Paul Skenes or Tatsuya Imai

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Paul Skenes or Tatsuya Imai Player Statistics
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	24	16

Games Started	24	15

Innings Pitched	129.2	61.2

Wins	9	6

Losses	10	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	111	50

Earned Runs	60	38

Home Runs Allowed	13	9

Strikeouts	162	77

Walks	36	40

ERA	4.16	5.55

WHIP	1.13	1.46

Paul Skenes or Tatsuya Imai Player Projections
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	31	26

Games Started	31	26

Innings Pitched	186.8	148.0

Wins	13	8

Losses	8	8

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	145	135

Earned Runs	55	70

Home Runs Allowed	15	19

Strikeouts	220	148

Walks	47	62

ERA	2.67	4.26

WHIP	1.03	1.34

Paul Skenes or Tatsuya Imai Player Notes
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU
News
	Paul Skenes allowed three runs on two hits over five innings with six strikeouts and four walks in a loss on Wednesday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 6th	Astros manager Joe Espada said Tatsuya Imai will be moved to the bullpen. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Paul Skenes allowed five runs on seven hits over four innings with seven strikeouts and four walks in a no-decision on Friday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	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
	Paul Skenes allowed five runs on six hits over 5 1/3 innings with 11 strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Saturday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	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
	Paul Skenes allowed one run on seven hits over seven innings with eight strikeouts and two walks in a win on Sunday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	Tatsuya Imai will start on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Paul Skenes will start on Sunday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	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
Notes
	Paul Skenes lived up to the hype in 2025, overpowering hitters with elite velocity and swing-and-miss stuff while maintaining strong run prevention in his first extended MLB action. Sure, his record was 10-10, and he probably could have been a 20-game winner on almost any other team. His 2026 projections remain aggressive on strikeouts and ratios, and he is expected to pitch almost 200 innings after throwing 187 in 2025. The year-over-year takeaway is how quickly his command stabilized, limiting walks more than expected for a power arm. Skenes profiles as a high-impact fantasy SP1 whose value is driven by dominance rather than volume alone. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros	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

Paul Skenes or Tatsuya Imai Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT			Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#311
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#104	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#281
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#160	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#334	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#330
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#331
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#186	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#88
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#264
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#305
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#404	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#211	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#245	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#165
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Mon, May 4th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Mon, May 18th				@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#218
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286
Fri, Jul 10th				@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283
Fri, Jul 17th				vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108
Tue, Jul 21st				vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#148
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st				vs CWS