Who Should I Trade?

Richard Fitts for Tatsuya Imai (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU	Richard Fitts SP - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 139	‐
VBR	# 453	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	25	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.19	‐
WHIP	1.41	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 120	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 102	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 196	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 142	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU	Richard Fitts SP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	‐

Games Started	15	‐

Innings Pitched	67.2	‐

Wins	6	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	55	‐

Earned Runs	40	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	83	‐

Walks	44	‐

ERA	5.32	‐

WHIP	1.46	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU	Richard Fitts SP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	3	‐

Innings Pitched	23.0	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	20	‐

Earned Runs	11	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	25	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	4.19	‐

WHIP	1.41	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU	Richard Fitts SP - STL
News
	Astros manager Joe Espada said Tatsuya Imai will be moved to the bullpen. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Richard Fitts underwent season-ending surgery to address the lat strain that landed him on the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
	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	Acquired from the Red Sox over the winter, Fitts made three Grapefruit League starts and posted a 9:3 K:BB while allowing six earned runs on nine hits across 9.1 innings. Kyle Leahy and Andre Pallante claimed the final two spots in the Cardinals' Opening Day rotation. Bruno Mulé Wed, Mar 18th
	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
	Tatsuya Imai will start on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	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
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU			Richard Fitts SP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#271	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#83
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Wed, Apr 29th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#118
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Thu, May 7th				@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#341
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#118
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#235	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#344
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#256	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#117
Thu, Jun 18th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#269	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#156	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Thu, Jul 9th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Thu, Jul 30th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#155
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#173	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ MIL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#278
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC

Who Should I Trade?

Richard Fitts for Tatsuya Imai (2026)

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