Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Pfaadt for Tatsuya Imai (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brandon Pfaadt SP,RP - ARI	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	60% Recommended by 3 of 5 experts	40% Recommended by 2 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 122	# 139
VBR	# 323	# 457

Projections

Strikeouts	22	21
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.59	4.20
WHIP	1.34	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 114	# 120

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 64	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 97	# 196

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 165	# 142

Mike Maher BettingPros	‐	# 102

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brandon Pfaadt SP,RP - ARI	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	24	18

Games Started	14	15

Innings Pitched	105.0	67.2

Wins	7	6

Losses	1	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	94	55

Earned Runs	43	40

Home Runs Allowed	12	9

Strikeouts	72	83

Walks	26	44

ERA	3.69	5.32

WHIP	1.14	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brandon Pfaadt SP,RP - ARI	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	10

Games Started	5	3

Innings Pitched	27.0	19.8

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	28	18

Earned Runs	14	9

Home Runs Allowed	4	3

Strikeouts	22	21

Walks	7	10

ERA	4.59	4.20

WHIP	1.34	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brandon Pfaadt SP,RP - ARI	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU
News
	Brandon Pfaadt allowed four runs on six hits over 6 2/3 innings with three strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Tuesday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th	Astros manager Joe Espada said Tatsuya Imai will be moved to the bullpen. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Brandon Pfaadt allowed five runs on seven hits over 5 2/3 innings with eight strikeouts in a no-decision on Wednesday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	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
	Brandon Pfaadt allowed two hits over seven scoreless innings with seven strikeouts in a win on Friday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 15th	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
	Brandon Pfaadt allowed two hits over seven scoreless innings with two strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Saturday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	Tatsuya Imai will start on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Brandon Pfaadt allowed one (unearned) run on five hits over 6 2/3 innings with three strikeouts and one walk in a win on Monday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brandon Pfaadt SP,RP - ARI			Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#95
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#18	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#166	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#146
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#160
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#422
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#143	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#408
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#128	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#18
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#264	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#244
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#263
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#238
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#326	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#225
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#416	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#184
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#230
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-1)	#231
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#283
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#184	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-0)	#347	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#178	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#94	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ ATH
Sun, Mar 29th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Apr 6th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Fri, Apr 24th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Mon, May 4th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Thu, May 14th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Sun, Aug 30th				@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Pfaadt for Tatsuya Imai (2026)

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