Who Should I Trade?

Angel Bastardo for Tatsuya Imai (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU	Angel Bastardo SP - BOS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 99	‐
VBR	# 435	# 913

Projections

Strikeouts	43	5
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.37	4.31
WHIP	1.43	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 115	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 83	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 102	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 136	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 142	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU	Angel Bastardo SP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	‐

Games Started	15	‐

Innings Pitched	58.2	‐

Wins	6	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	50	‐

Earned Runs	38	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	72	‐

Walks	40	‐

ERA	5.83	‐

WHIP	1.53	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU	Angel Bastardo SP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	15	8

Games Started	6	0

Innings Pitched	41.7	5.0

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	38	5

Earned Runs	20	2

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	43	5

Walks	19	2

ERA	4.37	4.31

WHIP	1.43	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU	Angel Bastardo SP - BOS
News
	Astros manager Joe Espada said Tatsuya Imai will be moved to the bullpen. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Blue Jays designated RHP Angel Bastardo for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	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	Bastardo was a Rule 5 pick ahead of the 2025 season but spent the entire year on the injured list recovering from Tommy John surgery. He posted a 5:7 K:BB across 7.2 Grapefruit League innings this spring. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 24th
	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
	Tatsuya Imai will start on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	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
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU			Angel Bastardo SP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#319	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Wed, Apr 29th				@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#325
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Thu, May 7th				vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#224
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Thu, Jul 9th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#342
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Thu, Aug 6th				vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th				@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th				@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th				vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs CHC
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#327
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#137
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Angel Bastardo for Tatsuya Imai (2026)

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