Shota Imanaga or Zebby Matthews

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Shota Imanaga or Zebby Matthews Player Statistics
	Shota Imanaga SP - FA	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	32	23

Games Started	32	23

Innings Pitched	174.1	130.1

Wins	11	9

Losses	10	11

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	154	125

Earned Runs	74	71

Home Runs Allowed	35	24

Strikeouts	174	116

Walks	37	39

ERA	3.82	4.90

WHIP	1.10	1.26

Shota Imanaga or Zebby Matthews Player Projections
	Shota Imanaga SP - FA	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	27	28

Games Started	27	18

Innings Pitched	153.9	104.0

Wins	10	6

Losses	8	6

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	142	104

Earned Runs	67	48

Home Runs Allowed	27	15

Strikeouts	141	102

Walks	33	27

ERA	3.91	4.12

WHIP	1.14	1.26

Shota Imanaga or Zebby Matthews Player Notes
	Shota Imanaga SP - FA	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN
News
	Shota Imanaga allowed one run on four hits and no walks while striking out seven across five innings in Tuesday's 8-2 loss to the Miami Marlins. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Sep 23rd	Zebby Matthews has been diagnosed with a flexor pronator strain in his right elbow. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 29th
	Shota Imanaga allowed one run on four hits and no walks while striking out eight across six innings in Wednesday's 8-4 victory over the Atlanta Braves. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Sep 17th	Zebby Matthews allowed five earned runs on eight hits and no walks while striking out nine over five innings in Monday's 5-2 loss to the Giants. Matthew Adam Tue, Sep 22nd
	Shota Imanaga allowed two runs on five hits and two walks while striking out four across six innings in Friday's 12-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Sep 12th	Zebby Matthews tossed six scoreless innings but still had to settle for a no-decision in Wednesday's 5-4 win over the Yankees in 13 innings. Matthew Adam Thu, Sep 17th
	Shota Imanaga allowed six runs on eight hits over five innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a loss on Sunday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 31st	Zebby Matthews allowed five earned runs on two hits and four walks while striking out two over 2.1 innings in Wednesday's 7-2 loss to the Tigers. Matthew Adam Thu, Sep 10th
	Shota Imanaga allowed four runs on six hits and no walks while striking out five across 4.2 innings in Tuesday's 8-6 victory over the Washington Nationals. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Aug 12th	Zebby Matthews allowed four earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out four over five innings in Friday's 4-1 loss to the White Sox. Matthew Adam Sat, Sep 5th
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

