Who Should I Trade?

Ryan Gusto for Shota Imanaga (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 39	# 264
VBR	# 161	# 666

Projections

Strikeouts	60	25
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.12	4.71
WHIP	1.18	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 38	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 44	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 44	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 35	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 42	# 306

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 59	# 226

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Ryan Gusto SP,RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	11

Games Started	20	6

Innings Pitched	115.0	30.2

Wins	6	0

Losses	8	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	100	32

Earned Runs	51	16

Home Runs Allowed	22	3

Strikeouts	109	27

Walks	28	10

ERA	3.99	4.70

WHIP	1.11	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Ryan Gusto SP,RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	18

Games Started	11	3

Innings Pitched	64.5	29.0

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	59	30

Earned Runs	30	15

Home Runs Allowed	12	4

Strikeouts	60	25

Walks	15	11

ERA	4.12	4.71

WHIP	1.18	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Ryan Gusto SP,RP - MIA
News
	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	The Marlins recalled RHP Ryan Gusto from Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	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	The Marlins optioned Ryan Gusto to Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	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	Ryan Gusto allowed one run on three hits and two walks while striking out six over 4.1 innings in Sunday's 2-1 win over the San Francisco Giants. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 21st
	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	Ryan Gusto gave up five runs on eight hits and three walks while recording one strikeout across 4.2 innings in Monday's 7-0 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 16th
	Shota Imanaga will start one of the two games of Wednesday’s doubleheader. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Ryan Gusto allowed no runs on three hits and one walk while striking out four across four scoreless innings in Wednesday's 8-0 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jun 11th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC			Ryan Gusto SP,RP - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#197
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Apr 4th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#172	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#275	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#412	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#225
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#399
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Thu, May 21st				vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#399
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Sun, Jun 21st				vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#340
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#142
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Ryan Gusto for Shota Imanaga (2026)

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