Bryce Elder or Shota Imanaga

Baseball Stats Comparison

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News & Notes
Schedule

Bryce Elder or Shota Imanaga Player Statistics
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Bryce Elder SP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	11	11

Games Started	11	11

Innings Pitched	64.2	68.2

Wins	4	4

Losses	5	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	52	47

Earned Runs	30	15

Home Runs Allowed	10	5

Strikeouts	67	60

Walks	17	21

ERA	4.18	1.97

WHIP	1.07	0.99

Bryce Elder or Shota Imanaga Player Projections
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Bryce Elder SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	27	25

Games Started	27	20

Innings Pitched	153.9	119.2

Wins	10	7

Losses	8	7

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	142	124

Earned Runs	67	58

Home Runs Allowed	27	15

Strikeouts	141	98

Walks	33	40

ERA	3.91	4.41

WHIP	1.14	1.37

Bryce Elder or Shota Imanaga Player Notes
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Bryce Elder SP - ATL
News
	Shota Imanaga allowed seven runs on seven hits in six innings on Sunday as the Cubs suffered an 8-5 loss to the Astros. David Leisering Mon, May 25th	Bryce Elder allowed just one run on five hits and one walk while striking out four over six innings in Friday's 5-4 win over the Nationals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, May 23rd
	Shota Imanaga allowed eight runs on nine hits in 4.1 innings on Monday as the Cubs dropped a 9-3 decision to the Brewers. David Leisering Tue, May 19th	Bryce Elder allowed three runs on seven hits and no walks while striking out three over eight innings in Saturday's 3-2 loss to the Red Sox. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, May 17th
	Shota Imanaga allowed two runs on five hits in seven strong innings on Wednesday, but was outdueled by the Braves' staff in a 4-1 loss. David Leisering Thu, May 14th	Bryce Elder will make his next start on Saturday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
	Shota Imanaga struck out 10 batters over six strong innings on Thursday, lifting the Cubs to an 8-3 win over Cincinnati. David Leisering Fri, May 8th	Bryce Elder allowed no runs on one hit and four walks while striking out eight over 5 2/3 innings in Sunday's 7-2 win over the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, May 11th
	Shota Imanaga went seven scoreless innings on Saturday, allowing only four hits while walking one and striking out five, as the Cubs blanked the Diamondbacks, 2-0. David Leisering Sat, May 2nd	Bryce Elder allowed two runs on only two hits and three walks while racking up nine strikeouts over six innings in Tuesday's 3-2 win over the Mariners. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, May 6th
Notes
	Shota Imanaga followed up a brilliant 2024 debut (2.91 ERA, 25.1% K rate, 4.0% BB rate) with a more volatile 2025 campaign, as his ERA climbed to 3.73 and his strikeout rate dipped to 20.6%. While he continued to limit walks at an elite clip (4.6% BB%) and suppress batting average (.218 BAA), a spike in home run rate (5.5% HR%) and hard-hit contact (43.9%) led to a sharp jump in FIP (4.86). Fantasy managers should view Imanaga as a mild faller entering 2026 drafts, though his strong command and projected workload stability keep him firmly in SP3 territory if the homer regression stabilizes. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros

Bryce Elder or Shota Imanaga Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC			Bryce Elder SP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)	#30
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (1-3)	#215	vs KC	Michael Wacha (4-2)	#81
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#175	vs KC	Seth Lugo (2-4)	#107
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-2)	#198
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (6-3)	#39	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-2)	#183
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#152	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-5)	#118
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (2-3)	#84
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-2)	#88	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1)	#116
Sat, Apr 4th				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (6-2)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (6-1)	#51	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (0-1)	#117
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (5-2)	#19	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (6-3)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert		@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#152
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#159	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (1-5)	#48
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3)	#105	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (3-5)	#112
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (4-2)	#47	vs CLE	Parker Messick (6-1)	#51
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (1-6)	#127	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (0-7)	#37
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (5-2)	#3	vs MIA	Eury Perez (3-6)	#63
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-4)	#41	vs MIA	Max Meyer (5-0)	#72
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (4-4)	#10	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-6)	#308
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-4)	#137	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)	#373
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (3-4)	#24	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (5-2)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-1)	#180	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-5)	#163
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-4)	#41	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#175
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (4-4)	#10	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (6-2)	#94
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ WSH	Zack Littell (4-4)	#170
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (5-2)	#3	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (3-3)	#97
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (3-1)	#45	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-5)	#163
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-3)	#126	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (4-0)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (6-2)	#140	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-4)	#41
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (3-2)	#217	vs DET	Casey Mize (2-3)	#55
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#295	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (3-2)	#4
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (2-3)	#25
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-4)	#58	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (2-3)	#84	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (2-3)	#258
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (5-3)	#95	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (1-6)	#296
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (0-0)	#361	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (2-4)	#13
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-2)	#100	@ SEA	George Kirby (5-4)	#15
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (2-4)	#136	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (4-3)	#8
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#96	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (3-1)	#45
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (2-4)	#74	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#59
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (3-4)	#9	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (6-2)	#140
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (3-2)	#123	vs CHC	Colin Rea (4-3)	#134
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-1)	#241	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (4-5)	#23
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (7-3)	#5	vs CHC	Ben Brown (1-2)	#56
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (2-3)	#151	vs BOS	Connelly Early (4-2)	#102
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (7-1)	#80	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (2-2)	#91
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (0-5)	#417	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-5)	#144
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (1-3)	#139	@ MIA	Max Meyer (5-0)	#72
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (5-2)	#21	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#148
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (6-1)	#57	@ MIA	Janson Junk (3-5)	#120
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (3-4)	#61
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (6-1)	#122	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-2)	#216
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (3-3)	#169	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#175
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (3-4)	#189	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (6-2)	#94
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (4-2)	#47	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#27
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (1-6)	#127	@ BOS	Connelly Early (4-2)	#102
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (6-4)	#2	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (2-2)	#91
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (5-3)	#164	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-6)	#308
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (5-4)	#146	@ CIN	Brady Singer (2-4)	#136
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (2-3)	#119	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (1-1)	#65
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (0-1)	#225	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-3)	#22
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-5)	#115	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-1)	#226
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-5)	#118	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (2-2)	#44
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (3-6)	#75	vs PIT	Jared Jones	#77
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF			vs PIT
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF			vs PIT
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL			@ CWS
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL			@ CWS
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL			@ CWS
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF			@ NYM
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF			@ NYM
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF			@ NYM
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL			vs SF
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL			vs SF
Thu, Jun 18th				vs SF
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR			vs MIL
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR			vs MIL
Sun, Jun 21st	vs TOR			vs MIL
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ NYM			@ SD
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM			@ SD
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM			@ SD
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL			@ SF
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL			@ SF
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL			@ SF
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD			vs STL
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD			vs STL
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs STL
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL			vs NYM
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL			vs NYM
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL			vs NYM
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL			@ PIT
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL			@ PIT
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL			@ PIT
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN			@ STL
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN			@ STL
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN			@ STL
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN			vs TEX
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN			vs TEX
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN			vs TEX
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET			vs SD
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET			vs SD
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET			vs SD
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT			@ BAL
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT			@ BAL
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT			@ BAL
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL			@ NYM
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL			@ NYM
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL			@ NYM
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL			vs WSH
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (3-3)	#97
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (5-3)	#186
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-3)	#222
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3)	#105
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL