MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 27, 2026
Kodai Senga
NYM · P
Change to
Portrait of Tatsuya Imai
Tatsuya Imai
HOU · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Kodai Senga.

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

Kodai Senga wins 2 categories (K, 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
Kodai Senga
96.1
Tatsuya Imai
94.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Kodai Senga
13.3%
Tatsuya Imai
14.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Kodai Senga
25.4%
Tatsuya Imai
28.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Kodai Senga
24.7%
Tatsuya Imai
27.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Kodai Senga
38.2%
Tatsuya Imai
45.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Kodai Senga
13.2%
Tatsuya Imai
8.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Kodai Senga
.356
Tatsuya Imai
.316
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
Kodai Senga
2.148.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 9.00
4.10
Tatsuya Imai
2.148.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.52
4.11
WHIPlower is better
Kodai Senga
1.042.21
now 1.95
1.30
Tatsuya Imai
1.042.21
now 1.36
1.37

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Kodai Senga
4087.40
now 23
69
Tatsuya Imai
4087.40
now 28
53
Winshigher is better
Kodai Senga
.0008.40
now 0
00
Tatsuya Imai
.0008.40
now 2
36

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeKodai Senga — hold.conf 0.55
Hold · steadyTatsuya Imai — hold.conf 0.60
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