Who Should I Trade?

Jeffrey Springs for Tatsuya Imai (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU	Jeffrey Springs SP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 108	# 178
VBR	# 379	# 893

Projections

Strikeouts	34	22
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.22	5.10
WHIP	1.42	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 120	# 214

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 106	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 102	# 199

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 172	# 215

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 142	# 184

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU	Jeffrey Springs SP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	16	22

Games Started	15	22

Innings Pitched	61.2	108.0

Wins	6	3

Losses	4	11

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	50	116

Earned Runs	38	74

Home Runs Allowed	9	28

Strikeouts	77	88

Walks	40	44

ERA	5.55	6.17

WHIP	1.46	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU	Jeffrey Springs SP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	5

Games Started	4	5

Innings Pitched	32.0	25.7

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	29	27

Earned Runs	15	15

Home Runs Allowed	4	5

Strikeouts	34	22

Walks	15	9

ERA	4.22	5.10

WHIP	1.42	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU	Jeffrey Springs SP - ATH
News
	Astros manager Joe Espada said Tatsuya Imai will be moved to the bullpen. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Jeffrey Springs was scheduled to resume a throwing program this week. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Tatsuya Imai allowed two earned runs on one hit and four walks while striking out one over 2/3 of an inning in Monday’s win over the Angels. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 28th	The Athletics placed LHP Jeffrey Springs on the 15-day IL with right hip discomfort. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Tatsuya Imai allowed one earned run on four hits and three walks while striking out eight over six innings in Tuesday’s win over the Marlins. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	Jeffrey Springs allowed two earned runs on four hits and five walks while striking out two over four innings in Friday's loss to the Tigers. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st
	Tatsuya Imai will start on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	A's left-hander Jeffrey Springs (hip) had his MRI come back clean and is expected to make his next start on Friday against the Tigers. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jul 27th
	Tatsuya Imai allowed two earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out three over 3 2/3 innings in Tuesday’s win over the Nationals. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th	Jeffrey Springs allowed four earned runs on four hits and one walk over 1 1/3 innings in a loss to the Twins. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU			Jeffrey Springs SP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#105	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#384
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#122	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#177
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#131	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#340	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#169
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#345	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#184	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#282
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#323	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#72
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#78	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#146
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#48
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#418	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#113	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#102	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#388
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#288
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#168	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#78
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#286	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#172
Wed, Apr 29th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#69
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#144	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#71	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#168
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Thu, May 7th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#192
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#109	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#20	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#102
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#78	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#209
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#201	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#108	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#147	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#203	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#398
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#78
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#317	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#92
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#193	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#147
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#203
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#51	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#112	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#138
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#339	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#85	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#204
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#137
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#193
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#419
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#323
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#81	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#51
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#251
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#168	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#101	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#150	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#56	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#108	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#384
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#136
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#267
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#293	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#132	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#56
Thu, Jul 9th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#308	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#158
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#288
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#62	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#294
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#144	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#167
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#267	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#264
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#116
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#108
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#201
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#388	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#89
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#71
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#115
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#117
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#150	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#147	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#199
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#82	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#54	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#71
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#252	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#115
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#152	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#48
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#178	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#209	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-0)	#130
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#69
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th				vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#429
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#307
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#101
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Jeffrey Springs for Tatsuya Imai (2026)

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