Who Should I Trade?

Lazaro Estrada for Shota Imanaga (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 38	‐
VBR	# 144	# 729

Projections

Strikeouts	57	10
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.13	4.70
WHIP	1.18	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 36	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 44	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 44	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 35	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 48	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 59	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Lazaro Estrada SP,RP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	4

Games Started	21	0

Innings Pitched	121.0	9.1

Wins	7	0

Losses	8	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	104	4

Earned Runs	51	5

Home Runs Allowed	22	2

Strikeouts	113	6

Walks	29	5

ERA	3.79	4.82

WHIP	1.10	0.96

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Lazaro Estrada SP,RP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	15

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	60.8	12.1

Wins	4	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	56	12

Earned Runs	28	6

Home Runs Allowed	11	2

Strikeouts	57	10

Walks	14	4

ERA	4.13	4.70

WHIP	1.18	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Lazaro Estrada SP,RP - TOR
News
	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	The Blue Jays optioned Lazaro Estrada to Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	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	The Blue Jays recalled Lazaro Estrada from Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	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	The Blue Jays are expected to recall Lazaro Estrada from Triple-A on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	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	The Blue Jays placed Lazaro Estrada on their taxi squad. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	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	Lazaro Estrada was optioned back to the minors ahead of Tuesday's game against the Astros. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 23rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC			Lazaro Estrada SP,RP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#332
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th				@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117
Thu, Apr 16th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#272	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#411	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#250
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	vs STL	Quinn Mathews	#218
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#109
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Lazaro Estrada for Shota Imanaga (2026)

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