Who Should I Trade?

Gerrit Cole for Shota Imanaga (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts	33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 31	# 38
VBR	# 141	# 144

Projections

Strikeouts	57	57
Wins	4	4
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.03	4.13
WHIP	1.22	1.18

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 16	# 36

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 26	# 44

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 22	# 35

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 45	# 48

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 48	# 44

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 70	# 59

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	12	21

Games Started	12	21

Innings Pitched	68.0	121.0

Wins	4	7

Losses	5	8

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	60	104

Earned Runs	27	51

Home Runs Allowed	11	22

Strikeouts	73	113

Walks	14	29

ERA	3.57	3.79

WHIP	1.09	1.10

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	10

Games Started	10	10

Innings Pitched	57.8	60.8

Wins	4	4

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	52	56

Earned Runs	26	28

Home Runs Allowed	9	11

Strikeouts	57	57

Walks	16	14

ERA	4.03	4.13

WHIP	1.22	1.18

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC
News
	Gerrit Cole allowed four hits and two walks while striking out seven over six scoreless innings in Tuesday’s win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	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
	Gerrit Cole allowed three earned runs on four hits while striking out 11 over seven innings in Wednesday's 5-3 loss to the Pirates. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	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
	Gerrit Cole will start on the mound for the New York Yankees against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of Wednesday’s doubleheader the club announced. Chris Schommer 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
	Gerrit Cole will start Wednesday’s game against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	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
	Gerrit Cole allowed two earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out eight over six innings in Friday's 2-1 loss to the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Gerrit Cole SP - NYY			Shota Imanaga SP - CHC
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#197
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#272
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#223	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#411
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ BOS
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Sat, May 23rd				vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 6th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sat, Jul 18th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Tue, Jul 21st				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Gerrit Cole for Shota Imanaga (2026)

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