MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 4, 2026
Portrait of Joe Ryan
Joe Ryan
MIN · P
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Portrait of Shota Imanaga
Shota Imanaga
CHC · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Joe Ryan.

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

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

Joe Ryan wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Shota Imanaga wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Joe Ryan
93.5
Shota Imanaga
91.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Joe Ryan
13.1%
Shota Imanaga
15.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Joe Ryan
27.1%
Shota Imanaga
23.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Joe Ryan
32.3%
Shota Imanaga
36.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Joe Ryan
42.6%
Shota Imanaga
35.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Joe Ryan
11.1%
Shota Imanaga
9.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Joe Ryan
.289
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
Joe Ryan
2.734.84
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.20
3.45
Shota Imanaga
2.734.84
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.37
3.71
WHIPlower is better
Joe Ryan
.9001.21
now 0.97
1.12
Shota Imanaga
.9001.21
now 1.07
1.14

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Joe Ryan
4093.40
now 79
49
Shota Imanaga
4093.40
now 69
43
Winshigher is better
Joe Ryan
1.204.80
now 4
23
Shota Imanaga
1.204.80
now 4
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyJoe Ryan — buy.conf 0.79
BuyShota Imanaga — buy.conf 0.72
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