Chris Sale or Shota Imanaga

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News & Notes
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Chris Sale or Shota Imanaga Player Statistics
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	23

Games Started	20	23

Innings Pitched	117.0	132.2

Wins	12	8

Losses	6	9

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	93	116

Earned Runs	27	54

Home Runs Allowed	8	25

Strikeouts	143	125

Walks	26	29

ERA	2.08	3.66

WHIP	1.02	1.09

Chris Sale or Shota Imanaga Player Projections
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	27

Games Started	26	27

Innings Pitched	156.7	153.9

Wins	11	10

Losses	6	8

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	130	142

Earned Runs	55	67

Home Runs Allowed	16	27

Strikeouts	188	141

Walks	41	33

ERA	3.13	3.91

WHIP	1.09	1.14

Chris Sale or Shota Imanaga Player Notes
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC
News
	Chris Sale is no longer starting on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Shota Imanaga allowed one run on eight hits and no walks while striking out six across five innings in Wednesday's 7-6 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Aug 5th
	Chris Sale allowed only two hits and no walks while striking out nine over six innings in Wednesday night's 1-0 win against the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 29th	Shota Imanaga allowed two runs on four hits and no walks while striking out six across 6.2 innings in Friday's 2-0 loss to the New York Yankees. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 31st
	Chris Sale gave up three runs on five hits and a walk while striking out 11 over six innings in Thursday's 6-5 win against the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 23rd	Shota Imanaga allowed no runs on four hits and one walk while striking out four across six innings in Saturday's 11-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th
	Chris Sale allowed no runs on just two hits zero walks while striking out six across seven innings in Friday's 15-1 win over the Rangers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jul 18th	Shota Imanaga allowed six hits and one walk while striking out four over seven scoreless innings in Sunday's 10-1 win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th
	Braves left-hander Chris Sale will start on Friday versus the Rangers. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	Shota Imanaga allowed one run on seven hits and a walk while striking out five across five innings in Friday's 4-0 loss to the Cincinnati Reds. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
Notes
	Chris Sale was absolutely cruising along in 2025, looking like a Cy Young candidate, before a fractured rib injury put him on the shelf from mid-June until the end of August. In 125 2/3 innings, he had a 2.58 ERA with 165 strikeouts and a 1.07 WHIP. His 32.4% strikeout rate and 5.16 K/BB rate remained elite, even in his age-36 season. It can be hard to trust power pitchers into their late 30s, but his return in August showed no lingering effects of the rib injury or indicated a pitcher on the decline. Sale is worthy of SP1 consideration, and fantasy managers can reasonably expect him to throw around 160+ innings at age 37. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros	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

Chris Sale or Shota Imanaga Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chris Sale SP - ATL			Shota Imanaga SP - CHC
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#305
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#337
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#184
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#356
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#280	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#362
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#217	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#355	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#162	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#95	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#202	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#165	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#201
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#437
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ BOS
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Mon, May 25th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Tue, Jun 16th				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Tue, Jul 28th				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL