MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Reid Detmers
Reid Detmers
LAA · P
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Portrait of Shota Imanaga
Shota Imanaga
CHC · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Reid Detmers.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and ERA. Shota Imanaga’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

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

Reid Detmers wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Shota Imanaga wins 1 (W); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Reid Detmers
94.1
Shota Imanaga
91.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Reid Detmers
14.3%
Shota Imanaga
15.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Reid Detmers
28.4%
Shota Imanaga
23.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Reid Detmers
32.8%
Shota Imanaga
35.3%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Reid Detmers
37.4%
Shota Imanaga
36.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Reid Detmers
7.4%
Shota Imanaga
9.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Reid Detmers
.277
Shota Imanaga
.302
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
Reid Detmers
2.595.21
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.63
3.17
Shota Imanaga
2.595.21
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.37
3.81
WHIPlower is better
Reid Detmers
11.25
now 1.18
1.13
Shota Imanaga
11.25
now 1.07
1.13

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Reid Detmers
40109.60
now 82
16
Shota Imanaga
40109.60
now 69
13
Winshigher is better
Reid Detmers
.0005.60
now 2
01
Shota Imanaga
.0005.60
now 4
01

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyReid Detmers — buy.conf 0.88
Hold · leans buyShota Imanaga — hold.conf 0.60
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