Who Should I Trade?

Julian Aguiar for Shota Imanaga (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 40	‐
VBR	# 156	# 1074

Projections

Strikeouts	51	5
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.10	5.30
WHIP	1.17	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 35	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 44	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 44	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 35	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 20	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 59	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Julian Aguiar SP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	‐

Games Started	22	‐

Innings Pitched	127.2	‐

Wins	7	‐

Losses	9	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	108	‐

Earned Runs	53	‐

Home Runs Allowed	24	‐

Strikeouts	119	‐

Walks	29	‐

ERA	3.74	‐

WHIP	1.07	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Julian Aguiar SP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	7

Games Started	10	1

Innings Pitched	54.6	7.0

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	50	7

Earned Runs	25	4

Home Runs Allowed	10	1

Strikeouts	51	5

Walks	13	3

ERA	4.10	5.30

WHIP	1.17	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Julian Aguiar SP - CIN
News
	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	Aguiar has recovered from Tommy John surgery and is now healthy. Cincinnati optioned him to minor-league camp on Friday. Bruno Mulé Fri, Mar 6th
	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
	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
	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
	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
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC			Julian Aguiar SP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#252	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#292
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#373
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#347	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#368	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sun, Jun 21st				@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#251
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#265
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#325
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ TOR
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Julian Aguiar for Shota Imanaga (2026)

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