Shota ImanagaCHC · SP

2026 review

Shota Imanaga worked as a control-and-whiff starter for CHC, going 11-10 with a 3.77 ERA and 1.10 WHIP in 174.1 IP across 32 starts, with 174 SO and 37 BB, a 24.6 K% and 5.2 BB% over 706 BF. Drafted at NFBC ADP rank 157, he finished 223rd of 1472 in the TDK LABS 5x5 value rank, 66 spots below, 64th of 811 pitchers, and 30th of 236 starting pitchers. His 5.2 BB% over 706 BF was the 30th lowest of 517 pitchers with 100+ BF, and his 14.4 SwStr% over 2811 pitches was the 41st highest of 517 pitchers with 100+ BF. He was at his best in Jul, a 1.53 ERA in 29.1 IP, and at his worst in Aug, a 5.96 ERA in 22.2 IP. By early Sep the TDK LABS card had him working through a rough stretch driven by home runs while the splitter kept drawing whiffs, and by late Sep it had him leaning further into the splitter away from the fastball, with a release-point adjustment sharpening his command and strikeout profile.