Who Should I Trade?

Ryne Nelson for Shota Imanaga (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 40	# 169
VBR	# 154	# 621

Projections

Strikeouts	63	20
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.13	4.51
WHIP	1.18	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 39	# 164

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 44	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 48	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 35	# 125

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 42	# 174

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 59	# 292

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	15

Games Started	20	15

Innings Pitched	115.0	83.1

Wins	6	3

Losses	8	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	100	81

Earned Runs	51	46

Home Runs Allowed	22	18

Strikeouts	109	62

Walks	28	22

ERA	3.99	4.97

WHIP	1.11	1.24

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	5

Games Started	12	5

Innings Pitched	67.0	24.2

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	61	24

Earned Runs	31	12

Home Runs Allowed	12	4

Strikeouts	63	20

Walks	16	7

ERA	4.13	4.51

WHIP	1.18	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI
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	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Ryne Nelson will begin a throwing program in the coming days. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	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	Ryne Nelson is scheduled to undergo an MRI on July 17 to evaluate the progress of his elbow recovery. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
	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	Ryne Nelson (elbow) was transferred to the 60-day IL on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 25th
	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	Ryne Nelson told reporters he will be shut down for several weeks. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	Shota Imanaga will start one of the two games of Wednesday’s doubleheader. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Ryne Nelson was diagnosed with a partially torn flexor on Friday. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jun 19th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC			Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#189
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Sat, Apr 4th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#188	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#216	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#264	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Jun 21st				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD			vs SD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			vs SD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			vs SD
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#415
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Ryne Nelson for Shota Imanaga (2026)

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