MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 2, 2026
Portrait of Erick Fedde
Erick Fedde
CWS · P
Change to
Portrait of Tatsuya Imai
Tatsuya Imai
HOU · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Erick Fedde wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); Tatsuya Imai wins 2 (K, W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Erick Fedde
94.4
Tatsuya Imai
94.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Erick Fedde
7.6%
Tatsuya Imai
13.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Erick Fedde
16.7%
Tatsuya Imai
27.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Erick Fedde
23.8%
Tatsuya Imai
26.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Erick Fedde
40.7%
Tatsuya Imai
45.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Erick Fedde
7.6%
Tatsuya Imai
11.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Erick Fedde
.330
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
Erick Fedde
3.995.96
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.40
4.43
Tatsuya Imai
3.995.96
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.52
4.73
WHIPlower is better
Erick Fedde
1.291.55
now 1.48
1.37
Tatsuya Imai
1.291.55
now 1.36
1.47

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Erick Fedde
4039.60
now 34
27
Tatsuya Imai
4039.60
now 28
32
Winshigher is better
Erick Fedde
.0004.20
now 0
00
Tatsuya Imai
.0004.20
now 2
23

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighErick Fedde — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.84
SellTatsuya Imai — sell.conf 0.84
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