Paul Blackburn or Shota Imanaga

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Paul Blackburn or Shota Imanaga Player Statistics
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	23	41

Games Started	23	2

Innings Pitched	132.2	62.1

Wins	8	3

Losses	9	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	2

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	116	42

Earned Runs	54	14

Home Runs Allowed	25	6

Strikeouts	125	50

Walks	29	23

ERA	3.66	2.02

WHIP	1.09	1.04

Paul Blackburn or Shota Imanaga Player Projections
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	27	43

Games Started	27	3

Innings Pitched	153.9	61.4

Wins	10	3

Losses	8	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	8

Hits Allowed	142	62

Earned Runs	67	31

Home Runs Allowed	27	8

Strikeouts	141	52

Walks	33	20

ERA	3.91	4.55

WHIP	1.14	1.33

Paul Blackburn or Shota Imanaga Player Notes
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY
News
	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	Paul Blackburn will start for the Yankees on Thursday in a bullpen game. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	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	The Yankees say Paul Blackburn will start on Thursday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th
	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
	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
	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
	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

Paul Blackburn or Shota Imanaga Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC			Paul Blackburn SP,RP - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th				vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#305	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#337	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#203
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#184	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#356	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#197
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#362	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Sun, Jun 21st				vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#396
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#329
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#172
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#160
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#437	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th				@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL