Shota Imanaga

2026 seasonregular season

Bats/Throws: L/L
Height: 5' 10"
Weight: 175 lb
Age: 33
Born: Kitakyushu, Japan
MLB debut: 2024-04-01

Pitch qualityour Stuff+ grades

How nasty each pitch is from its physical shape alone — velocity, spin, movement, extension and release point — on a scale where 100 is league average and every 10 points is one standard deviation. It does not see where the pitch was thrown, the count, or what happened to it, so a pitcher with great stuff and poor command can still give up runs. How it is built

105overall

Four-seam fastball110
Sweeper109
Sinker106
Slider105
Changeup104
Splitter101
Curveball97

Pitching

Season	G	GS	IP	ERA	WHIP	K	BB	HR	K/9	W-L	SV
2026	32	32	174.1	3.77	1.10	174	37	35	8.98	11-10	0

Last 10 games

Game	Dec	IP	H	ER	BB	K	HR	P
09/27@BOSW		1.0	1	1	0	3	1	12
09/22vMIAL		5.0	4	1	0	7	0	91
09/16vATLW	W	6.0	4	1	0	8	0	100
09/11vPITW	W	6.0	5	2	2	4	1	100
09/04@MIAW	W	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	94
08/30vCINL	L	5.0	8	6	1	4	3	85
08/23@SEAW		2.0	5	1	2	4	1	72
08/17vCWSW		6.0	2	3	3	10	1	96
08/11@WSHW		4.2	6	4	0	5	3	86
08/05vLADW	W	5.0	8	1	0	6	1	89

Full 2026 game log (32 games)

Game	Dec	IP	H	ER	BB	K	HR	P
09/27@BOSW		1.0	1	1	0	3	1	12
09/22vMIAL		5.0	4	1	0	7	0	91
09/16vATLW	W	6.0	4	1	0	8	0	100
09/11vPITW	W	6.0	5	2	2	4	1	100
09/04@MIAW	W	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	94
08/30vCINL	L	5.0	8	6	1	4	3	85
08/23@SEAW		2.0	5	1	2	4	1	72
08/17vCWSW		6.0	2	3	3	10	1	96
08/11@WSHW		4.2	6	4	0	5	3	86
08/05vLADW	W	5.0	8	1	0	6	1	89
07/31vNYYL	L	6.2	4	2	0	6	2	101
07/25@PITW	W	6.0	4	0	1	4	0	84
07/19vMINW	W	7.0	6	0	1	4	0	99
07/10@CINL	L	5.0	7	1	1	5	1	102
07/04vSTLL	L	4.2	4	2	3	8	1	86
06/29vSDW		6.1	9	2	0	4	0	97
06/24@NYMW	W	5.1	4	4	1	4	3	69
06/15vCOLW		5.2	5	1	1	3	0	85
06/10@COLL		5.0	2	0	2	7	0	90
06/04vATHW		6.0	6	6	1	5	4	84
05/29@STLL	L	5.1	5	5	1	2	3	75
05/24vHOUL	L	6.0	7	7	1	6	3	94
05/18vMILL	L	4.1	9	8	3	2	2	79
05/13@ATLL	L	7.0	5	2	0	6	1	96
05/07vCINW	W	6.0	6	1	3	10	1	99
05/02vAZW	W	7.0	4	0	1	5	0	87
04/26@LADL	L	5.1	6	4	3	6	0	100
04/21vPHIW	W	7.0	3	1	1	1	1	87
04/15@PHIW	W	6.0	3	1	1	11	1	97
04/10vPITL		6.0	0	0	1	9	0	100
04/05@CLEL		5.0	3	1	1	4	0	92
03/29vWSHL	L	5.0	6	4	2	7	1	82

Career by season

Season	G	GS	IP	ERA	WHIP	K	BB	HR	K/9	W-L
2024CHC	29	29	173.1	2.91	1.02	174	28	27	9.03	15-3
2025CHC	25	25	144.2	3.73	0.99	117	26	31	7.28	9-8
2026CHC	32	32	174.1	3.77	1.10	174	37	35	8.98	11-10

Stats from the MLB Stats API, regular season only. A traded player's combined season appears as one row per club plus the total.