Shota Imanaga or Spencer Schwellenbach

Baseball Stats Comparison

Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Shota Imanaga or Spencer Schwellenbach Player Statistics
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Spencer Schwellenbach SP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	‐

Games Started	14	‐

Innings Pitched	81.0	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	6	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	65	‐

Earned Runs	41	‐

Home Runs Allowed	17	‐

Strikeouts	81	‐

Walks	21	‐

ERA	4.56	‐

WHIP	1.06	‐

Shota Imanaga or Spencer Schwellenbach Player Projections
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Spencer Schwellenbach SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	27	13

Games Started	27	12

Innings Pitched	153.9	77.6

Wins	10	5

Losses	8	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	142	69

Earned Runs	67	29

Home Runs Allowed	27	9

Strikeouts	141	73

Walks	33	16

ERA	3.91	3.38

WHIP	1.14	1.10

Shota Imanaga or Spencer Schwellenbach Player Notes
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Spencer Schwellenbach SP - ATL
News
	Shota Imanaga allowed only two hits and two walks in five scoreless innings on Wednesday in a no-decision against the Rockies. David Leisering Thu, Jun 11th	Braves manager Walt Weiss said Friday that Spencer Schwellenbach is a "long way" from returning this season. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 6th
	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	Spencer Schwellenbach is close to facing hitters in a live batting practice session. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	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	Spencer Schwellenbach began a throwing progression in early May and has progressed to throwing from 75 feet. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 3rd
	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	Spencer Schwellenbach began his throwing program. Ari Koslow 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	Spencer Schwellenbach told reporters he started throwing earlier this week. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
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	Spencer Schwellenbach quietly took another step forward in 2025, pairing a 3.09 ERA and 0.97 WHIP with elite control (4.1% BB%) and strong contact suppression (.217 BAA, .618 OPS against). His batted-ball profile improved year over year, featuring a higher ground-ball rate (47.1%) and a sub-3% HR rate, helping him outperform league averages despite only modest strikeout totals. He missed time with an elbow fracture, and he will start the season on the 60-day IL with elbow inflammation. He is a risky draft pick who could pay off if the injuries don't derail his entire season, but I wouldn't count on it. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros

Shota Imanaga or Spencer Schwellenbach Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC			Spencer Schwellenbach SP - ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (4-4)	#80
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (2-5)	#252	vs KC	Michael Wacha (4-5)	#89
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#198	vs KC	Seth Lugo (2-4)	#107
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#236
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-4)	#52	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-2)	#205
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#139	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#178
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (5-3)	#113	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (5-2)	#116
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (6-3)	#51	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (0-1)	#147
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (6-4)	#20	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-4)	#52
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert		@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#139
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#141	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (2-5)	#33
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3)	#130	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (3-5)	#100
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (5-3)	#31	vs CLE	Parker Messick (6-3)	#51
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (2-7)	#123	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (2-7)	#40
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (8-3)	#4	vs MIA	Eury Perez (3-6)	#111
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-4)	#39	vs MIA	Max Meyer (7-0)	#61
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (5-4)	#11	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)	#315
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-4)	#117	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)	#409
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-5)	#26	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (8-3)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-1)	#188	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-7)	#186
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-4)	#39	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#198
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (5-4)	#11	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (7-2)	#79
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ WSH	Zack Littell (6-5)	#166
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (8-3)	#4	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (4-4)	#80
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (3-4)	#47	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-7)	#186
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-4)	#104	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (5-1)	#9
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (7-2)	#110	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-4)	#39
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-4)	#207
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (4-3)	#212	vs DET	Casey Mize (2-3)	#54
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#311	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (3-3)	#2
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-5)	#76	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (2-5)	#94	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (2-3)	#245
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (5-5)	#95	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (1-7)	#341
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-1)	#400	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (4-4)	#13
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-4)	#97	@ SEA	George Kirby (5-6)	#16
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (2-6)	#151	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (5-5)	#7
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-3)	#184
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#98	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (3-4)	#47
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-6)	#78	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#73
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (5-4)	#6	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (7-2)	#110
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (4-2)	#124	vs CHC	Colin Rea (5-5)	#158
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-1)	#253	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (4-6)	#25
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (8-5)	#5	vs CHC	Ben Brown (3-2)	#30
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (3-4)	#129	vs BOS	Connelly Early (5-5)	#88
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-2)	#67	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (3-3)	#56
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (2-5)	#375	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#165
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (1-4)	#150	@ MIA	Max Meyer (7-0)	#61
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (8-2)	#8	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#134
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-1)	#49	@ MIA	Janson Junk (3-5)	#127
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-2)	#122	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-3)	#211
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (3-5)	#194	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#198
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (5-4)	#217	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (7-2)	#79
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3)	#130
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (5-3)	#31	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#22
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (2-7)	#123	@ BOS	Connelly Early (5-5)	#88
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (6-6)	#3	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (3-3)	#56
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (7-4)	#135	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)	#315
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (5-3)	#136	@ CIN	Brady Singer (2-6)	#151
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (3-3)	#99	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (2-1)	#75
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (2-1)	#118	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-4)	#19
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-7)	#119	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-3)	#246
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (4-3)	#106	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (3-0)	#159
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (4-6)	#93	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (5-4)	#102
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (5-7)	#70	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (5-3)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (2-4)	#138	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (1-1)	#164
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (7-4)	#434	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (1-0)	#213
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (2-8)	#363	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-2)	#67
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (2-2)	#425
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (5-7)	#70	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (3-4)	#37
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (2-4)	#138	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (1-2)	#91
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (4-4)	#14	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-5)	#26
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (2-8)	#363
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (2-2)	#425	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#191
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL			vs SF	Robbie Ray (4-6)	#93
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-4)	#19	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (8-2)	#8
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-3)	#246	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-1)	#49
Sun, Jun 21st	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (3-3)	#10	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (0-3)	#170
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (3-4)	#37	@ SD	Michael King (4-5)	#41
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-4)	#117	@ SD
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM			@ SD
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL			@ SF
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL			@ SF
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL			@ SF
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD			vs STL
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD			vs STL
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL			vs NYM
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL			vs NYM
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL			vs NYM
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL			@ PIT
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL			@ PIT
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL			@ PIT
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN			@ STL
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN			@ STL
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN			@ STL
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN			vs TEX
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN			vs TEX
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN			vs TEX
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET			vs SD
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET			vs SD
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET			vs SD
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT			@ BAL
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT			@ BAL
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT			@ BAL
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL			@ NYM
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL			@ NYM
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL			@ NYM
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL			vs WSH
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)	#42
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (2-5)	#94
Sat, Apr 4th				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#58
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (3-5)	#28
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (6-4)	#62
Thu, Jun 18th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (5-7)	#70
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs STL
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIA
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-1)	#174
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB