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Shota Imanaga

#18 - Starting Pitcher

Chicago Cubs

Bats / Throws Left / Left
Date of Birth 9/1/1993 (33)
Height, Weight 5'10", 175 lb
Hometown Kitakyushu, JPN

2026 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average
W-L IP ERA WHIP K% BB%
11-10 168.1 3.80 1.10 24.0% 5.4%
25th 7
W
19th 117.0
IP
75th 4.28
ERA
27th 1.30
WHIP
58th 21.7%
K%
14th 8.5%
BB%
FB MPH SwStr% CSW% Str-ICR MTK% PLV PLA
91.6 15.4% 29.1% 52.3% 4.4% 5.07 2.96
182nd 94.3
FB MPH
13th 11.6%
SwStr%
50th 27.8%
CSW%
42nd 50.2%
Str-ICR
69th 4.9%
MTK%
40th 4.97
PLV
46th 3.27
PLA
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Shota Imanaga Overview

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Year Team G GS IP W-L QS ERA WHIP xERA FIP xFIP PLA K% BB% H/9 HR/9 BABIP HR/FB% LOB% ICR% GB% SwStr% CSW% IPR% PLV
2024 CHC 29 29 173.1 15-3 19 2.91 1.02 3.31 3.72 3.52 2.57 25.1% 4.0% 7.7 1.40 .264 20.3% 80.2% 38.9% 38.7% 15.8% 28.7% 0.57 5.17
2025 CHC 25 25 144.2 9-8 12 3.73 0.99 4.00 4.87 4.53 2.36 20.6% 4.6% 7.3 1.93 .220 21.4% 81.5% 38.5% 31.7% 13.2% 27.0% 0.50 5.21
2026 CHC 30 30 168.1 11-10 14 3.80 1.10 3.73 4.55 3.71 2.96 24.0% 5.4% 8.0 1.82 .261 27.0% 82.4% 37.2% 38.0% 15.4% 29.1% 0.54 5.07
SP MLB Percentile 76 87 90 84-11 84 62 85 77 37 80 76 70 93 63 8 79 5 95 62 17 93 75 76 77
SP MLB AVG 23 21 117.0 7-7 7 4.28 1.30 4.37 4.26 4.21 3.27 21.7% 8.5% 8.4 1.23 .287 19.0% 72.9% 38.3% 43.1% 11.6% 27.8% 0.48 4.97
Career 84 84 486.1 35-21 45 3.46 1.04 3.66 4.35 3.88 2.64 23.4% 4.7% 7.7 1.70 .250 22.8% 81.4% 38.2% 36.3% 14.9% 28.4% 0.54 5.14

Shota Imanaga Repertoire

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Shota Imanaga Standard

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Year Team G GS IP W-L QS Sv Hld P Strikes Balls TBF H 1B 2B 3B HR K BB HB WP
2024 CHC 29 29 173.1 15-3 19 0 0 2,590 1,778 812 694 149 98 23 1 27 174 28 3 3
2025 CHC 25 25 144.2 9-8 12 0 0 2,176 1,472 706 567 117 65 20 1 31 117 26 1 1
2026 CHC 30 30 168.1 11-10 14 0 0 2,707 1,769 939 683 149 92 21 2 34 164 37 6 4
SP MLB Percentile 76 87 90 84-11 84 0 0 87 91 18 85 14 20 44 25 0 87 54 28 20
SP MLB AVG 23 21 117.0 7-7 7 0 0 1,912 1,224 689 492 108 70 21 2 16 108 40 5 3
Career 84 84 486.1 35-21 45 0 0 7,473 5,019 2,457 1,944 415 255 64 4 92 455 91 10 8

Shota Imanaga Advanced

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Year Team K% BB% AVG SLG OPS wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA xERA
2024 CHC 25.1% 4.0% .225 .385 .644 .279 .264 .305 .224 .282 .265 .356 88.2 89.5 17.7 3.31
2025 CHC 20.6% 4.6% .218 .432 .686 .293 .220 .277 .230 .316 .233 .380 90.0 92.6 21.3 4.00
2026 CHC 24.0% 5.4% .234 .433 .715 .310 .261 .314 .224 .301 .253 .368 88.0 91.8 17.7 3.73
SP MLB Percentile 70 93 67 31 54 58 79 59 80 77 91 54 62 16 16 77
SP MLB AVG 21.7% 8.5% .245 .407 .723 .318 .287 .320 .245 .324 .285 .373 88.4 89.8 13.8 4.37
Career 23.4% 4.7% .226 .415 .681 .295 .250 .299 .226 .300 .251 .369 88.7 91.4 18.8 3.66

