MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 12, 2026
Portrait of Adrian Houser
Adrian Houser
SF · P
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Portrait of Tatsuya Imai
Tatsuya Imai
HOU · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Tatsuya Imai.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and wins.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Tatsuya Imai wins 2 categories (K, W); Adrian Houser wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even; SV n/a.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Adrian Houser
95.5
Tatsuya Imai
94.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Adrian Houser
8.5%
Tatsuya Imai
13.6%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Adrian Houser
15.5%
Tatsuya Imai
27.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Adrian Houser
25.2%
Tatsuya Imai
27.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Adrian Houser
41.0%
Tatsuya Imai
45.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Adrian Houser
9.0%
Tatsuya Imai
10.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Adrian Houser
.345
Tatsuya Imai
.345
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Adrian Houser
4.395.93
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.59
4.73
Tatsuya Imai
4.395.93
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.52
4.73
WHIPlower is better
Adrian Houser
1.281.64
now 1.56
1.38
Tatsuya Imai
1.281.64
now 1.36
1.44

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Adrian Houser
4050.40
now 35
40
Tatsuya Imai
4050.40
now 28
44
Winshigher is better
Adrian Houser
.0006.60
now 2
13
Tatsuya Imai
.0006.60
now 2
25

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
SellAdrian Houser — sell.conf 0.84
SellTatsuya Imai — sell.conf 0.84
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