Who Should I Trade?

Jacob Latz for Nate Pearson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 61	# 324
VBR	# 287	# 738

Projections

Strikeouts	27	18
Wins	1	1
Saves	10	0
ERA	3.76	4.57
WHIP	1.31	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	DFA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 73	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 55	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 53	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 84	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 90	# 352

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 66	# 277

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jacob Latz SP,RP - TEX	Nate Pearson RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	36	16

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	46.0	20.0

Wins	3	1

Losses	1	0

Saves	18	1

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	19	16

Earned Runs	8	8

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	47	16

Walks	11	12

ERA	1.57	3.60

WHIP	0.65	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jacob Latz SP,RP - TEX	Nate Pearson RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	28	23

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	25.8	19.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	10	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	2

Hits Allowed	21	18

Earned Runs	11	10

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	27	18

Walks	11	9

ERA	3.76	4.57

WHIP	1.31	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jacob Latz SP,RP - TEX	Nate Pearson RP - HOU
News
	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	The Astros designated Nate Pearson for assignment. Ari Koslow 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	Nate Pearson was seen packing his bags and getting hugs from teammates on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	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	The Astros activated Nate Pearson from the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	Jacob Latz tossed 1.1 scoreless innings Monday against the Marlins to earn his 14th save of the season. He entered in the eighth inning with the bases loaded and protected the lead by getting Jakob Marsee to ground out. Latz returned for the ninth and retired the side in order while needing 31 pitches to record the final four outs. Bruno Mulé Tue, Jun 23rd	Nate Pearson had a locker in the Astros clubhouse. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
	Latz has a 1.62 ERA, 0.60 WHIP, and 35:7 K:BB across 33.1 innings over 26 appearances this season and has yet to allow a run across 7.1 innings in five June outings, converting four saves during that stretch. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 15th	Astros GM Dana Brown said Nate Pearson would come off the IL and pitch a couple of games in the Twins series. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th
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			Nate Pearson RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#368
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#204
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#204	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#276
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#140	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#276	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#248
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#249	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#228
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#273	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#323	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#258
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#350
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#273
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#227
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#253	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#102
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#301	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#277	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#224	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#273	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#320
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#238	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#206	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#406	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#277
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#406
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#273
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB			@ LAA
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			@ SF
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, May 4th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Thu, May 14th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Wed, Jun 17th				vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#313
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Jacob Latz for Nate Pearson (2026)

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