MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 20, 2026
Mick Abel
MIN · P
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Portrait of Tatsuya Imai
Tatsuya Imai
HOU · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Mick Abel.

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

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Mick Abel
94.8
Tatsuya Imai
94.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Mick Abel
14.3%
Tatsuya Imai
12.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Mick Abel
24.7%
Tatsuya Imai
23.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Mick Abel
33.1%
Tatsuya Imai
25.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Mick Abel
40.4%
Tatsuya Imai
45.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Mick Abel
5.3%
Tatsuya Imai
8.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Mick Abel
.350
Tatsuya Imai
.345
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
Mick Abel
3.366.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.98
4.10
Tatsuya Imai
3.366.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.52
4.17
WHIPlower is better
Mick Abel
1.191.68
now 1.57
1.30
Tatsuya Imai
1.191.68
now 1.36
1.33

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Mick Abel
4094.40
now 23
74
Tatsuya Imai
4094.40
now 28
63
Winshigher is better
Mick Abel
.0009.40
now 1
25
Tatsuya Imai
.0009.40
now 2
37

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeMick Abel — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeTatsuya Imai — hold.conf 0.50
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