Who Should I Trade?

Jacob Latz for Tatsuya Imai (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 59	# 139
VBR	# 254	# 469

Projections

Strikeouts	11	22
Wins	1	1
Saves	5	0
ERA	3.76	4.19
WHIP	1.30	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 70	# 120

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 55	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 52	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 84	# 102

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 63	# 196

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 66	# 142

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


Games Played	47	18

Games Started	1	15

Innings Pitched	59.0	67.2

Wins	4	6

Losses	1	4

Saves	25	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	27	55

Earned Runs	11	40

Home Runs Allowed	3	9

Strikeouts	65	83

Walks	18	44

ERA	1.68	5.32

WHIP	0.76	1.46

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


Games Played	12	10

Games Started	0	3

Innings Pitched	10.9	20.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	5	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	9	19

Earned Runs	5	10

Home Runs Allowed	1	3

Strikeouts	11	22

Walks	5	10

ERA	3.76	4.19

WHIP	1.30	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jacob Latz SP,RP - TEX	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU
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	Astros manager Joe Espada said Tatsuya Imai will be moved to the bullpen. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	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	Tatsuya Imai allowed two earned runs on one hit and four walks while striking out one over 2/3 of an inning in Monday’s win over the Angels. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 28th
	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	Tatsuya Imai allowed one earned run on four hits and three walks while striking out eight over six innings in Tuesday’s win over the Marlins. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd
	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	Tatsuya Imai will start on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	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	Tatsuya Imai allowed two earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out three over 3 2/3 innings in Tuesday’s win over the Nationals. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th
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			Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#419
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#407
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#92	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (6-2)	#161
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#219	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#225
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#242	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#394	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#254
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#227
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#298	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#160	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#258	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#179
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-2)	#186	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#236
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#268
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
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 (0-4)	#111
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Mon, May 4th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Thu, May 14th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Wed, Jun 17th				vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18

Who Should I Trade?

Jacob Latz for Tatsuya Imai (2026)

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