MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 12, 2026
Portrait of Gerrit Cole
Gerrit Cole
NYY · 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 and WHIP.

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

Shota Imanaga wins 2 categories (K, WHIP); Gerrit Cole wins 1 (ERA); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Gerrit Cole
96.8
Shota Imanaga
91.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Gerrit Cole
8.7%
Shota Imanaga
15.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Gerrit Cole
22.7%
Shota Imanaga
24.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Gerrit Cole
30.3%
Shota Imanaga
37.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Gerrit Cole
39.6%
Shota Imanaga
36.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Gerrit Cole
8.9%
Shota Imanaga
10.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Gerrit Cole
.289
Shota Imanaga
.301
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
Gerrit Cole
26.12
lg xERA 4.10
now 0.00
3.44
Shota Imanaga
26.12
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.37
3.75
WHIPlower is better
Gerrit Cole
.9001.41
now 0.71
1.21
Shota Imanaga
.9001.41
now 1.07
1.17

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Gerrit Cole
4091.80
now 12
57
Shota Imanaga
4091.80
now 69
64
Winshigher is better
Gerrit Cole
.0008
now 1
36
Shota Imanaga
.0008
now 4
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyGerrit Cole — buy.conf 0.80
BuyShota Imanaga — buy.conf 0.70
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