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

Grayson Rodriguez.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and wins. 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

Grayson Rodriguez wins 2 categories (K, W); Tatsuya Imai 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
Grayson Rodriguez
96.1
Tatsuya Imai
94.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Grayson Rodriguez
10.7%
Tatsuya Imai
13.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Grayson Rodriguez
17.3%
Tatsuya Imai
27.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Grayson Rodriguez
25.5%
Tatsuya Imai
26.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Grayson Rodriguez
52.4%
Tatsuya Imai
45.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Grayson Rodriguez
11.6%
Tatsuya Imai
11.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Grayson Rodriguez
.414
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
Grayson Rodriguez
3.618.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 7.53
6.58
Tatsuya Imai
3.618.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.52
4.73
WHIPlower is better
Grayson Rodriguez
1.241.79
now 1.67
1.47
Tatsuya Imai
1.241.79
now 1.36
1.47

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Grayson Rodriguez
4053.20
now 14
42
Tatsuya Imai
4053.20
now 28
32
Winshigher is better
Grayson Rodriguez
.0009
now 2
37
Tatsuya Imai
.0009
now 2
23

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellGrayson Rodriguez — sell.conf 0.90
SellTatsuya Imai — sell.conf 0.84
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