MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 22, 2026
Portrait of Cade Cavalli
Cade Cavalli
WSH · 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 — ERA, WHIP, and wins. Cade Cavalli’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

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

Tatsuya Imai wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, W); Cade Cavalli wins 1 (K); 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
96.5
Tatsuya Imai
95.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Cavalli
11.0%
Tatsuya Imai
13.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Cavalli
23.5%
Tatsuya Imai
26.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Cavalli
30.2%
Tatsuya Imai
27.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Cavalli
39.9%
Tatsuya Imai
44.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Cavalli
7.5%
Tatsuya Imai
8.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Cavalli
.329
Tatsuya Imai
.330
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
2.866.28
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.62
4.36
Tatsuya Imai
2.866.28
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.52
4.14
WHIPlower is better
Cade Cavalli
1.251.49
now 1.42
1.36
Tatsuya Imai
1.251.49
now 1.36
1.32

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Cavalli
40120.40
now 74
94
Tatsuya Imai
40120.40
now 28
58
Winshigher is better
Cade Cavalli
.4007.60
now 3
35
Tatsuya Imai
.4007.60
now 2
36

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellCade Cavalli — sell.conf 0.67
Hold · wait & seeTatsuya Imai — hold.conf 0.50
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