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Jacob Latz

Age: 30
B/T: R/L
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 185 lb
Number: #67

Born: April 8, 1996 in Lemont, IL, United States
MLB debut: August 25, 2021
Drafted: 2017, round 5
College: Kent State
High school: Lemont

dbWAR: 2.0
IP: 71.0
ERA: 2.15
FIP: 2.92
K/9: 10.1
FIP−: 70

Jacob Latz is a relief pitcher for the Texas Rangers. In 2026 he struck out 80 batters over 71.0 innings across 57 appearances, going 3-4. His ERA of 2.15 is 48.4% lower than the league average of 4.18 — the best on his team, and 31st of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 2.92 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 31.5% of swings (16.6% of every pitch he threw), walked 8.6% of the batters he faced and struck out 29.9%. His 1.4 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2026.

FIP2.92

K/910.1

WHIP0.82

WAR1.4

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2026	TEX	57	1	71.0	3	4	30	35	17	80	23	2.15	2.92	0.82	10.1	2.9	52	70	1.4
2025	TEX	33	8	85.2	2	0	1	69	27	76	37	2.84	3.72	1.24	8.0	3.9	68	89	1.0
2024	TEX	46	0	43.2	2	3	0	39	18	40	27	3.71	5.04	1.51	8.2	5.6	91	124	-0.3
2023	TEX	3	0	6.1	0	0	0	1	0	5	3	0.00	3.10	0.63	7.1	4.3	0	71	0.1
2021	TEX	1	1	4.2	0	1	0	5	3	4	0	5.79	9.81	1.07	7.7	0.0	136	230	-0.2

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2026. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	94	88	17	2	5	21	.193	.234	.341	.241	22.3%
vs RHB	174	154	18	4	18	59	.117	.208	.240	.194	33.9%

Pitch sequencing

What Jacob Latz throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Four-Seam Fastball	56.0%	622	94.8	2,343	52.3%	22.8%	144	.153	.498
Changeup	19.6%	218	86.0	2,074	50.5%	47.5%	49	.082	.240
Slider	17.0%	189	85.6	2,561	57.7%	41.6%	30	.233	.781
Curveball	7.4%	82	80.6	2,770	36.6%	37.0%	19	.105	.506

Jacob Latz's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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Similar players

Nearest 2026 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Dylan DoddATL

ERA: 2.22
FIP: 3.51
SO: 53
WAR: 0.7

Daniel DuarteNYM

ERA: 2.12
FIP: 3.20
SO: 30
WAR: 0.5

Luke WeaverNYM

ERA: 2.73
FIP: 3.00
SO: 64
WAR: 1.2

Bryan BakerTB

ERA: 1.44
FIP: 3.07
SO: 63
WAR: 1.2

How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.