MLB Daily DeltaWeek 14 · June 30, 2026
Portrait of Shota Imanaga
Shota Imanaga
CHC · P
Change to
Portrait of Sonny Gray
Sonny Gray
BOS · 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

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

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Shota Imanaga
91.8
Sonny Gray
91.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Shota Imanaga
15.5%
Sonny Gray
11.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Shota Imanaga
23.8%
Sonny Gray
22.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Shota Imanaga
37.0%
Sonny Gray
33.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Shota Imanaga
37.3%
Sonny Gray
37.0%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Shota Imanaga
11.0%
Sonny Gray
6.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Shota Imanaga
.299
Sonny Gray
.296
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
Shota Imanaga
2.544.89
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.37
3.65
Sonny Gray
2.544.89
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.06
3.58
WHIPlower is better
Shota Imanaga
11.30
now 1.07
1.15
Sonny Gray
11.30
now 1.20
1.23

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Shota Imanaga
4091.40
now 69
77
Sonny Gray
4091.40
now 41
59
Winshigher is better
Shota Imanaga
.00015.60
now 4
36
Sonny Gray
.00015.60
now 6
512

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

If you already own them — trade angle
BuyShota Imanaga — buy.conf 0.73
Sell HighSonny Gray — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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