Who Should I Trade?

Emerson Hancock for Shota Imanaga (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 38	# 53
VBR	# 144	# 311

Projections

Strikeouts	57	40
Wins	4	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.13	4.31
WHIP	1.18	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 36	# 61

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 44	# 69

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 44	# 54

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 35	# 50

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 48	# 167

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 59	# 47

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	20

Games Started	21	20

Innings Pitched	121.0	110.1

Wins	7	6

Losses	8	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	104	88

Earned Runs	51	40

Home Runs Allowed	22	14

Strikeouts	113	102

Walks	29	27

ERA	3.79	3.26

WHIP	1.10	1.04

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	14

Games Started	10	7

Innings Pitched	60.8	45.5

Wins	4	3

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	56	44

Earned Runs	28	22

Home Runs Allowed	11	7

Strikeouts	57	40

Walks	14	14

ERA	4.13	4.31

WHIP	1.18	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA
News
	Shota Imanaga allowed no runs on four hits and one walk while striking out four across six innings in Saturday's 11-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th	Emerson Hancock allowed three runs on eight hits over five innings with five strikeouts and one walk in a loss on Wednesday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th
	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	ESPN’s Jeff Passan said that he expects Emerson Hancock to be traded at the deadline. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	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	Emerson Hancock will start Wednesday’s game against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	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	The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal and Will Sammon reported that the Mariners are “open” to moving Emerson Hancock. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
	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	Emerson Hancock allowed two runs on five hits over six innings with three strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision on Wednesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC			Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Fri, Mar 27th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th				@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#321
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Thu, Apr 16th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#272	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#411	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Mon, Jun 1st				vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Mon, Jun 8th				@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Thu, Jun 18th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, Jun 21st				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th				@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Emerson Hancock for Shota Imanaga (2026)

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