Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Kilian for Shota Imanaga (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 40	# 107
VBR	# 154	# 386

Projections

Strikeouts	63	20
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	7
ERA	4.13	4.15
WHIP	1.18	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 39	# 80

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 44	# 85

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 48	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 35	# 126

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 42	# 147

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 59	# 206

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	40

Games Started	20	0

Innings Pitched	115.0	39.1

Wins	6	2

Losses	8	6

Saves	0	8

Blown Saves	0	3

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	100	37

Earned Runs	51	21

Home Runs Allowed	22	5

Strikeouts	109	48

Walks	28	18

ERA	3.99	4.81

WHIP	1.11	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	25

Games Started	12	0

Innings Pitched	67.0	21.8

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	7

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	61	20

Earned Runs	31	10

Home Runs Allowed	12	2

Strikeouts	63	20

Walks	16	9

ERA	4.13	4.15

WHIP	1.18	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF
News
	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	Caleb Kilian allowed one earned run on two hits while striking out two to over one inning to record the save in Saturday's win over the Rockies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th
	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	Caleb Kilian struck out two over a scoreless inning to record the save in Wednesday’s 6-4 win over the Diamondbacks. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 2nd
	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	Caleb Killian allowed one earned run on two hits and one strikeout over one inning to record the save in Sunday's win over the Braves. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th
	Shota Imanaga allowed two runs on nine hits and no walks while striking out four across 6.1 innings in Monday's 3-2 victory over the San Diego Padres. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 30th	Giants manager Tony Vitello told reporters that Caleb Kilian will be their primary closer. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	Shota Imanaga will start one of the two games of Wednesday’s doubleheader. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	The Giants selected the contract of RHP Caleb Kilian. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC			Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Fri, Mar 27th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th				vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#188	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#245
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#216	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#415	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Sun, Jun 21st				@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Mon, Jul 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#100
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL			@ SD
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY			@ SD
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			@ SD
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			@ SD
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD			@ TEX
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			vs DET
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			vs DET
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			vs DET
Mon, Aug 10th				vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#264
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Kilian for Shota Imanaga (2026)

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