Jacob Latz
P | Bats/Throws: R/L | 6' 2" 185LBS | Age: 28
Draft: 2017 | Rd: 5, #164, Texas Rangers | Kent State
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 0 1 5.79 1 1 0 4.2 4 1.07
2023 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 6.1 5 0.63
2024 0 1 2.81 16 0 0 16 14 1.00
3 Seasons 0 2 2.67 20 1 0 27 23 0.93
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 1 0-1 5.79 4.2 4 1.07
2023 3 0-0 0.00 6.1 5 0.63
2024 16 0-1 2.81 16 14 1.00
3 Seasons 20 0-2 2.67 27 23 0.93
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
Sweet
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2021 25 84 15 2 13.3 10.5 89.1 104.8 23.6 46.7 .211 .493 .409 .291 .369 53.3 21.1 0.0 5.79 3.55
2023 27 96 14 0 0.0 0.0 84.3 103.9 21.2 28.6 .144 .215 .135 .228 .210 28.6 22.7 13.6 0.00 2.15
2024 28 255 46 1 2.2 1.5 86.8 110.5 20.5 30.4 .215 .314 .244 .265 .298 34.8 21.5 6.2 2.81 2.71
Player 435 75 3 4.0 2.8 86.8 110.5 21.2 33.3 .200 .330 .251 .262 .296 37.3 21.7 6.6
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.5 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .368 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Latz relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(52.5%) ,
Changeup
(24.3%) ,
Slider
(15.3%) ,
Curveball
(7.8%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2021 20.0 40.0 26.7 13.3 33.3 33.3 33.3 0.0 20.0 33.3 20.0 13.3 13.3 10.5
2023 35.7 21.4 28.6 14.3 35.7 21.4 42.9 7.1 21.4 50.0 14.3 7.1 0.0 0.0
2024 41.3 28.3 17.4 13.0 28.3 41.3 30.4 4.3 28.3 34.8 21.7 6.5 2.2 1.5
Player 36.0 29.3 21.3 13.3 30.7 36.0 33.3 4.0 25.3 37.3 20.0 8.0 4.0 2.8
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2024 Curveball TEX L 20 76.2 63.6 4.9 8 6.4 -3.7 -37
2024 Slider TEX L 39 83.2 40.8 2.4 6 6.7 0.2 3
2024 Changeup TEX L 62 85.0 27.0 -4.9 -15 13.5 -0.5 -4
2024 4-Seam Fastball TEX L 134 94.4 11.9 2.4 17 6.3 -1.0 -13
2023 Curveball TEX L 4 78.2 56.1 0.4 1 4.5 -5.0 -53
2023 Changeup TEX L 25 84.9 27.5 -4.3 -14 12.5 -1.7 -12
2023 Slider TEX L 15 85.9 34.6 -0.8 -2 5.5 0.9 20
2023 4-Seam Fastball TEX L 52 94.5 12.7 2.1 14 6.2 -1.1 -15
2021 4-Seam Fastball TEX L 41 92.8 13.5 1.8 12 6.2 -0.8 -11
2021 Curveball TEX L 11 74.3 65.2 3.5 6 5.9 -5.2 -47
2021 Slider TEX L 12 80.1 43.6 1.3 3 3.3 -4.8 -59
2021 Changeup TEX L 20 83.2 26.2 -6.5 -20 8.6 -5.2 -38
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -2.9 -4 134 52.5 36 .212 .333 .324 27.4 22.2 20.0 .214 .344 .276 44.0
2024 Changeup 1.9 1 62 24.3 22 .190 .190 .205 40.0 18.2 28.6 .232 .277 .245 17.6
2024 Slider -0.8 0 39 15.3 7 .167 .167 .229 33.3 28.6 16.7 .165 .270 .260 50.0
2024 Curveball -0.2 0 20 7.8 -- -- -- 50.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2023 4-Seam Fastball 4.0 2 52 54.2 13 .100 .100 .231 19.2 7.7 5.9 .196 .322 .331 44.4
2023 Changeup 3.4 1 25 26.0 5 .000 .000 .000 30.8 20.0 11.1 .146 .166 .140 0.0
2023 Slider 3.6 1 15 15.6 4 .000 .000 .000 50.0 75.0 42.9 .009 .010 .009 0.0
2023 Curveball 2.2 0 4 4.2 -- -- -- 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2021 4-Seam Fastball 1.2 0 41 48.8 9 .222 .556 .322 11.1 0.0 0.0 .319 .746 .438 55.6
