Who Should I Trade?

Miles Mikolas for Shota Imanaga (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 38	# 290
VBR	# 155	# 836

Projections

Strikeouts	56	25
Wins	4	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.10	5.24
WHIP	1.18	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

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	# 399

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 59	# 200

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Miles Mikolas SP,RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	22

Games Started	21	9

Innings Pitched	121.0	102.0

Wins	7	3

Losses	8	7

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	104	114

Earned Runs	51	62

Home Runs Allowed	22	23

Strikeouts	113	52

Walks	29	21

ERA	3.79	5.47

WHIP	1.10	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Miles Mikolas SP,RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	8

Games Started	11	7

Innings Pitched	59.7	40.9

Wins	4	2

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	55	47

Earned Runs	27	24

Home Runs Allowed	10	7

Strikeouts	56	25

Walks	14	10

ERA	4.10	5.24

WHIP	1.18	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Miles Mikolas SP,RP - WSH
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	Miles Mikolas didn't have his sharpest stuff but avoided taking the loss in a high-scoring win. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 27th
	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	Miles Mikolas allowed three earned runs on six hits and no walks while striking out one over 3.2 innings in Tuesday's loss to the Rockies. Jesse Garcia Wed, Jul 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	Miles Mikolas will pitch in a bulk relief role for the Nationals on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 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	Miles Mikolas allowed zero earned runs on four hits and one walk over four innings in Saturday's loss to the Yankees. Jesse Garcia Sun, Jul 12th
	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	Miles Mikolas allowed seven earned runs on nine hits and two walks while striking out three over six innings in Monday's 12-11 win over the Astros. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jul 7th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC			Miles Mikolas SP,RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#178	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#103
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#136
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#281
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#163
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#163
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#281	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#284
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#149
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#321
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#198
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#329
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#69
Sun, Jun 21st				@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#156	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#82	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#21	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#235
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#189
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#271
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#73
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Miles Mikolas for Shota Imanaga (2026)

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