Shota Imanaga Pitch › Mix

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Year Team FF% (MPH) SI% (MPH) FC% (MPH) SL% (MPH) ST% (MPH) CB% (MPH) CH% (MPH) FS% (MPH) KN% (MPH) Fastball% Secondary%
2024 CHC52.0% (91.7)2.1% (88.7)0.4% (89.7)-7.7% (81.6)3.3% (72.5)3.9% (81.6)30.6% (82.9)- 54.1% 45.9%
2025 CHC48.6% (90.8)1.3% (88.2)-0.2% (80.9)16.9% (80.4)1.6% (71.6)0.2% (83.3)31.2% (83.0)- 49.9% 50.0%
2026 CHC40.5% (91.6)6.0% (90.2)-2.0% (86.4)14.6% (81.0)2.8% (74.4)-34.2% (82.8)- 46.4% 53.6%
SP MLB Percentile 67 (7) 9 (3) - 3 (52) 52 (30) 4 (4) - 91 (11) - 50.5% 49.0%
SP MLB AVG 34.1% (94.3) 19.7% (93.7) 16.5% (89.3) 17.4% (86.1) 16.5% (82.2) 13.8% (80.1) 16.5% (86.1) 16.8% (86.3) 30.1% (80.5) 46.5% 53.4%
Career46.8% (91.4)3.3% (89.6)0.2% (89.7)0.8% (86.0)12.9% (80.9)2.6% (73.1)1.4% (81.7)32.1% (82.9)- 50.1% 49.9%

Shota Imanaga Pitch › Results

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Year Team FF CSW% SI CSW% FC CSW% SL CSW% ST CSW% CB CSW% CH CSW% FS CSW% KN CSW% Fastball CSW% Secondary CSW%
2024 CHC25.6% (130)42.6% (10)18.2% (0)-31.2% (34)38.8% (0)21.8% (18)32.4% (216)- 26.3% 31.6%
2025 CHC23.5% (89)25.0% (2)-25.0% (1)36.5% (58)31.4% (2)25.0% (1)27.4% (134)- 23.5% 30.6%
2026 CHC26.8% (108)29.8% (14)-29.6% (9)27.7% (51)37.7% (3)-31.5% (231)- 27.1% 30.7%
SP MLB Percentile 48 (84) 76 (45) - 59 (17) 44 (81) 91 (8) - 98 (96) - 47.0% 79.5%
SP MLB AVG 27.0% (62) 26.8% (19) 27.0% (24) 27.9% (40) 27.9% (30) 30.0% (28) 22.9% (40) 22.1% (46) 25.5% (21) 27.3% 28.0%
Career25.3% (327)32.1% (26)18.2% (0)29.3% (10)31.8% (143)37.1% (5)21.9% (19)30.7% (581)- 25.8% 31.0%

Shota Imanaga Batted Ball › Contact

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Year Team GB% LD% FB% PU% SS% Pull% Cent% Oppo% Foul Str% PC% Fl&B% Solid% Brl% ICR%
2024 CHC 38.7% 21.1% 27.2% 13.1% 37.4% 44.2% 35.0% 20.9% 21.0% 61.2% 25.2% 5.5% 8.2% 38.9%
2025 CHC 31.7% 20.1% 34.8% 13.7% 35.0% 47.0% 30.0% 22.9% 21.2% 61.0% 18.9% 8.6% 11.5% 38.5%
2026 CHC 38.0% 21.6% 26.5% 13.9% 34.9% 43.9% 30.5% 25.6% 18.7% 62.8% 22.5% 5.5% 9.2% 37.2%
SP MLB Percentile 17 58 75 88 60 63 16 67 58 64 79 68 19 62
SP MLB AVG 43.1% 22.1% 24.7% 10.2% 35.7% 42.7% 33.1% 24.2% 18.3% 61.6% 24.7% 6.2% 7.6% 38.3%
Career 36.3% 21.0% 29.2% 13.5% 35.8% 45.0% 31.9% 23.1% 20.2% 61.7% 22.4% 6.4% 9.6% 38.2%

Shota Imanaga Batted Ball › Outcomes

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Year Team AVG wOBA BABIP BACON xAVG xwOBA xBABIP xwoBACON EV FB EV LA HR/FB ICR% IPA%
2024 CHC .225 .279 .264 .305 .224 .282 .265 .356 88.2 89.5 17.7 20.3% 38.9% 27.4%
2025 CHC .218 .293 .220 .277 .230 .316 .233 .380 90.0 92.6 21.3 21.4% 38.5% 28.7%
2026 CHC .234 .310 .261 .314 .224 .301 .253 .368 88.0 91.8 17.7 27.0% 37.2% 25.9%
SP MLB Percentile 67 58 79 59 80 77 91 54 62 16 16 5 62 54
SP MLB AVG .245 .318 .287 .320 .245 .324 .285 .373 88.4 89.8 13.8 19.0% 38.3% 26.3%
Career .226 .295 .250 .299 .226 .300 .251 .369 88.7 91.4 18.8 22.8% 38.2% 27.3%

