MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 19, 2026
Portrait of Davis Martin
Davis Martin
CWS · P
Change to
Portrait of Shota Imanaga
Shota Imanaga
CHC · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Shota Imanaga.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP. Davis Martin’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

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

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Davis Martin
94.2
Shota Imanaga
91.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Davis Martin
13.7%
Shota Imanaga
15.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Davis Martin
24.9%
Shota Imanaga
24.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Davis Martin
34.4%
Shota Imanaga
37.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Davis Martin
46.6%
Shota Imanaga
38.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Davis Martin
6.2%
Shota Imanaga
10.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Davis Martin
.309
Shota Imanaga
.299
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Davis Martin
25.32
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.00
3.88
Shota Imanaga
25.32
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.37
3.62
WHIPlower is better
Davis Martin
.9001.34
now 0.99
1.24
Shota Imanaga
.9001.34
now 1.07
1.16

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Davis Martin
60.6098.40
now 71
89
Shota Imanaga
60.6098.40
now 69
90
Winshigher is better
Davis Martin
.00018
now 8
715
Shota Imanaga
.00018
now 4
37

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyDavis Martin — hold.conf 0.60
BuyShota Imanaga — buy.conf 0.74
Tweet