MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 1, 2026
Portrait of Dustin May
Dustin May
STL · P
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Portrait of Tatsuya Imai
Tatsuya Imai
HOU · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Dustin May.

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

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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Dustin May
96.9
Tatsuya Imai
94.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Dustin May
10.5%
Tatsuya Imai
13.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Dustin May
23.1%
Tatsuya Imai
27.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Dustin May
29.8%
Tatsuya Imai
26.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Dustin May
46.1%
Tatsuya Imai
45.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Dustin May
6.5%
Tatsuya Imai
11.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Dustin May
.306
Tatsuya Imai
.344
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
Dustin May
3.276.16
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.57
3.91
Tatsuya Imai
3.276.16
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.52
4.73
WHIPlower is better
Dustin May
1.231.54
now 1.30
1.33
Tatsuya Imai
1.231.54
now 1.36
1.47

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Dustin May
4060.20
now 51
37
Tatsuya Imai
4060.20
now 28
32
Winshigher is better
Dustin May
.0005.20
now 3
13
Tatsuya Imai
.0005.20
now 2
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowDustin May — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.74
SellTatsuya Imai — sell.conf 0.84
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