Who Should I Trade?

Ranger Suarez for Tatsuya Imai (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ranger Suarez SP - BOS	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 56	# 99
VBR	# 139	# 435

Projections

Strikeouts	52	43
Wins	4	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.63	4.37
WHIP	1.28	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 52	# 115

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 54	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 71	# 83

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 43	# 102

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 36	# 136

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 71	# 142

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ranger Suarez SP - BOS	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	15

Games Started	19	15

Innings Pitched	100.0	58.2

Wins	4	6

Losses	3	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	88	50

Earned Runs	35	38

Home Runs Allowed	5	9

Strikeouts	105	72

Walks	28	40

ERA	3.15	5.83

WHIP	1.16	1.53

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ranger Suarez SP - BOS	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	15

Games Started	10	6

Innings Pitched	56.0	41.7

Wins	4	2

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	53	38

Earned Runs	23	20

Home Runs Allowed	5	6

Strikeouts	52	43

Walks	16	19

ERA	3.63	4.37

WHIP	1.28	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ranger Suarez SP - BOS	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU
News
	Ranger Suarez allowed three earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out two over 4 2/3 innings in Friday's win over the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st	Astros manager Joe Espada said Tatsuya Imai will be moved to the bullpen. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Ranger Suarez allowed four hits while striking out six over four scoreless innings in Sunday's 6-1 win over the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	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
	Ranger Suarez (groin) has been activated from the IL and will start Sunday vs the Blue Jays. Vince DiSilvio Sun, Jul 26th	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
	Ranger Suarez will be activated from the injured list and will start Sunday against the Blue Jays. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 25th	Tatsuya Imai will start on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Ranger Suarez played catch on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ranger Suarez SP - BOS			Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#319
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#325	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#224	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#342
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			@ SF
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sat, May 9th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Mon, May 25th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sat, Jun 6th				vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#327
Mon, Jun 15th				vs DET	Drew Anderson	#137
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Tue, Jul 21st				vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Ranger Suarez for Tatsuya Imai (2026)

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