Who Should I Trade?

Dylan Cease for Shota Imanaga (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 16	# 40
VBR	# 73	# 160

Projections

Strikeouts	93	64
Wins	5	4
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.47	4.13
WHIP	1.23	1.18

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 18	# 44

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 11	# 48

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 32	# 35

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 10	# 40

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 8	# 59

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 46	# 40

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	19

Games Started	17	19

Innings Pitched	98.1	108.0

Wins	6	5

Losses	4	8

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	67	94

Earned Runs	28	51

Home Runs Allowed	5	22

Strikeouts	148	105

Walks	44	27

ERA	2.56	4.25

WHIP	1.13	1.12

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	12

Games Started	12	12

Innings Pitched	71.7	68.5

Wins	5	4

Losses	3	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	57	63

Earned Runs	28	31

Home Runs Allowed	8	12

Strikeouts	93	64

Walks	29	16

ERA	3.47	4.13

WHIP	1.23	1.18

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC
News
	Dylan Cease will start for the American 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
	Blue Jays right-hander Dylan Cease pitched eight innings of shutout ball, allowing just one hit and three walks while striking out 11 in a win over the Giants on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th	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
	Blue Jays right-hander Dylan Cease pitched seven shutout innings while striking out nine to earn the win over the Mariners on Friday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	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
	Dylan Cease allowed four earned runs on four hits and five walks while striking out 10 over 4 2/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Rangers. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	Shota Imanaga will start one of the two games of Wednesday’s doubleheader. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Blue Jays right-hander Dylan Cease allowed two earned runs with four walks against eight strikeouts in a no-decision against the Astros on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 23rd	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
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR			Shota Imanaga SP - CHC
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#367	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#389
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs DET
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH			@ STL
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH			@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			@ KC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ BOS
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, Jul 9th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Dylan Cease for Shota Imanaga (2026)

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