Who Should I Trade?

Lazaro Estrada for Tatsuya Imai (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU	Lazaro Estrada SP,RP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 107	‐
VBR	# 428	# 666

Projections

Strikeouts	36	10
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.31	4.52
WHIP	1.43	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 119	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 106	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 102	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 172	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 142	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU	Lazaro Estrada SP,RP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	16	4

Games Started	15	0

Innings Pitched	61.2	9.1

Wins	6	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	50	4

Earned Runs	38	5

Home Runs Allowed	9	2

Strikeouts	77	6

Walks	40	5

ERA	5.55	4.82

WHIP	1.46	0.96

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU	Lazaro Estrada SP,RP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	15

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	33.5	11.3

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	30	11

Earned Runs	16	6

Home Runs Allowed	5	2

Strikeouts	36	10

Walks	16	4

ERA	4.31	4.52

WHIP	1.43	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU	Lazaro Estrada SP,RP - TOR
News
	Astros manager Joe Espada said Tatsuya Imai will be moved to the bullpen. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Blue Jays recalled RHP Lazaro Estrada from Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th
	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	Lazaro Estrada was optioned back to Triple-A on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros 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	The Blue Jays optioned Lazaro Estrada to Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Tatsuya Imai will start on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Blue Jays recalled Lazaro Estrada from Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	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	The Blue Jays are expected to recall Lazaro Estrada from Triple-A on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU			Lazaro Estrada SP,RP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Apr 29th				vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#330	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#247
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#208
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#107
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#157	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Aug 13th				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th				@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#142
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Lazaro Estrada for Tatsuya Imai (2026)

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