MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 23, 2026
Portrait of Payton Tolle
Payton Tolle
BOS · P
Change to
Portrait of Shota Imanaga
Shota Imanaga
CHC · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Payton Tolle wins 2 (K, ERA); Shota Imanaga wins 2 (WHIP, W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Payton Tolle
96.1
Shota Imanaga
91.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Payton Tolle
13.2%
Shota Imanaga
15.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Payton Tolle
23.8%
Shota Imanaga
24.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Payton Tolle
33.8%
Shota Imanaga
37.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Payton Tolle
34.1%
Shota Imanaga
38.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Payton Tolle
6.7%
Shota Imanaga
10.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Payton Tolle
.269
Shota Imanaga
.299
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
Payton Tolle
25.07
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.61
2.93
Shota Imanaga
25.07
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.37
3.65
WHIPlower is better
Payton Tolle
.9001.38
now 0.90
1.24
Shota Imanaga
.9001.38
now 1.07
1.16

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Payton Tolle
40109
now 46
91
Shota Imanaga
40109
now 69
84
Winshigher is better
Payton Tolle
.0009
now 2
25
Shota Imanaga
.0009
now 4
37

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyPayton Tolle — buy.conf 0.92
BuyShota Imanaga — buy.conf 0.73
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