Who Should I Trade?

Lucas Giolito for Shota Imanaga (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 38	# 186
VBR	# 144	# 888

Projections

Strikeouts	57	18
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.13	4.95
WHIP	1.18	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 36	# 141

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 44	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 44	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 35	# 143

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 48	# 316

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 59	# 255

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Lucas Giolito SP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	7

Games Started	21	5

Innings Pitched	121.0	29.2

Wins	7	2

Losses	8	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	104	32

Earned Runs	51	17

Home Runs Allowed	22	4

Strikeouts	113	18

Walks	29	23

ERA	3.79	5.16

WHIP	1.10	1.85

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Lucas Giolito SP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	4

Games Started	10	4

Innings Pitched	60.8	21.2

Wins	4	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	56	21

Earned Runs	28	12

Home Runs Allowed	11	3

Strikeouts	57	18

Walks	14	9

ERA	4.13	4.95

WHIP	1.18	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Lucas Giolito SP - SD
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 Padres placed Lucas Giolito on the 15-day injured list with right elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	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	Lucas Giolito allowed four runs on seven hits over four innings with two strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Sunday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	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	Lucas Giolito could pitch in a bulk relief role for the Padres on Sunday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	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	Lucas Giolito allowed three runs on seven hits over five innings in a bulk relief role with two strikeouts and three walks in a loss on Monday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
	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	Lucas Giolito allowed two runs (one earned) on two hits over four innings with three strikeouts and five walks in a no-decision on Tuesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC			Lucas Giolito SP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#266
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Thu, Apr 16th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#266
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#272	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#411	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#236
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sun, Jun 21st				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs ARI
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Lucas Giolito for Shota Imanaga (2026)

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