Who Should I Trade?

Shota Imanaga for Sonny Gray (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Sonny Gray SP - BOS
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 3 of 6 experts	50% Recommended by 3 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 38	# 42
VBR	# 144	# 158

Projections

Strikeouts	57	59
Wins	4	4
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.13	3.95
WHIP	1.18	1.27

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 36	# 31

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 48	# 43

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 59	# 21

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 35	# 60

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 44	# 46

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 44	# 49

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Sonny Gray SP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	19

Games Started	21	19

Innings Pitched	121.0	106.2

Wins	7	12

Losses	8	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	104	96

Earned Runs	51	33

Home Runs Allowed	22	12

Strikeouts	113	93

Walks	29	28

ERA	3.79	2.78

WHIP	1.10	1.16

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Sonny Gray SP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	11

Games Started	10	11

Innings Pitched	60.8	59.7

Wins	4	4

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	56	58

Earned Runs	28	26

Home Runs Allowed	11	8

Strikeouts	57	59

Walks	14	16

ERA	4.13	3.95

WHIP	1.18	1.27

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC	Sonny Gray SP - BOS
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	Sonny Gray allowed five earned runs on 10 hits while striking out three over five innings in Saturday's 6-0 loss to the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th
	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	Sonny Gray allowed one earned run on five hits and four walks while striking out five over six innings in a win over the Rays. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th
	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	Sonny Gray will start on Sunday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	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	Sonny Gray allowed one earned run on five hits and one walk while striking out three over six innings in Friday's 6-2 win over the Mets. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
	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	The Braves have expressed interest in Red Sox RHP Sonny Gray. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shota Imanaga SP - CHC			Sonny Gray SP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#272	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#321
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#411	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#129
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#213
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#376
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	@ LAD
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs KC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs CHC
Sat, Apr 4th				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sun, Jun 21st				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Mon, Aug 10th				@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Shota Imanaga for Sonny Gray (2026)

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