Michael Wacha or Shota Imanaga

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Michael Wacha or Shota Imanaga Player Statistics
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Michael Wacha SP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	13	13

Games Started	13	13

Innings Pitched	76.0	81.0

Wins	4	4

Losses	6	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	63	66

Earned Runs	41	31

Home Runs Allowed	17	9

Strikeouts	74	67

Walks	19	26

ERA	4.86	3.44

WHIP	1.08	1.14

Michael Wacha or Shota Imanaga Player Projections
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Michael Wacha SP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	27	29

Games Started	27	29

Innings Pitched	153.9	164.5

Wins	10	10

Losses	8	10

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	142	162

Earned Runs	67	75

Home Runs Allowed	27	22

Strikeouts	141	128

Walks	33	48

ERA	3.91	4.13

WHIP	1.14	1.28

Michael Wacha or Shota Imanaga Player Notes
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Michael Wacha SP - KC
News
	Shota Imanaga allowed six runs on six hits - four of which were home runs - in six innings on Thursday in a no-decision against the Athletics. David Leisering Fri, Jun 5th	Michael Wacha allowed four earned runs on eight hits and no walks while striking out two over 5.2 innings in Friday's loss to the Twins. Chase Davis Sat, Jun 6th
	Shota Imanaga allowed five runs on five hits - including three home runs - in 5.1 innings on Friday as the Cubs suffered a 6-5 loss to the Cardinals. David Leisering Sat, May 30th	Michael Wacha allowed six earned runs on eight hits and four walks while striking out five over five innings in Sunday's loss to the Rangers. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 1st
	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	Michael Wacha allowed two earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out five over seven innings in Monday's loss to the Yankees. Chase Davis Tue, May 26th
	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	Michael Wacha allowed one earned run on six hits and two walks while striking out eight over six innings in Wednesday's 4-3 loss to the Red Sox. Chase Davis Thu, May 21st
	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	Michael Wacha allowed three earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out five over six innings in Friday's loss to the Cardinals. Chase Davis Sat, May 16th
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

Michael Wacha or Shota Imanaga Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC			Michael Wacha SP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (8-4)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (1-5)	#270	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (3-1)	#122
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#205	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (4-2)	#127
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7)	#296
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (4-3)	#16
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (5-2)	#67
Sat, Apr 4th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (2-1)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (6-2)	#54	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (7-1)	#52
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (6-3)	#22	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (1-7)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (9-3)	#31
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#157	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-3)	#109
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (5-1)	#200
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3)	#128	vs CWS	Davis Martin (8-2)	#84
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (5-3)	#35	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (1-5)	#405
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (2-7)	#121	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (1-0)	#47
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-4)	#34	@ DET	Framber Valdez (3-4)	#26
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (4-4)	#9	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (1-7)	#64
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (2-4)	#193
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-4)	#124	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (7-3)	#37
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (4-4)	#25	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-1)	#68
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-1)	#190	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (2-4)	#81
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-4)	#34	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (3-7)	#41
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (4-4)	#9	vs BAL	Shane Baz (3-6)	#77
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#125
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (3-3)	#49	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-3)	#103	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (3-4)	#404
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (7-2)	#114	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (2-5)	#44
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (3-3)	#202	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-2)	#212
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#376	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#168
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-6)	#123
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-5)	#72	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (5-4)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (2-4)	#95	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (4-2)	#88
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (5-4)	#98	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (2-5)	#43
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (0-0)	#407	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (1-7)	#46
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-3)	#93	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (9-3)	#31
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (2-6)	#160	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-3)	#109
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-3)	#186	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (3-5)	#99
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#104	vs DET	Keider Montero (2-4)	#193
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-5)	#75	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (5-4)	#7	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (4-2)	#127	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (1-5)	#405
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-1)	#239	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (2-4)	#220
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (8-4)	#5	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (5-1)	#200
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (3-3)	#126	@ STL	Dustin May (3-6)	#70
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (8-2)	#84	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (5-3)	#149
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (1-5)	#405	@ STL	Andre Pallante (6-4)	#151
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (1-4)	#156	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (7-1)	#30
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (7-2)	#12	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#27
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (7-1)	#52	vs BOS	Connelly Early (5-3)	#91
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-1)	#134	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (4-4)	#13
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (3-4)	#195	vs SEA	George Kirby (5-5)	#17
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (5-4)	#217	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (5-4)	#6
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3)	#128	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-1)	#68
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (5-3)	#35	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (7-3)	#37
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (2-7)	#121	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (1-1)	#24
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (6-4)	#151	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (4-5)	#53
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (5-3)	#149	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#104
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (3-3)	#102	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-5)	#75
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (2-1)	#129	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-3)	#93
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-6)	#123	@ CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#23
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (3-3)	#118	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (1-2)	#184
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (4-6)	#79	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (2-3)	#78
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (5-6)	#71	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (4-3)	#16
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (2-3)	#148	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-4)	#116
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (5-4)	#433	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (5-6)	#19
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (2-8)	#429	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (4-5)	#53
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (2-1)	#430	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#104
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (5-6)	#71	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (3-3)	#141
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (2-3)	#148	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (3-8)	#132
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (3-4)	#10	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (2-8)	#429	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (1-0)	#174
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (2-1)	#430	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (7-2)	#87
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL			@ WSH	Zack Littell (6-4)	#153
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR			vs STL
Sun, Jun 21st	vs TOR			vs STL
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ NYM			@ TB
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM			@ TB
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM			@ TB
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM			@ TB
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL			@ CWS
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL			@ CWS
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL			@ CWS
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD			vs TB
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD			vs TB
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL			vs PHI
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL			vs PHI
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL			@ NYM
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL			@ NYM
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL			@ NYM
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN			@ BAL
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN			@ BAL
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN			@ BAL
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN			vs SD
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN			vs SD
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN			vs SD
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET			vs SF
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET			vs SF
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET			vs SF
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT			@ DET
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT			@ DET
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT			@ DET
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL			@ MIN
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL			@ MIN
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL			@ MIN
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY			@ COL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			@ COL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (3-4)	#83
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (7-4)	#51
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-3)	#109
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (7-2)	#3
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (7-2)	#3
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (5-4)	#189
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL