MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 22, 2026
JP Sears
SD · 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, ERA, and WHIP.

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

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
JP Sears
93.0
Shota Imanaga
91.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
JP Sears
9.8%
Shota Imanaga
15.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
JP Sears
19.2%
Shota Imanaga
23.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
JP Sears
25.4%
Shota Imanaga
36.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
JP Sears
48.0%
Shota Imanaga
36.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
JP Sears
9.3%
Shota Imanaga
9.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
JP Sears
.338
Shota Imanaga
.300
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
JP Sears
2.704.85
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.18
4.10
Shota Imanaga
2.704.85
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.37
3.75
WHIPlower is better
JP Sears
.9801.39
now 1.24
1.30
Shota Imanaga
.9801.39
now 1.07
1.17

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
JP Sears
4094.60
now 5
39
Shota Imanaga
4094.60
now 69
55
Winshigher is better
JP Sears
.00015
now 1
511
Shota Imanaga
.00015
now 4
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighJP Sears — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.75
BuyShota Imanaga — buy.conf 0.70
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