Shota Imanaga Approach › Plate Discipline

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Year Team Zone% Str% Swing% O-Sw% Whiff% Foul Str% Con% Z-Con% O-Con% CS% SwStr% CSW% BIP% PLUS% IPR% Str-ICR
2024 CHC 46.9% 68.6% 55.7% 37.6% 28.3% 21.0% 71.7% 80.7% 55.5% 13.0% 15.8% 28.7% 18.9% 62.9% 0.57 54.0%
2025 CHC 49.8% 67.6% 53.8% 33.9% 24.5% 21.2% 75.5% 81.9% 61.6% 13.8% 13.2% 27.0% 19.4% 62.3% 0.50 52.7%
2026 CHC 43.0% 65.3% 51.6% 36.5% 29.8% 18.7% 70.2% 79.4% 56.7% 13.7% 15.4% 29.1% 17.6% 59.8% 0.54 52.3%
SP MLB Percentile 23 75 91 90 88 58 88 95 67 7 93 75 46 78 76 78
SP MLB AVG 44.7% 63.8% 47.7% 31.8% 24.4% 18.3% 75.6% 85.3% 59.2% 16.1% 11.6% 27.8% 17.7% 58.1% 0.48 50.2%
Career 46.3% 67.2% 53.7% 36.2% 27.7% 20.2% 72.3% 80.6% 57.5% 13.5% 14.9% 28.4% 18.6% 61.6% 0.54 53.0%

Shota Imanaga Approach › Locations

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Year Team Zone% aLoc% x-mLoc% gLoc% hiLoc% y-mLoc% loLoc% iLoc% oLoc% mmLoc%
2024 CHC 46.9% 35.3% 30.8% 34.0% 35.4% 22.5% 42.1% 28.4% 40.9% 6.8%
2025 CHC 49.8% 34.8% 29.9% 35.3% 37.5% 23.9% 38.6% 31.6% 38.6% 6.7%
2026 CHC 43.0% 36.8% 27.5% 35.6% 39.7% 20.4% 39.9% 26.9% 45.6% 5.9%
SP MLB Percentile 23 55 51 45 74 90 37 30 67 21
SP MLB AVG 44.7% 36.2% 27.4% 36.4% 35.3% 22.7% 42.0% 28.9% 43.7% 6.5%
Career 46.3% 35.7% 29.3% 35.0% 37.6% 22.1% 40.3% 28.7% 41.9% 6.4%

Shota Imanaga Approach › Counts

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Year Team Early% Behind% 2-Str% Early BIP% F-Str% TF-Str% ECS% 2-Str O-Sw% PAR%
2024 CHC 60.5% 8.6% 31.1% 17.2% 68.1% 54.9% 16.7% 30.2% 21.6%
2025 CHC 59.8% 9.4% 30.9% 16.2% 62.6% 51.3% 18.2% 26.6% 17.4%
2026 CHC 58.8% 10.5% 30.7% 13.6% 56.9% 45.8% 17.2% 31.7% 19.7%
SP MLB Percentile 54 77 69 22 11 8 4 95 63
SP MLB AVG 58.6% 11.9% 29.6% 15.0% 61.5% 50.0% 20.8% 26.9% 18.8%
Career 59.7% 9.5% 30.9% 15.7% 62.5% 50.6% 17.3% 29.7% 19.7%

Shota Imanaga PLV

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Year Team P PLV QP% AP% BP% Q-BP% MTK% HP HL PLA
2024 CHC 2,590 5.17 49.3% 17.5% 33.2% 16.1% 4.1% -0.8 +23 2.57
2025 CHC 2,176 5.21 50.0% 17.3% 32.6% 17.4% 5.1% 13.1 +3 2.36
2026 CHC 2,707 5.07 46.3% 17.4% 36.3% 10.0% 4.4% 10.4 +4 2.96
SP MLB Percentile 87 77 54 37 46 46 63 35 39 76
SP MLB AVG 1,912 4.97 45.9% 17.9% 36.2% 9.6% 4.9% 5.7 +1 3.27
Career 7,473 5.14 48.4% 17.4% 34.1% 14.3% 4.5% 22.7 +29 2.64
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