MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Cade Cavalli
Cade Cavalli
WSH · P
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Portrait of Shota Imanaga
Shota Imanaga
CHC · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Cade Cavalli.

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

Cade Cavalli 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
Cade Cavalli
96.9
Shota Imanaga
91.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Cavalli
12.8%
Shota Imanaga
15.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Cavalli
27.9%
Shota Imanaga
23.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Cavalli
31.6%
Shota Imanaga
35.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Cavalli
40.7%
Shota Imanaga
36.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Cavalli
7.2%
Shota Imanaga
9.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Cavalli
.298
Shota Imanaga
.302
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
Cade Cavalli
3.324.67
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.62
3.70
Shota Imanaga
3.324.67
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.37
3.81
WHIPlower is better
Cade Cavalli
.9301.56
now 1.42
1.22
Shota Imanaga
.9301.56
now 1.07
1.13

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Cavalli
4098.40
now 74
14
Shota Imanaga
4098.40
now 69
13
Winshigher is better
Cade Cavalli
.0005.60
now 3
01
Shota Imanaga
.0005.60
now 4
01

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyCade Cavalli — buy.conf 0.72
Hold · leans buyShota Imanaga — hold.conf 0.60
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