Who Should I Trade?

George Kirby for Shota Imanaga (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	George Kirby SP - SEA	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 3 of 6 experts	50% Recommended by 3 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 32	# 40
VBR	# 114	# 156

Projections

Strikeouts	51	51
Wins	4	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.82	4.10
WHIP	1.20	1.17

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 38	# 35

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 37	# 35

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 23	# 20

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 16	# 59

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 30	# 44

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 32	# 44

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	George Kirby SP - SEA	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	22

Games Started	21	22

Innings Pitched	127.0	127.2

Wins	8	7

Losses	9	9

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	135	108

Earned Runs	53	53

Home Runs Allowed	15	24

Strikeouts	110	119

Walks	26	29

ERA	3.76	3.74

WHIP	1.27	1.07

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	George Kirby SP - SEA	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	10

Games Started	9	10

Innings Pitched	53.8	54.6

Wins	4	3

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	51	50

Earned Runs	23	25

Home Runs Allowed	7	10

Strikeouts	51	51

Walks	11	13

ERA	3.82	4.10

WHIP	1.20	1.17

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	George Kirby SP - SEA	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC
News
	George Kirby allowed five hits over seven scoreless innings with three strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision on Sunday against the Twins. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	Shota Imanaga allowed two runs on four hits and no walks while striking out six across 6.2 innings in Friday's 2-0 loss to the New York Yankees. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 31st
	Jeff Passan reports multiple teams have engaged the Mariners in a potential trade for George Kirby. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	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
	George Kirby allowed seven runs on seven hits over four innings with three strikeouts in a loss on Monday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	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
	George Kirby allowed three hits across six scoreless innings with six strikeouts and one walk in a win on Monday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	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
	George Kirby will start on Monday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	George Kirby SP - SEA			Shota Imanaga SP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#292	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#252
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#302	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#347
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#368
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET	Ty Madden	#273	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 1st				vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL

Who Should I Trade?

George Kirby for Shota Imanaga (2026)

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