Who Should I Trade?

Braxton Garrett for Shota Imanaga (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Braxton Garrett SP - MIA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 40	‐
VBR	# 141	# 515

Projections

Strikeouts	53	19
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.10	4.23
WHIP	1.18	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 35	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 44	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 44	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 35	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 20	# 216

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 59	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Braxton Garrett SP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	2

Games Started	22	2

Innings Pitched	127.2	4.1

Wins	7	0

Losses	9	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	108	7

Earned Runs	53	7

Home Runs Allowed	24	0

Strikeouts	119	5

Walks	29	8

ERA	3.74	14.54

WHIP	1.07	3.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Braxton Garrett SP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	9

Games Started	10	4

Innings Pitched	56.6	21.8

Wins	4	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	52	21

Earned Runs	26	10

Home Runs Allowed	10	3

Strikeouts	53	19

Walks	13	7

ERA	4.10	4.23

WHIP	1.18	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Braxton Garrett SP - MIA
News
	Shota Imanaga allowed two runs on four hits and no walks while striking out six across 6.2 innings in Friday's 2-0 loss to the New York Yankees. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 31st	The Cubs are acquiring Braxton Garrett in a trade with the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	Shota Imanaga allowed no runs on four hits and one walk while striking out four across six innings in Saturday's 11-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th	The Marlins are receiving trade interest for Braxton Garrett. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Shota Imanaga allowed six hits and one walk while striking out four over seven scoreless innings in Sunday's 10-1 win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th	Braxton Garrett is slated to start Thursday for Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
	Shota Imanaga allowed one run on seven hits and a walk while striking out five across five innings in Friday's 4-0 loss to the Cincinnati Reds. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th	The Marlins officially optioned Braxton Garrett to Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th
	Shota Imanaga allowed two runs on four hits and three walks while striking out eight across 4.2 innings in Saturday's 3-0 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 5th	The Marlins are optioning Braxton Garrett to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC			Braxton Garrett SP - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#181
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Apr 4th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#391	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jun 1st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 21st				vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#173
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#362
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80

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Braxton Garrett for Shota Imanaga (2026)

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