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Landon Knack for Shota Imanaga (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| Shota Imanaga SP - CHC  | Landon Knack SP - LAD  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 7 of 7 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 7 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 32 | ‐ |
| VBR | # 123 | # 1040 |
| Projections | ||
| Strikeouts | 103 | 7 |
| Wins | 7 | 0 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| ERA | 3.99 | 4.43 |
| WHIP | 1.17 | 1.40 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 32 | ‐ |
| Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot | # 24 | ‐ |
| Chris Welsh FantasyPros | # 21 | ‐ |
| Mike Maher BettingPros | # 42 | ‐ |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 52 | ‐ |
| Kelly Kirby FantasyPros | # 22 | ‐ |
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 51 | ‐ |
| Shota Imanaga SP - CHC | Landon Knack SP - LAD | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 12 | ‐ |
| Games Started | 12 | ‐ |
| Innings Pitched | 70.0 | ‐ |
| Wins | 4 | ‐ |
| Losses | 6 | ‐ |
| Saves | 0 | ‐ |
| Blown Saves | 0 | ‐ |
| Holds | 0 | ‐ |
| Hits Allowed | 57 | ‐ |
| Earned Runs | 35 | ‐ |
| Home Runs Allowed | 13 | ‐ |
| Strikeouts | 69 | ‐ |
| Walks | 18 | ‐ |
| ERA | 4.50 | ‐ |
| WHIP | 1.07 | ‐ |
| Shota Imanaga SP - CHC | Landon Knack SP - LAD | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 19 | 5 |
| Games Started | 19 | 1 |
| Innings Pitched | 109.3 | 7.7 |
| Wins | 7 | 0 |
| Losses | 6 | 0 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 99 | 8 |
| Earned Runs | 48 | 4 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 19 | 1 |
| Strikeouts | 103 | 7 |
| Walks | 25 | 3 |
| ERA | 3.99 | 4.43 |
| WHIP | 1.17 | 1.40 |
| Shota Imanaga SP - CHC | Landon Knack SP - LAD | |
| News | ||
| Shota Imanaga allowed five runs on five hits - including three home runs - in 5.1 innings on Friday as the Cubs suffered a 6-5 loss to the Cardinals. David Leisering Sat, May 30th | The Dodgers transferred RHP Landon Knack to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th | |
| Shota Imanaga allowed seven runs on seven hits in six innings on Sunday as the Cubs suffered an 8-5 loss to the Astros. David Leisering Mon, May 25th | The Dodgers placed Knack on the 15-day IL Monday without disclosing an injury designation, leaving his timeline unknown. He allowed eight runs over 6.2 innings in Cactus League action this spring. Bruno Mulé Wed, Mar 25th | |
| Shota Imanaga allowed eight runs on nine hits in 4.1 innings on Monday as the Cubs dropped a 9-3 decision to the Brewers. David Leisering Tue, May 19th | ||
| Shota Imanaga allowed two runs on five hits in seven strong innings on Wednesday, but was outdueled by the Braves' staff in a 4-1 loss. David Leisering Thu, May 14th | ||
| Shota Imanaga struck out 10 batters over six strong innings on Thursday, lifting the Cubs to an 8-3 win over Cincinnati. David Leisering Fri, May 8th | ||
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Shota Imanaga SP - CHC | Landon Knack SP - LAD | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #87 | vs ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #71 |
| Fri, Mar 27th | vs ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-4) | #89 | |||
| Sat, Mar 28th | vs WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #215 | vs ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1) | #112 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs LAA | Ryan Johnson | vs CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #51 | |
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #45 | vs CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #155 | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #106 | @ WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #215 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | @ WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #203 | |||
| Sun, Apr 5th | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #51 | @ WSH | Foster Griffin (6-2) | #88 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (6-2) | #22 | @ TOR | Max Scherzer (1-3) | #149 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ TB | Mason Englert | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #19 | |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ TB | Joe Boyle (0-1) | #167 | @ TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #132 | vs TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #103 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (5-2) | #47 | vs TEX | Jack Leiter (3-4) | #76 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 | vs TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #8 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 | vs NYM | David Peterson (3-5) | #117 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #39 | vs NYM | Nolan McLean (3-4) | #29 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 | vs NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #165 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs NYM | Kodai Senga (0-4) | #129 | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #428 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #28 | @ COL | Ryan Feltner (2-1) | #424 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs NYM | Tobias Myers (0-1) | #188 | @ COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #427 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #39 | @ COL | Jose Quintana (2-3) | #425 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 | @ SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #61 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs PHI | Kyle Backhus | @ SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #119 | |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | vs PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 | @ SF | Logan Webb (2-4) | #12 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #42 | vs CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #107 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #131 | vs CHC | Colin Rea (5-3) | #140 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ LAD | Justin Wrobleski (7-2) | #130 | vs CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #24 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #199 | vs MIA | Chris Paddack (0-7) | #324 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #220 | vs MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #116 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ SD | Matt Waldron (1-2) | #307 | vs MIA | Sandy Alcantara (3-4) | #73 |
| Fri, May 1st | vs ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #71 | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (3-3) | #114 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-4) | #89 | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #86 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs ARI | Merrill Kelly (5-3) | #93 | @ STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #85 |
| Mon, May 4th | vs CIN | Chase Petty (0-0) | #416 | @ HOU | Steven Okert | |
| Tue, May 5th | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 | @ HOU | Peter Lambert (4-4) | #190 |
| Wed, May 6th | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-5) | #143 | @ HOU | Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3) | #208 |
| Fri, May 8th | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #103 | vs ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 |
| Sat, May 9th | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (3-4) | #76 | vs ATL | Spencer Strider (3-1) | #31 |
| Sun, May 10th | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #8 | vs ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #113 |
| Mon, May 11th | vs SF | Trevor McDonald (2-2) | #161 | |||
| Tue, May 12th | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #139 | vs SF | Adrian Houser (2-5) | #189 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ ATL | JR Ritchie (1-1) | #236 | vs SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #83 |
| Thu, May 14th | @ ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 | vs SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #61 |
| Fri, May 15th | @ CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #142 | @ LAA | Jack Kochanowicz (2-4) | #420 |
| Sat, May 16th | @ CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 | @ LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #45 |
| Sun, May 17th | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #373 | @ LAA | Grayson Rodriguez (2-1) | #77 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-4) | #158 | @ SD | Michael King (4-4) | #35 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (6-2) | #18 | @ SD | Griffin Canning (0-4) | #141 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #63 | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #199 |
| Fri, May 22nd | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #126 | @ MIL | Logan Henderson (2-1) | #57 |
| Sat, May 23rd | vs HOU | Kai-Wei Teng (3-3) | #181 | @ MIL | Robert Gasser (0-1) | #191 |
| Sun, May 24th | vs HOU | Peter Lambert (4-4) | #190 | @ MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-4) | #158 |
| Mon, May 25th | @ PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #132 | vs COL | Tanner Gordon (0-1) | #325 |
| Tue, May 26th | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (5-2) | #47 | vs COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #395 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 | vs COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #428 |
| Fri, May 29th | @ STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #163 | vs PHI | Zack Wheeler (4-1) | #7 |
| Sat, May 30th | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #162 | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (3-3) | #114 | vs PHI | Andrew Painter (1-6) | #170 |
| Mon, Jun 1st | @ ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1) | #112 | |||
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs ATH | Gage Jump (0-1) | #150 | @ ARI | Michael Soroka (7-2) | #67 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #111 | @ ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #71 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #146 | @ ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-4) | #89 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #83 | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (2-5) | #41 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #61 | vs LAA | Jack Kochanowicz (2-4) | #420 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #119 | vs LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #45 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #428 | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 |
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ COL | @ PIT | ||||
| Thu, Jun 11th | @ COL | @ PIT | ||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ SF | @ CWS | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ SF | @ CWS | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ SF | @ CWS | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | vs COL | vs TB | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | vs COL | vs TB | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | vs COL | vs TB | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs TOR | vs BAL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs TOR | vs BAL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs TOR | vs BAL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ NYM | @ MIN | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ NYM | @ MIN | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ NYM | @ MIN | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ MIL | @ SD | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ MIL | @ SD | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ MIL | @ SD | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs SD | @ ATH | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs SD | @ ATH | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs SD | @ ATH | ||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | vs SD | |||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs STL | vs SD | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs STL | vs SD | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs STL | vs SD | ||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs COL | |||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ BAL | vs COL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ BAL | vs COL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ CIN | vs ARI | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ CIN | vs ARI | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ CIN | vs ARI | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs MIN | @ NYY | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs MIN | @ NYY | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs MIN | @ NYY | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs DET | @ PHI | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs DET | @ PHI | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs DET | @ PHI | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ PIT | @ NYM | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ PIT | @ NYM | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ PIT | @ NYM | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ STL | vs SEA | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ STL | vs SEA | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ STL | vs SEA | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | vs NYY | vs BOS | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | vs NYY | vs BOS | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | vs NYY | vs BOS | ||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | vs LAD | @ CHC | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs LAD | @ CHC | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs LAD | @ CHC | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | @ KC | @ ARI | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | @ KC | @ ARI | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | @ KC | @ ARI | ||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | vs KC | |||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ WSH | vs KC | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ WSH | vs KC | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | @ WSH | vs MIL | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs STL | vs MIL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs STL | vs MIL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs STL | vs MIL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs CWS | @ COL | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs CWS | @ COL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs CWS | @ COL | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ SEA | vs PIT | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ SEA | vs PIT | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ SEA | vs PIT | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ ARI | @ ATL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ ARI | @ ATL | ||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | @ ATL | |||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs CIN | @ DET | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs CIN | @ DET | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs CIN | @ DET | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs MIL | vs STL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs MIL | vs STL | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs MIL | vs STL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | @ MIA | vs WSH | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | @ MIA | vs WSH | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | @ MIA | vs WSH | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ MIL | vs CIN | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ MIL | vs CIN | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ MIL | vs CIN | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | vs PIT | @ MIA | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | vs PIT | @ MIA | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | vs PIT | @ MIA | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs ATL | @ CIN | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs ATL | @ CIN | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs ATL | @ CIN | ||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | @ CIN | |||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | @ CIN | vs SF | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | @ CIN | vs SF | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | @ CIN | vs SF | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | vs MIA | vs SD | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | vs MIA | vs SD | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | vs MIA | vs SD | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ BOS | @ SF | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ BOS | @ SF | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ BOS | @ SF | ||||
| Sun, Mar 29th | vs WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #203 | |||
| Thu, May 7th | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #206 | |||
| Thu, May 28th | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 | |||
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ NYM | |||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ BAL | |||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ STL | |||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ ARI | |||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs MIL | |||||
