MLB · NL Central

Shota Imanaga

Betting stats, pitch arsenal, opponent splits & prop matchups

Chicago CubsSPBats: L · Throws: L

FormHotStuffAbove avg

The read

Elite swing-and-miss stuff, with strong underlying run prevention.

Strikeout prop

How often Shota Imanaga has cleared each strikeout line over his last 5 and 10 starts and the season.

Strikeouts

share of starts cleared

L5L10Season

Over 4.5
60%50%59%
Over 5.5
40%30%46%
Over 6.5
20%20%27%
Over 7.5
20%10%18%

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On the mound

This season

ERA

3.67

WHIP

1.07

FIP

4.36

xERA

3.64

7-8 · 22 GS · 127.7 IP · 119 K · 29 BB · 24 HR

MLB avg · 4.20 ERA · 1.30 WHIP · 4.15 FIP

Last 5 starts

ERA

1.53

K/9

8.3

FIP

3.65

29.3 IP · 5 ER · 27 K · 6 BB

vSTL 4.2IP 2ER 8K
@CIN 5IP 1ER 5K
vMIN 7IP 0ER 4K
@PIT 6IP 0ER 4K
vNYY 6.2IP 2ER 6K

Opponent splits

Stat	vs Lefties	vs Righties
Opp BA	.182	.225
K%	28%	21%
HR allowed	7	15
Sample	132 BF	355 BF

Quality of stuff

Percentile rank vs qualified MLB pitchers (20+ IP) this season. The dot is this player; further right is better. Over 127.7 IP.

Metric

Percentile

Value

Rank

ERA

3.67

FIP

4.36

xERA

3.64

WHIP

1.07

K %

23.9%

SwStr %

14.1%

Chase %

36.3%

Barrel %

9.6%

Attack zones

20%

Heart

41%

Shadow

25%

Chase

14%

Waste

Heart = middle · Shadow = edges (command) · 6.2 ft extension

Where he lives around the zone. Heart (red) is the middle, Shadow (gold) the edges (command), Chase (blue) and Waste (slate) further off.

Full Statcast profile

Arsenal · splits · situationalSeason-to-date

Pitch arsenalusage · velo · spin · break · whiff% · xwOBA

4-Seam

41%

Sinker

Slider

Curve

Other

47%

Pitch	Usage	Velo	Spin	Break	Zone%	SwStr%	xwOBA
4-Seam	41.2%	91.7	2500	1.2	51.7%	8.4%	.376
Sinker	6.8%	90.2	2461	2.0	59.7%	6.7%	.368
Curve	2.9%	74.4	2516	5.3	63.2%	0.0%	.414
Slider	1.9%	86.5	2483	2.5	51.3%	18.9%	.283

Based on 1,986 pitches this season.

Expected & ratesnot in the panels above

xwOBA allowed

.304

1st-pitch strike%

58.5%

Putaway%

43.0%

Recent formlast 5 starts

L5 ERA

1.63

L5 FIP

3.68

L5 K/9

8.8

L5 BB/9

2.0

L5 HR/9

1.3

Pitches/start

90.3

Platoon & times-through

vs LHB xwOBA

.304

vs RHB xwOBA

.305

1st time xwOBA

.264

2nd time xwOBA

.282

3rd time xwOBA

.418

Inn 1-3 ERA

3.24

Inn 4-6 ERA

4.60

Inn 7+ ERA

5.11

Rolling formxwOBA allowed / K% / SwStr% / velo

7d xwOBA

.220

7d K%

21.7%

7d velo

86.7

14d xwOBA

.230

14d K%

19.4%

30d xwOBA

.279

30d K%

23.7%

30d velo

85.7

Statcast-derived from our v8 pitch corpus, refreshed daily. xwOBA (con) = xwOBA on balls in play. Percentages are share of the relevant opportunity.

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