MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 29, 2026
Portrait of Braxton Ashcraft
Braxton Ashcraft
PIT · P
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Portrait of Shota Imanaga
Shota Imanaga
CHC · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Braxton Ashcraft.

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

Braxton Ashcraft wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Shota Imanaga 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
Braxton Ashcraft
97.2
Shota Imanaga
91.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Braxton Ashcraft
13.9%
Shota Imanaga
14.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Braxton Ashcraft
26.6%
Shota Imanaga
23.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Braxton Ashcraft
37.8%
Shota Imanaga
36.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Braxton Ashcraft
40.8%
Shota Imanaga
35.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Braxton Ashcraft
6.3%
Shota Imanaga
9.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Braxton Ashcraft
.290
Shota Imanaga
.296
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
Braxton Ashcraft
2.135.01
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.77
3.50
Shota Imanaga
2.135.01
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.37
3.66
WHIPlower is better
Braxton Ashcraft
.9601.27
now 1.03
1.20
Shota Imanaga
.9601.27
now 1.07
1.17

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Braxton Ashcraft
4093.80
now 81
55
Shota Imanaga
4093.80
now 69
49
Winshigher is better
Braxton Ashcraft
.8006.20
now 5
25
Shota Imanaga
.8006.20
now 4
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyBraxton Ashcraft — buy.conf 0.78
BuyShota Imanaga — buy.conf 0.73
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