner (knee) is working through a strengthening exercises protocol. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jul 27th
	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 Athletics placed Justin Sterner on the 15-day IL with right knee chondromalacia. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	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
	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
	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
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			Justin Sterner RP - ATH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#178
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#215	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#371	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#399	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#156
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#228	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			vs TB
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ SEA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs HOU
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Mon, Apr 20th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, May 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Thu, Jun 4th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Jun 17th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Jacob Latz for Justin Sterner (2026)

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