MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 19, 2026
Portrait of Nathan Eovaldi
Nathan Eovaldi
TEX · 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); Nathan Eovaldi wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Nathan Eovaldi
94.7
Shota Imanaga
91.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Nathan Eovaldi
16.3%
Shota Imanaga
15.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Nathan Eovaldi
25.9%
Shota Imanaga
24.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Nathan Eovaldi
36.8%
Shota Imanaga
37.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Nathan Eovaldi
40.0%
Shota Imanaga
36.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Nathan Eovaldi
8.1%
Shota Imanaga
10.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Nathan Eovaldi
.308
Shota Imanaga
.301
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
Nathan Eovaldi
3.494.62
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.93
3.93
Shota Imanaga
3.494.62
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.37
3.74
WHIPlower is better
Nathan Eovaldi
11.25
now 1.11
1.18
Shota Imanaga
11.25
now 1.07
1.17

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Nathan Eovaldi
49.4074.60
now 67
55
Shota Imanaga
49.4074.60
now 69
57
Winshigher is better
Nathan Eovaldi
.4007.60
now 5
36
Shota Imanaga
.4007.60
now 4
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans buyNathan Eovaldi — hold.conf 0.60
BuyShota Imanaga — buy.conf 0.71
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