DJ Herz or Tatsuya Imai

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DJ Herz or Tatsuya Imai Player Statistics
	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU	DJ Herz SP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	16	‐

Games Started	15	‐

Innings Pitched	61.2	‐

Wins	6	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	50	‐

Earned Runs	38	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	77	‐

Walks	40	‐

ERA	5.55	‐

WHIP	1.46	‐

DJ Herz or Tatsuya Imai Player Projections
	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU	DJ Herz SP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	18

Games Started	26	2

Innings Pitched	148.0	32.5

Wins	8	2

Losses	8	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	135	27

Earned Runs	70	15

Home Runs Allowed	19	3

Strikeouts	148	31

Walks	62	13

ERA	4.26	4.17

WHIP	1.34	1.24

DJ Herz or Tatsuya Imai Player Notes
	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU	DJ Herz SP - WSH
News
	Astros manager Joe Espada said Tatsuya Imai will be moved to the bullpen. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	DJ Herz threw a live batting practice session on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Tatsuya Imai allowed two earned runs on one hit and four walks while striking out one over 2/3 of an inning in Monday’s win over the Angels. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 28th	DJ Herz threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Tatsuya Imai allowed one earned run on four hits and three walks while striking out eight over six innings in Tuesday’s win over the Marlins. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	Nationals left-hander DJ Herz (elbow) is progressing with throwing activity as tolerated at the team's spring complex in Florida. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th
	Tatsuya Imai will start on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	DJ Herz underwent an MRI that showed a flexor muscle strain. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Tatsuya Imai allowed two earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out three over 3 2/3 innings in Tuesday’s win over the Nationals. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th	DJ Herz will not make his scheduled rehab start on Sunday and could be shut down for multiple weeks. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
Notes
	His low three-quarters slot borders on sidearm and creates a unique approach angle to the plate that adds deception and keeps hitters off balance. He throws four pitches, but his primary mix consists of a four-seam fastball, slider and splitter. The four-seamer sits 95-97 mph, touching 98-99 at peak with a flat plane of approach and heavy armside run. His fastball is particularly effective when located in the upper third of the zone and has been successful at generating swings and misses.Imai's best pitch is his slider, which is his primary swing-and-miss weapon. The gyro slider sits 85-87 mph, touching 88-89 with late downshift that creates unique armside movement. The combination of Imai's low arm slot, above-average velocity and late armside break make his slider a unique offering. The splitter is Imai's third pitch, and it features good vertical separation off the fastball. It gets heavy armside run, working as a swing-and-miss pitch against lefthanded hitters. Imai also threw a curveball around 2% of the time in 2025 that featured spin rates in the 2,500-2,600 rpm range and around 8-9 inches of sweep. There's also a real possibility the Astros add a sweeper to his arsenal. Chris Welsh - FantasyPros

DJ Herz or Tatsuya Imai Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU			DJ Herz SP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#311	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#95
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#145
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#281	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Wed, Apr 29th				@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Thu, May 7th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#218	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#330	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#373
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#186
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#331	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#88	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#307
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#172
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#305	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#265
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Thu, Aug 6th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#165	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#245
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#148
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH