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Cade Horton for Tatsuya Imai (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU  | Cade Horton SP - CHC  | |
Expert |
80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts |
20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 133 | ‐ |
| VBR | # 449 | ‐ |
| Projections | ||
| Strikeouts | 80 | ‐ |
| Wins | 5 | ‐ |
| Saves | 0 | ‐ |
| ERA | 4.32 | ‐ |
| WHIP | 1.43 | ‐ |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | OUT |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 103 | ‐ |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 51 | # 71 |
| Kelly Kirby FantasyPros | # 269 | ‐ |
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 160 | ‐ |
| Chris Welsh FantasyPros | ‐ | # 55 |
| Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU | Cade Horton SP - CHC | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 7 | 2 |
| Games Started | 7 | 2 |
| Innings Pitched | 29.1 | 7.1 |
| Wins | 2 | 1 |
| Losses | 3 | 0 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 20 | 4 |
| Earned Runs | 18 | 2 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 5 | 1 |
| Strikeouts | 28 | 4 |
| Walks | 20 | 2 |
| ERA | 5.52 | 2.45 |
| WHIP | 1.36 | 0.82 |
| Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU | Cade Horton SP - CHC | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 15 | ‐ |
| Games Started | 15 | ‐ |
| Innings Pitched | 80.9 | ‐ |
| Wins | 5 | ‐ |
| Losses | 5 | ‐ |
| Saves | 0 | ‐ |
| Blown Saves | 0 | ‐ |
| Holds | 0 | ‐ |
| Hits Allowed | 76 | ‐ |
| Earned Runs | 39 | ‐ |
| Home Runs Allowed | 11 | ‐ |
| Strikeouts | 80 | ‐ |
| Walks | 37 | ‐ |
| ERA | 4.32 | ‐ |
| WHIP | 1.43 | ‐ |
| Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU | Cade Horton SP - CHC | |
| News | ||
| Tatsuya Imai allowed two earned runs on three hits and two walks while striking out five over six innings in a loss to the Brewers. Chris Schommer Sun, May 31st | The Cubs transferred RHP Cade Horton to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th | |
| Tatsuya Imai struck out two and walked four over six hitless frames as part of a combined no-hitter in Monday’s 9-0 win over the Rangers. Chris Schommer Tue, May 26th | Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Cade Horton is looking at a “15-16 month recovery.” Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th | |
| Tatsuya Imai will make his next start for the Astros on Monday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd | Cubs right-hander Cade Horton will undergo season-ending UCL surgery. Brenton Kemp Tue, Apr 7th | |
| Tatsuya Imai allowed three earned runs on five hits while striking out five over 4 2/3 innings in Monday’s loss to the Twins. Chris Schommer Tue, May 19th | Cade Horton (forearm) is scheduled to visit specialist Dr. Keith Meister in Texas on Tuesday after his MRI results came back "not clean" and "not good." David Leisering Tue, Apr 7th | |
| Tatsuya Imai allowed six earned runs on five hits while striking out three and walking three over four innings in Tuesday's loss to the Mariners. Chris Schommer Wed, May 13th | The Cubs placed RHP Cade Horton on the 15-day injured list with a right forearm strain. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 5th | |
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU | Cade Horton SP - CHC | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | vs LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #45 | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #87 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (2-5) | #41 | vs WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #215 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | vs LAA | Jack Kochanowicz (2-4) | #420 | vs WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #203 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #32 | vs LAA | Ryan Johnson | |
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs BOS | Brayan Bello (2-5) | #144 | vs LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #45 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs BOS | Garrett Crochet (3-3) | #9 | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #155 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #111 | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #106 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | @ ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-3) | #202 | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #51 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ COL | Ryan Feltner (2-1) | #424 | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (6-2) | #22 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #395 | @ TB | Mason Englert | |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #427 | @ TB | Joe Boyle (0-1) | #167 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #91 | vs PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #132 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ SEA | Luis Castillo (2-5) | #46 | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (5-2) | #47 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #14 | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #427 | @ PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #39 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | vs COL | Jose Quintana (2-3) | #425 | @ PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #162 | vs NYM | Kodai Senga (0-4) | #129 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #163 | vs NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #28 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs STL | Matthew Liberatore (3-3) | #114 | vs NYM | Tobias Myers (0-1) | #188 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | @ CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #105 | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #39 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #51 | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 | vs PHI | Kyle Backhus | |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | vs PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 | |||
| Fri, Apr 24th | vs NYY | Will Warren (7-1) | #60 | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #42 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | vs NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-3) | #66 | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #131 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | vs NYY | Luis Gil (1-2) | #249 | @ LAD | Justin Wrobleski (7-2) | #130 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #199 | |||
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #84 | @ SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #220 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ SD | Matt Waldron (1-2) | #307 | |||
| Fri, May 1st | @ BOS | Jake Bennett (1-1) | #303 | vs ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #71 |
| Sat, May 2nd | @ BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #97 | vs ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-4) | #89 |
| Sun, May 3rd | @ BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #32 | vs ARI | Merrill Kelly (5-3) | #93 |
| Mon, May 4th | vs LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (5-4) | #13 | vs CIN | Chase Petty (0-0) | #416 |
| Tue, May 5th | vs LAD | Shohei Ohtani (5-2) | #1 | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 |
| Wed, May 6th | vs LAD | Tyler Glasnow (3-0) | #37 | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-5) | #143 |
| Thu, May 7th | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #206 | |||
| Fri, May 8th | @ CIN | Nick Lodolo (2-1) | #58 | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #103 |
| Sat, May 9th | @ CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #25 | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (3-4) | #76 |
| Sun, May 10th | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #8 |
| Tue, May 12th | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #139 |
| Wed, May 13th | vs SEA | Bryce Miller (1-0) | #54 | @ ATL | JR Ritchie (1-1) | #236 |
| Thu, May 14th | vs SEA | Luis Castillo (2-5) | #46 | @ ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 |
| Fri, May 15th | vs TEX | Jack Leiter (3-4) | #76 | @ CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #142 |
| Sat, May 16th | vs TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #8 | @ CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 |
| Sun, May 17th | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #20 | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #373 |
| Mon, May 18th | @ MIN | Kendry Rojas (1-0) | #224 | vs MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-4) | #158 |
| Tue, May 19th | @ MIN | Zebby Matthews (1-3) | #82 | vs MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (6-2) | #18 |
| Wed, May 20th | @ MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #15 | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #63 |
| Fri, May 22nd | @ CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #107 | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #126 |
| Sat, May 23rd | @ CHC | Colin Rea (5-3) | #140 | vs HOU | Kai-Wei Teng (3-3) | #181 |
| Sun, May 24th | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #24 | vs HOU | Peter Lambert (4-4) | #190 |
| Mon, May 25th | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #103 | @ PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #132 |
| Tue, May 26th | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (3-4) | #76 | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (5-2) | #47 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #8 | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 |
| Thu, May 28th | @ TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #20 | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 |
| Fri, May 29th | vs MIL | Coleman Crow (0-0) | #197 | @ STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #163 |
| Sat, May 30th | vs MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-4) | #158 | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #162 |
| Sun, May 31st | vs MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (6-2) | #18 | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (3-3) | #114 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 | vs ATH | Gage Jump (0-1) | #150 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #111 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | vs PIT | Jared Jones (0-0) | #69 | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #146 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs ATH | J.T. Ginn (3-3) | #127 | vs SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #83 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-3) | #202 | vs SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #61 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs ATH | Gage Jump (0-1) | #150 | vs SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #119 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #421 | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #428 |
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ LAA | @ COL | ||||
| Thu, Jun 11th | @ COL | |||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ KC | @ SF | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ KC | @ SF | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ KC | @ SF | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | vs DET | vs COL | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | vs DET | vs COL | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | vs DET | vs COL | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs CLE | vs TOR | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs CLE | vs TOR | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs CLE | vs TOR | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ TOR | @ NYM | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ TOR | @ NYM | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ TOR | @ NYM | ||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ DET | @ NYM | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ DET | @ MIL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ DET | @ MIL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ DET | @ MIL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs MIN | vs SD | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs MIN | vs SD | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs MIN | vs SD | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs TB | vs STL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs TB | vs STL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs TB | vs STL | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ WSH | @ BAL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ WSH | @ BAL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ BAL | |||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ TEX | @ CIN | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ TEX | @ CIN | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ TEX | @ CIN | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs BAL | vs MIN | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs BAL | vs MIN | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs BAL | vs MIN | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs MIA | vs DET | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs MIA | vs DET | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs MIA | vs DET | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ CWS | @ PIT | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ CWS | @ PIT | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ CWS | @ PIT | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ LAA | @ STL | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ LAA | @ STL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ LAA | @ STL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ STL | |||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | vs TEX | vs NYY | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | vs TEX | vs NYY | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | vs TEX | vs NYY | ||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | vs TOR | vs LAD | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs TOR | vs LAD | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs TOR | vs LAD | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | @ SD | @ KC | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | @ SD | @ KC | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | @ SD | @ KC | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ SF | @ WSH | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ SF | @ WSH | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | @ WSH | |||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs SEA | vs STL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs SEA | vs STL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs SEA | vs STL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs CWS | |||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs LAA | vs CWS | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs LAA | vs CWS | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | vs ATH | @ SEA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | vs ATH | @ SEA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | vs ATH | @ SEA | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ ARI | |||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ NYY | @ ARI | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ NYY | @ ARI | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ NYM | vs CIN | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ NYM | vs CIN | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | @ NYM | vs CIN | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs CWS | vs MIL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs CWS | vs MIL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs CWS | vs MIL | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs CWS | vs MIL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs ARI | @ MIA | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs ARI | @ MIA | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs ARI | @ MIA | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ MIL | |||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ PHI | @ MIL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ PHI | @ MIL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ TB | vs PIT | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ TB | vs PIT | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ TB | vs PIT | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs ATL | |||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs KC | vs ATL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs KC | vs ATL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs ATL | @ CIN | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs ATL | @ CIN | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs ATL | @ CIN | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ SEA | vs MIA | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ SEA | vs MIA | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ ATH | vs MIA | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ ATH | @ BOS | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ ATH | @ BOS | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ ATH | @ BOS | ||||
| Fri, Mar 27th | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #155 | |||
| Sat, Apr 4th | @ ATH | Luis Morales (0-2) | #306 | |||
| Thu, Apr 16th | vs COL | Juan Mejia | ||||
| Thu, Apr 30th | @ BAL | Brandon Young (3-1) | #194 | |||
| Mon, May 11th | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #14 | |||
| Mon, Jun 8th | @ LAA | Grayson Rodriguez (2-1) | #77 | |||
| Mon, Jul 6th | @ WSH | |||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | @ SF | |||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | vs LAA | |||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | @ NYY | |||||
| Thu, Sep 10th | @ PHI | |||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | vs KC | |||||
