MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 1, 2026
Rhett Lowder
CIN · P
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Portrait of Tatsuya Imai
Tatsuya Imai
HOU · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Tatsuya Imai.

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

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

Tatsuya Imai wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Rhett Lowder wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even; SV n/a.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Rhett Lowder
93.4
Tatsuya Imai
94.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Rhett Lowder
9.4%
Tatsuya Imai
13.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Rhett Lowder
18.6%
Tatsuya Imai
27.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Rhett Lowder
26.5%
Tatsuya Imai
26.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Rhett Lowder
39.0%
Tatsuya Imai
45.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Rhett Lowder
9.1%
Tatsuya Imai
11.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Rhett Lowder
.350
Tatsuya Imai
.344
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
Rhett Lowder
4.415.84
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.01
4.86
Tatsuya Imai
4.415.84
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.52
4.73
WHIPlower is better
Rhett Lowder
1.291.54
now 1.45
1.44
Tatsuya Imai
1.291.54
now 1.36
1.47

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Rhett Lowder
4037.60
now 31
29
Tatsuya Imai
4037.60
now 28
32
Winshigher is better
Rhett Lowder
1.204.80
now 3
24
Tatsuya Imai
1.204.80
now 2
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellRhett Lowder — sell.conf 0.90
SellTatsuya Imai — sell.conf 0.84
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