Who Should I Trade?

Brayan Bello for Tatsuya Imai (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU	Brayan Bello SP,RP - BOS
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 139	# 280
VBR	# 459	# 470

Projections

Strikeouts	23	17
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.15	4.08
WHIP	1.42	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 120	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 102	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 142	# 470

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 196	# 178

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU	Brayan Bello SP,RP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	20

Games Started	15	8

Innings Pitched	67.2	90.1

Wins	6	5

Losses	4	6

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	55	98

Earned Runs	40	47

Home Runs Allowed	9	11

Strikeouts	83	68

Walks	44	30

ERA	5.32	4.68

WHIP	1.46	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU	Brayan Bello SP,RP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	10

Games Started	3	2

Innings Pitched	21.9	21.6

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	20	21

Earned Runs	10	10

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	23	17

Walks	10	7

ERA	4.15	4.08

WHIP	1.42	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU	Brayan Bello SP,RP - BOS
News
	Astros manager Joe Espada said Tatsuya Imai will be moved to the bullpen. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Brayan Bello allowed one earned run on three hits and one walk while striking out three over 4 2/3 innings in Monday's win over the Diamondbacks. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 18th
	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	Brayan Bello is expected to make a bulk relief appearance on Monday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	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	Brayan Bello allowed one earned run on three hits while striking out four over four innings in a loss to the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 9th
	Tatsuya Imai will start on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Brayan Bello allowed four hits and one walk while striking out five over 5 1/3 scoreless innings in Wednesday’s loss to the Orioles. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 23rd
	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	The Red Sox recalled Brayan Bello from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU			Brayan Bello SP,RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#424	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#347
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#347	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Wed, Apr 29th				@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#396
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#104
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Thu, May 7th				vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#198
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#227
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#234	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#227
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#148
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#158
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#228	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Thu, Jul 9th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#228
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#410
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Thu, Aug 6th				vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#171	@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Thu, Aug 13th				@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	@ PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#166
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#171
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#242	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#193
Mon, Aug 24th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139
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 (0-4)	#111
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#276
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Brayan Bello for Tatsuya Imai (2026)

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