Who Should I Trade?

Kevin Gausman for Tatsuya Imai (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kevin Gausman SP - CHC	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 23	# 107
VBR	# 142	# 428

Projections

Strikeouts	55	36
Wins	4	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.96	4.29
WHIP	1.24	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 23	# 120

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 33	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 35	# 106

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 19	# 102

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 29	# 172

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 19	# 142

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kevin Gausman SP - CHC	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	23	16

Games Started	23	15

Innings Pitched	127.1	61.2

Wins	5	6

Losses	10	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	129	50

Earned Runs	63	38

Home Runs Allowed	15	9

Strikeouts	127	77

Walks	36	40

ERA	4.45	5.55

WHIP	1.30	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kevin Gausman SP - CHC	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	17

Games Started	10	4

Innings Pitched	55.8	33.7

Wins	4	2

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	51	31

Earned Runs	25	16

Home Runs Allowed	7	5

Strikeouts	55	36

Walks	17	16

ERA	3.96	4.29

WHIP	1.24	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kevin Gausman SP - CHC	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU
News
	The Cubs are acquiring RHP Kevin Gausman from the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Astros manager Joe Espada said Tatsuya Imai will be moved to the bullpen. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Kevin Gausman allowed one earned run on nine hits and one walk while striking out four over 5 2/3 innings in Saturday's win over the Cardinals. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd	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
	Kevin Gausman allowed three earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out six over six innings in Sunday's loss to the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th	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
	The Blue Jays are listening to trade offers on Kevin Gausman. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	Tatsuya Imai will start on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Ken Rosenthal reports Kevin Gausman has eight teams he can block a trade to as part of his no-trade clause. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kevin Gausman SP - CHC			Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#252	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#289
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#347
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#368	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#200
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#331
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#143
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Sat, Apr 4th				@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sun, Jun 21st				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC

Who Should I Trade?

Kevin Gausman for Tatsuya Imai (2026)

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