MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Bubba Chandler
Bubba Chandler
PIT · P
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Portrait of Tatsuya Imai
Tatsuya Imai
HOU · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Bubba Chandler.

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

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

Bubba Chandler wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Tatsuya Imai wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Bubba Chandler
98.4
Tatsuya Imai
94.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Bubba Chandler
10.7%
Tatsuya Imai
14.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Bubba Chandler
21.0%
Tatsuya Imai
27.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Bubba Chandler
28.6%
Tatsuya Imai
27.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Bubba Chandler
38.4%
Tatsuya Imai
45.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Bubba Chandler
5.7%
Tatsuya Imai
9.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Bubba Chandler
.309
Tatsuya Imai
.335
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
Bubba Chandler
3.396.13
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.85
4.00
Tatsuya Imai
3.396.13
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.52
4.54
WHIPlower is better
Bubba Chandler
1.291.59
now 1.52
1.41
Tatsuya Imai
1.291.59
now 1.36
1.45

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Bubba Chandler
4069.20
now 52
12
Tatsuya Imai
4069.20
now 28
9
Winshigher is better
Bubba Chandler
.0002.80
now 1
00
Tatsuya Imai
.0002.80
now 2
01

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyBubba Chandler — hold.conf 0.60
SellTatsuya Imai — sell.conf 0.75
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