Who Should I Trade?

Cristopher Sanchez for Shota Imanaga (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 4	# 40
VBR	# 38	# 160

Projections

Strikeouts	80	64
Wins	6	4
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.05	4.13
WHIP	1.17	1.18

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 1	# 40

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 3	# 44

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 4	# 48

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 4	# 35

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 5	# 40

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 3	# 59

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cristopher Sanchez SP - PHI	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	19

Games Started	20	19

Innings Pitched	127.1	108.0

Wins	11	5

Losses	4	8

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	126	94

Earned Runs	37	51

Home Runs Allowed	12	22

Strikeouts	144	105

Walks	25	27

ERA	2.62	4.25

WHIP	1.19	1.12

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cristopher Sanchez SP - PHI	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	12

Games Started	13	12

Innings Pitched	78.0	68.5

Wins	6	4

Losses	3	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	70	63

Earned Runs	26	31

Home Runs Allowed	7	12

Strikeouts	80	64

Walks	18	16

ERA	3.05	4.13

WHIP	1.17	1.18

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cristopher Sanchez SP - PHI	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC
News
	Cristopher Sanchez has been announced as the starter for the National League in the All-Star game. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	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
	Cristopher Sanchez surrendered two runs on 10 hits and one walk while striking out seven over seven innings in Saturday's 4-2 win against the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 12th	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
	Cristopher Sanchez surrendered nine runs on 12 hits and one walk while striking out just one batter over 3 1/3 innings in Monday's 15-1 loss to the Royals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 7th	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
	Cristopher Sanchez gave up only three hits and two walks while striking out nine over seven shutout innings in Tuesday's 8-0 win over the Pirates. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 1st	Shota Imanaga will start one of the two games of Wednesday’s doubleheader. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Cristopher Sanchez allowed five runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out six over five innings in Thursday's 10-5 win over the Nationals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 25th	Sunday’s contest between the Toronto Blue Jays and Chicago Cubs has been postponed due to inclement weather according to Taylor McGregor. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cristopher Sanchez SP - PHI			Shota Imanaga SP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#73	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#340
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#389
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#273	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#285	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA			@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR			@ KC
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ BOS
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Wed, Apr 29th				@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Fri, Jun 19th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Fri, Jul 17th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL
Fri, Aug 14th				vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Cristopher Sanchez for Shota Imanaga (2026)

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