2021 Changeup -2.8 -1 20 23.8 3 .333 1.333 .667 40.0 33.3 25.0 .030 .062 .040 50.0
2021 Slider -3.2 0 12 14.3 4 .250 1.000 .500 25.0 50.0 40.0 .163 .506 .272 100.0
2021 Curveball -1.9 0 11 13.1 3 .333 .333 .300 33.3 33.3 20.0 .132 .145 .129 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Changeup 62 85.0 97 17.3 10:15 10:15 0
2024 Curveball 20 76.2 81 20.3 5:15 5:15 0
2024 4-Seam Fastball 134 94.4 97 19.6 11:15 11:15 0
2024 Slider 39 83.2 34 8.1 2:45 3:45 -60
2023 Changeup 25 84.9 95 16.0 10:15 10:15 0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 51 94.6 96 18.7 11:15 11:15 0
2023 Slider 15 85.9 37 7.5 2:00 2:30 -30
2021 Changeup 20 83.2 94 14.9 10:15 10:45 -30
2021 Curveball 11 74.3 92 19.5 5:15 5:30 -15
2021 4-Seam Fastball 41 92.8 98 18.7 11:15 11:15 0
2021 Slider 12 80.1 42 4.8 3:45 4:15 -30
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2024 65 255 2 0 -3 -3 -3
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2021 84 48.8 80.5 84.8 25.6 63.6 44.0 42.1 52.4 20.5 11.9 90.0
2023 96 36.5 71.4 76.0 32.8 65.0 49.0 63.6 46.9 28.9 4.2 75.0
2024 255 47.7 68.0 77.1 29.1 48.7 38.7 49.2 47.8 32.0 7.4 84.2
Player 435 45.4 71.2 78.7 29.4 55.7 42.0 50.9 48.5 28.9 7.6 84.8
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 60.9 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA
xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
FB
Velo
FB
Spin
CB
Spin
Extension
2024 86 76 83 84 81 85 94 79 70 43 75 86 59 59 70 66
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2021 23.3 3 2.3 1 1 1 2 66.7
2024 22.7 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
Player 23.2 4 3.3 1 1 1 3 75.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2021 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 3
2024 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Player 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 5 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 4
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2023 2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 94.5 94.4 -0.1
Offspeed Velocity 84.9 85.0 0.1
Breaking Velocity 84.2 80.8 -3.4
Exit Velocity 84.3 86.8 2.5
Launch Angle 21.2 20.5 -0.7
Barrel % 0.0 2.2 2.2
Hard Hit % 28.6 34.8 6.2
Sweet Spot % 28.6 30.4 1.8
xBA .144 .215 0.071
BA .053 .200 0.147
xwOBA .228 .265 0.037
wOBA .135 .244 0.109
xSLG .215 .314 0.099
SLG .053 .267 0.214
K% 22.7 21.5 -1.2
BB% 13.6 6.2 -7.4
Swing % 46.9 47.8 0.9
Whiff% 28.9 32.0 3.1
In Zone % 36.5 47.7 11.2
Out of Zone % 63.5 52.3 -11.2
Out of Zone Swing % 32.8 29.1 -3.7
First Pitch Swing % 31.8 27.7 -4.1
First Pitch Strike % 63.6 49.2 -14.4
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2021 Shifts 19 .409 17 0 0.0 2 2 100.0
2023 Shades 22 .135 17 0 0.0 5 2 40.0
2024 Shades 64 .248 40 3 7.5 24 20 83.3
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2021 34 13.8 67.6% 0.0% 3 21.6 0.0% 0.0%
2023 20 14.7 55.0% 0.0% 23 16.1 39.1% 0.0%
2024 57 18.1 7.0% 0.0% 50 20.7 0.0% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution