Who Should I Trade?

Jacob deGrom for Shota Imanaga (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 11	# 38
VBR	# 61	# 144

Projections

Strikeouts	65	57
Wins	4	4
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.33	4.13
WHIP	1.06	1.18

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 9	# 36

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 10	# 44

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 12	# 44

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 10	# 35

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 10	# 48

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 12	# 59

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jacob deGrom SP - TEX	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	21

Games Started	20	21

Innings Pitched	110.1	121.0

Wins	7	7

Losses	6	8

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	94	104

Earned Runs	45	51

Home Runs Allowed	16	22

Strikeouts	132	113

Walks	24	29

ERA	3.67	3.79

WHIP	1.07	1.10

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jacob deGrom SP - TEX	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	10

Games Started	10	10

Innings Pitched	56.8	60.8

Wins	4	4

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	46	56

Earned Runs	21	28

Home Runs Allowed	8	11

Strikeouts	65	57

Walks	13	14

ERA	3.33	4.13

WHIP	1.06	1.18

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jacob deGrom SP - TEX	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC
News
	Jacob deGrom allowed one earned run on seven hits while striking out four over five innings in a loss to the Mariners. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	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
	Jacob deGrom allowed five earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out six over 4 2/3 innings in Monday’s loss to the White Sox. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st	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
	Jacob deGrom will start Monday's series opener against the White Sox. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	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
	Jacob deGrom will likely start his first game of the second half next week against the Chicago White Sox. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jul 17th	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 Rangers are uncertain when Jacob deGrom will make his next start. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	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
	Jacob deGrom SP - TEX			Shota Imanaga SP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#272
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#129	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#349	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#233	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#230
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#179	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#225	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Mon, May 4th				vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#411
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Wed, Jun 17th				vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Jacob deGrom for Shota Imanaga (2026)

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