MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 19, 2026
Portrait of Casey Mize
Casey Mize
DET · P
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Portrait of Shota Imanaga
Shota Imanaga
CHC · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Shota Imanaga.

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

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

Shota Imanaga wins 3 categories (K, WHIP, W); Casey Mize wins 1 (ERA); SV n/a.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Casey Mize
93.4
Shota Imanaga
91.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Casey Mize
13.2%
Shota Imanaga
15.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Casey Mize
25.2%
Shota Imanaga
24.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Casey Mize
29.9%
Shota Imanaga
37.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Casey Mize
35.7%
Shota Imanaga
38.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Casey Mize
7.9%
Shota Imanaga
10.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Casey Mize
.274
Shota Imanaga
.299
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
Casey Mize
25.21
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.27
3.01
Shota Imanaga
25.21
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.37
3.62
WHIPlower is better
Casey Mize
.9001.29
now 0.97
1.20
Shota Imanaga
.9001.29
now 1.07
1.16

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Casey Mize
40106.40
now 49
75
Shota Imanaga
40106.40
now 69
90
Winshigher is better
Casey Mize
.0009
now 2
25
Shota Imanaga
.0009
now 4
37

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighCasey Mize — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.82
BuyShota Imanaga — buy.conf 0.74
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