MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 29, 2026
Brandon Williamson
CIN · 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 ERA.

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

Tatsuya Imai wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Brandon Williamson wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Brandon Williamson
92.5
Tatsuya Imai
94.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Brandon Williamson
10.4%
Tatsuya Imai
14.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Brandon Williamson
14.8%
Tatsuya Imai
28.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Brandon Williamson
24.6%
Tatsuya Imai
27.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Brandon Williamson
41.9%
Tatsuya Imai
45.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Brandon Williamson
10.5%
Tatsuya Imai
8.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Brandon Williamson
.389
Tatsuya Imai
.316
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
Brandon Williamson
3.306.91
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.11
4.28
Tatsuya Imai
3.306.91
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.52
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Brandon Williamson
1.221.76
now 1.64
1.34
Tatsuya Imai
1.221.76
now 1.36
1.37

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Brandon Williamson
4065.20
now 19
50
Tatsuya Imai
4065.20
now 28
52
Winshigher is better
Brandon Williamson
.4007.60
now 2
36
Tatsuya Imai
.4007.60
now 2
36

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighBrandon Williamson — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.76
Hold · steadyTatsuya Imai — hold.conf 0.60
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