MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Hunter Dobbins
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

Hunter Dobbins.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — 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

Hunter Dobbins wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Tatsuya Imai wins 1 (W); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Hunter Dobbins
94.6
Tatsuya Imai
94.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Hunter Dobbins
10.3%
Tatsuya Imai
14.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Hunter Dobbins
22.5%
Tatsuya Imai
27.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Hunter Dobbins
26.6%
Tatsuya Imai
27.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Hunter Dobbins
39.2%
Tatsuya Imai
45.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Hunter Dobbins
7.2%
Tatsuya Imai
9.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Hunter Dobbins
.307
Tatsuya Imai
.335
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
Hunter Dobbins
3.326.15
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.50
3.95
Tatsuya Imai
3.326.15
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.52
4.54
WHIPlower is better
Hunter Dobbins
1.291.52
now 1.38
1.39
Tatsuya Imai
1.291.52
now 1.36
1.45

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Hunter Dobbins
4036
now 8
9
Tatsuya Imai
4036
now 28
9
Winshigher is better
Hunter Dobbins
.0002.80
now 0
00
Tatsuya Imai
.0002.80
now 2
01

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyHunter Dobbins — hold.conf 0.60
SellTatsuya Imai — sell.conf 0.75
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