MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Portrait of Gage Jump
Gage Jump
ATH · P
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Portrait of Tatsuya Imai
Tatsuya Imai
HOU · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Gage Jump.

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

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

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Gage Jump
96.3
Tatsuya Imai
94.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Gage Jump
11.6%
Tatsuya Imai
13.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Gage Jump
24.9%
Tatsuya Imai
27.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Gage Jump
31.7%
Tatsuya Imai
26.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Gage Jump
43.1%
Tatsuya Imai
45.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Gage Jump
6.3%
Tatsuya Imai
10.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Gage Jump
.317
Tatsuya Imai
.339
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
Gage Jump
2.978.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.20
4.18
Tatsuya Imai
2.978.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.52
4.63
WHIPlower is better
Gage Jump
1.082.26
now 2.00
1.34
Tatsuya Imai
1.082.26
now 1.36
1.43

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Gage Jump
4049.80
now 5
37
Tatsuya Imai
4049.80
now 28
35
Winshigher is better
Gage Jump
.0005.60
now 0
00
Tatsuya Imai
.0005.60
now 2
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyGage Jump — hold.conf 0.60
SellTatsuya Imai — sell.conf 0.80
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