MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 2, 2026
Portrait of Jesús Luzardo
Jesús Luzardo
PHI · P
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Portrait of Shota Imanaga
Shota Imanaga
CHC · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jesús Luzardo.

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

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

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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Jesús Luzardo
97.0
Shota Imanaga
91.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Jesús Luzardo
14.5%
Shota Imanaga
15.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Jesús Luzardo
29.2%
Shota Imanaga
23.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Jesús Luzardo
33.5%
Shota Imanaga
36.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Jesús Luzardo
31.5%
Shota Imanaga
35.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Jesús Luzardo
5.8%
Shota Imanaga
9.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Jesús Luzardo
.269
Shota Imanaga
.299
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
Jesús Luzardo
2.424.93
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.30
2.98
Shota Imanaga
2.424.93
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.37
3.72
WHIPlower is better
Jesús Luzardo
.9701.41
now 1.31
1.23
Shota Imanaga
.9701.41
now 1.07
1.14

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Jesús Luzardo
4091.20
now 78
51
Shota Imanaga
4091.20
now 69
45
Winshigher is better
Jesús Luzardo
1.204.80
now 4
24
Shota Imanaga
1.204.80
now 4
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowJesús Luzardo — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.78
BuyShota Imanaga — buy.conf 0.71
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