Who Should I Trade?

Javier Assad for Shota Imanaga (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 39	‐
VBR	# 156	# 689

Projections

Strikeouts	59	21
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.14	4.46
WHIP	1.18	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 38	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 44	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 44	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 35	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 42	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 59	# 110

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	16

Games Started	20	8

Innings Pitched	115.0	62.1

Wins	6	6

Losses	8	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	100	56

Earned Runs	51	28

Home Runs Allowed	22	12

Strikeouts	109	39

Walks	28	16

ERA	3.99	4.04

WHIP	1.11	1.16

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	18

Games Started	11	3

Innings Pitched	63.2	27.8

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	58	28

Earned Runs	29	14

Home Runs Allowed	11	4

Strikeouts	59	21

Walks	15	10

ERA	4.14	4.46

WHIP	1.18	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC
News
	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	Javier Assad allowed two runs on sevent hits and no walks while striking out four across five innings in Saturday's 5-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th
	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	Javier Assad allowed no runs on two hits and two walks while striking out two across 4.2 innings in Sunday's 6-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jul 6th
	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	Javier Assad will start one of the two games for the Cubs in Wednesday's doubleheader. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	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	Javier Assad improved to 5-1 on the season, allowing two runs on five hits over 5.2 innings, in an 8-6 Cubs' win over the Rockies on Wednesday. David Leisering Thu, Jun 18th
	Shota Imanaga will start one of the two games of Wednesday’s doubleheader. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Javier Assad allowed three hits and one walk while striking out five over six scoreless innings in Friday's win over the Giants. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 13th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC			Javier Assad SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#189	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#189
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#417	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#417
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Javier Assad for Shota Imanaga (2026)

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