MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Michael Soroka
Michael Soroka
AZ · 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); Michael Soroka wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Michael Soroka
93.7
Shota Imanaga
91.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Michael Soroka
11.0%
Shota Imanaga
14.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Michael Soroka
23.7%
Shota Imanaga
23.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Michael Soroka
33.6%
Shota Imanaga
36.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Michael Soroka
34.1%
Shota Imanaga
35.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Michael Soroka
8.6%
Shota Imanaga
9.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Michael Soroka
.309
Shota Imanaga
.296
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
Michael Soroka
2.804.82
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.25
3.98
Shota Imanaga
2.804.82
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.37
3.63
WHIPlower is better
Michael Soroka
11.27
now 1.20
1.19
Shota Imanaga
11.27
now 1.07
1.17

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Michael Soroka
4078.20
now 60
46
Shota Imanaga
4078.20
now 69
49
Winshigher is better
Michael Soroka
.00010.40
now 7
48
Shota Imanaga
.00010.40
now 4
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyMichael Soroka — hold.conf 0.60
BuyShota Imanaga — buy.conf 0.74
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