Who Should I Trade?

Jacob Latz for Nick Mears (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 59	# 386
VBR	# 250	# 713

Projections

Strikeouts	11	2
Wins	0	0
Saves	5	0
ERA	3.72	3.58
WHIP	1.27	1.18

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 70	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 55	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 52	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 84	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 63	# 391

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 66	# 429

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jacob Latz SP,RP - TEX	Nick Mears RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	47	21

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	59.0	19.1

Wins	4	2

Losses	1	3

Saves	25	0

Blown Saves	3	2

Holds	2	5

Hits Allowed	27	18

Earned Runs	11	11

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	65	15

Walks	18	11

ERA	1.68	5.12

WHIP	0.76	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jacob Latz SP,RP - TEX	Nick Mears RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	10.5	2.6

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	5	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	9	2

Earned Runs	4	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	11	2

Walks	5	1

ERA	3.72	3.58

WHIP	1.27	1.18

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jacob Latz SP,RP - TEX	Nick Mears RP - KC
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	Nick Mears suffered another setback in his recovery. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th
	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	Nick Mears is scheduled to begin a mound progression next week. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	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	Nick Mears resumed throwing on Monday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	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	The Kansas City Royals transferred Nick Mears to the 60-day injured list. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 15th
	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	Nick Mears is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 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			Nick Mears RP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#358
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#18	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#34
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#283	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#91	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#283	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-2)	#145	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#202	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#271	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#379	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#326	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#267	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#180
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#384
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#301	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#180	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#172	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#184	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#288	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#230	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#231
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#291
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#107
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#66	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Mon, May 4th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Thu, May 14th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#124
Wed, Jun 17th				@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#434
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82

Who Should I Trade?

Jacob Latz for Nick Mears (2026)

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