Shota Imanaga or Zebby Matthews Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shota Imanaga SP - FA	Zebby Matthews SP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#42
Sat, Mar 28th		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Sun, Mar 29th		@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#85
Mon, Mar 30th		@ KC	Kris Bubic (4-2)	#74
Wed, Apr 1st		@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Thu, Apr 2nd		@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd		vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)
Sat, Apr 4th		vs TB	Steven Matz (6-6)	#201
Sun, Apr 5th		vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-6)	#208
Mon, Apr 6th		vs DET	Casey Mize (6-10)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th		vs DET	Tarik Skubal (12-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th		vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53
Thu, Apr 9th		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#179
Fri, Apr 10th		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th		@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Sun, Apr 12th		@ TOR	Max Scherzer (4-9)	#127
Mon, Apr 13th		vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)
Tue, Apr 14th		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#45
Wed, Apr 15th		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#76
Fri, Apr 17th		vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (5-5)	#241
Sat, Apr 18th		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#149
Sun, Apr 19th		vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#221
Tue, Apr 21st		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28
Wed, Apr 22nd		@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#83
Thu, Apr 23rd		@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)
Fri, Apr 24th		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26
Sat, Apr 25th		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)
Sun, Apr 26th		@ TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#67
Mon, Apr 27th		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Tue, Apr 28th		vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th		vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Thu, Apr 30th		vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#36
Fri, May 1st		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd		vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)
Sun, May 3rd		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-6)	#24
Tue, May 5th		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34
Wed, May 6th		@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th		@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-10)	#213
Fri, May 8th		@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#29
Sat, May 9th		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (7-15)	#80
Sun, May 10th		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20
Tue, May 12th		vs MIA	Eury Perez (8-11)	#22
Wed, May 13th		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, May 14th		vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (1-1)
Fri, May 15th		vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)
Sat, May 16th		vs MIL	Logan Henderson (11-3)	#11
Sun, May 17th		vs MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#43
Mon, May 18th		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#231
Tue, May 19th		vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#271
Wed, May 20th		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)
Fri, May 22nd		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30
Sat, May 23rd		@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#116
Sun, May 24th		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#45
Mon, May 25th		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (10-9)	#121
Tue, May 26th		@ CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#58
Wed, May 27th		@ CWS	David Sandlin (3-2)	#94
Thu, May 28th		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-8)	#73
Fri, May 29th		@ PIT	Jared Jones (5-6)	#27
Sat, May 30th		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Mon, Jun 1st		vs CWS	David Sandlin (3-2)	#94
Tue, Jun 2nd		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-8)	#73
Wed, Jun 3rd		vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#157
Thu, Jun 4th		vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#184
Fri, Jun 5th		vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99
Sat, Jun 6th		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th		vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Tue, Jun 9th		@ DET	Troy Melton (8-5)
Wed, Jun 10th		@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53
Thu, Jun 11th		@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#188
Fri, Jun 12th		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#79
Sat, Jun 13th		vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#95
Sun, Jun 14th		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#109
Mon, Jun 15th		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39
Tue, Jun 16th		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#84
Thu, Jun 18th		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)
Fri, Jun 19th		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (9-5)	#48
Sat, Jun 20th		@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#216
Sun, Jun 21st		@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd		vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd		vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#50
Wed, Jun 24th		vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#263
Sat, Jun 27th		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Sun, Jun 28th		vs COL	Ryan Feltner (7-10)	#230
Mon, Jun 29th		@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#185
Tue, Jun 30th		@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)
Wed, Jul 1st		@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#231
Fri, Jul 3rd		@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th		@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-2)
Sun, Jul 5th		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)
Tue, Jul 7th		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#164
Thu, Jul 9th		vs CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th		vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#64
Sat, Jul 11th		vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-9)	#170
Sun, Jul 12th		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23
Fri, Jul 17th		@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#262
Sat, Jul 18th		@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (10-5)	#78
Sun, Jul 19th		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49
Mon, Jul 20th		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (7-15)	#80
Tue, Jul 21st		@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd		@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#164
Thu, Jul 23rd		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20
Fri, Jul 24th		vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#251
Sat, Jul 25th		vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-4)	#194
Sun, Jul 26th		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#267
Tue, Jul 28th		vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#184
Wed, Jul 29th		vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-5)	#254
Thu, Jul 30th		vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Fri, Jul 31st		@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-10)	#31
Sat, Aug 1st		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8
Sun, Aug 2nd		@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Tue, Aug 4th		@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-5)	#254
Wed, Aug 5th		@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Thu, Aug 6th		@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99
Fri, Aug 7th		@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#128
Sat, Aug 8th		@ MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#43
Sun, Aug 9th		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (16-5)	#7
Mon, Aug 10th		vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#42
Tue, Aug 11th		vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#168
Wed, Aug 12th		vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#85
Thu, Aug 13th		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-12)	#68
Sat, Aug 15th		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Sun, Aug 16th		vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#125
Mon, Aug 17th		vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#82
Tue, Aug 18th		vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#71
Wed, Aug 19th		vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-3)	#147
Fri, Aug 21st		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#245
Sat, Aug 22nd		@ SD	Casey Mize (6-10)	#47
Sun, Aug 23rd		@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#90
Mon, Aug 24th		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#267
Tue, Aug 25th		@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)
Wed, Aug 26th		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Fri, Aug 28th		vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Sat, Aug 29th		vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#157
Sun, Aug 30th		vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (3-2)	#140
Mon, Aug 31st		vs DET	Jackson Jobe (3-3)	#115
Tue, Sep 1st		vs DET	Troy Melton (8-5)
Wed, Sep 2nd		vs DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#38
Fri, Sep 4th		@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#157
Sat, Sep 5th		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (10-9)	#121
Sun, Sep 6th		@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (5-4)	#141
Mon, Sep 7th		@ DET	Troy Melton (8-5)
Tue, Sep 8th		@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#38
Wed, Sep 9th		@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#188
Fri, Sep 11th		vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#29
Sat, Sep 12th		vs CLE	Daniel Espino (0-0)
Sun, Sep 13th		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (7-15)	#80
Mon, Sep 14th		vs NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#69
Tue, Sep 15th		vs NYY	Max Fried (5-5)	#21
Wed, Sep 16th		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#32
Thu, Sep 17th		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#40
Fri, Sep 18th		@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#64
Sat, Sep 19th		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16
Sun, Sep 20th		@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-9)	#170
Mon, Sep 21st		@ SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)
Tue, Sep 22nd		@ SF	Anthony Molina (3-2)	#192
Wed, Sep 23rd		@ SF	Cesar Perdomo (0-1)	#252
Fri, Sep 25th		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#12
Sat, Sep 26th		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#66
Sun, Sep 27th		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39