Who Should I Trade?

Luis Castillo for Tatsuya Imai (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 3 of 6 experts	50% Recommended by 3 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 84	# 109
VBR	# 269	# 390

Projections

Strikeouts	46	49
Wins	3	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.17	4.41
WHIP	1.29	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 165	# 115

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 102	# 83

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 111	# 102

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 49	# 142

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 82	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 87	# 226

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	14

Games Started	16	14

Innings Pitched	94.2	58.0

Wins	3	6

Losses	9	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	95	49

Earned Runs	51	36

Home Runs Allowed	14	9

Strikeouts	84	71

Walks	30	36

ERA	4.85	5.59

WHIP	1.32	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	9

Games Started	8	9

Innings Pitched	49.8	47.5

Wins	3	3

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	47	44

Earned Runs	23	23

Home Runs Allowed	8	7

Strikeouts	46	49

Walks	15	22

ERA	4.17	4.41

WHIP	1.29	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU
News
	Luis Castillo allowed three runs on four hits over seven innings with three strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Tuesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	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
	Luis Castillo will start on Tuesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Tatsuya Imai will start on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Luis Castillo allowed four runs on nine hits over five innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a loss on Friday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th	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
	Luis Castillo allowed two runs on five hits over six innings with four strikeouts and a walk in a loss on Friday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th	Tatsuya Imai allowed five earned runs on four hits and five walks while striking out two over 1 1/3 innings in Wednesday’s loss to the Twins. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 2nd
	Luis Castillo will start on Friday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	Tatsuya Imai allowed two hits and one walk while striking out 10 over six innings in Thursday’s win over the Tigers. Chris Schommer Fri, Jun 26th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Luis Castillo SP - SEA			Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#391
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#324	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#305	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#367
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs TEX
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB			@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			@ SF
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Mon, Jun 15th				vs DET	Drew Anderson	#100
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Wed, Jul 1st				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC

Who Should I Trade?

Luis Castillo for Tatsuya Imai (2026)

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