MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 23, 2026
Portrait of Luis Castillo
Luis Castillo
SEA · P
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Portrait of Tatsuya Imai
Tatsuya Imai
HOU · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Tatsuya Imai.

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

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

Tatsuya Imai wins 3 categories (ERA, WHIP, W); Luis Castillo wins 1 (K); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Luis Castillo
95.2
Tatsuya Imai
95.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Luis Castillo
13.2%
Tatsuya Imai
13.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Luis Castillo
21.8%
Tatsuya Imai
26.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Luis Castillo
32.0%
Tatsuya Imai
27.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Luis Castillo
44.7%
Tatsuya Imai
44.8%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Luis Castillo
9.7%
Tatsuya Imai
8.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Luis Castillo
.333
Tatsuya Imai
.330
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
Luis Castillo
3.586.09
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.53
4.44
Tatsuya Imai
3.586.09
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.52
4.14
WHIPlower is better
Luis Castillo
1.251.52
now 1.45
1.34
Tatsuya Imai
1.251.52
now 1.36
1.32

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Luis Castillo
40106.40
now 56
84
Tatsuya Imai
40106.40
now 28
58
Winshigher is better
Luis Castillo
.4007.60
now 2
24
Tatsuya Imai
.4007.60
now 2
36

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellLuis Castillo — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · wait & seeTatsuya Imai — hold.conf 0.50
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