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Shota Imanaga

#18 - Starting Pitcher

Chicago Cubs

Bats / Throws Left / Left
Date of Birth 9/1/1993 (32)
Height, Weight 5'10", 175 lb
Hometown Kitakyushu, JPN

2026 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average
W-L IP ERA WHIP K% BB%
6-8 115.0 3.91 1.11 23.5% 6.0%
51st 5
W
13th 78.0
IP
76th 4.42
ERA
35th 1.31
WHIP
76th 21.7%
K%
32nd 8.5%
BB%
FB MPH SwStr% CSW% Str-ICR MTK% PLV PLA
91.8 15.1% 29.4% 52.7% 4.1% 5.06 2.91
177th 94.3
FB MPH
12th 11.6%
SwStr%
43rd 27.7%
CSW%
41st 50.0%
Str-ICR
53rd 4.9%
MTK%
48th 4.98
PLV
39th 3.26
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 20 20 115.0 6-8 8 3.91 1.11 3.61 4.50 3.83 2.91 23.5% 6.0% 7.8 1.72 .259 25.9% 79.8% 36.4% 39.8% 15.1% 29.4% 0.54 5.06
SP MLB Percentile 77 87 93 65-4 76 62 80 77 41 70 80 61 84 65 18 77 16 86 69 30 94 78 76 74
SP MLB AVG 16 14 78.0 5-5 5 4.42 1.31 4.42 4.38 4.29 3.26 21.7% 8.5% 8.5 1.29 .287 19.5% 72.6% 38.6% 42.9% 11.6% 27.7% 0.47 4.98
Career 74 74 433.0 30-19 39 3.45 1.03 3.62 4.31 3.94 2.59 23.2% 4.8% 7.6 1.66 .248 22.0% 80.5% 38.1% 36.6% 14.7% 28.3% 0.54 5.15

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 20 20 115.0 6-8 8 0 0 1,800 1,184 617 464 100 59 18 1 22 109 28 3 4
SP MLB Percentile 77 87 93 65-4 76 0 0 88 93 18 89 16 29 26 32 2 85 43 41 10
SP MLB AVG 16 14 78.0 5-5 5 0 0 1,275 815 460 329 72 46 14 1 11 72 27 3 2
Career 74 74 433.0 30-19 39 0 0 6,566 4,434 2,135 1,725 366 222 61 3 80 400 82 7 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 23.5% 6.0% .232 .432 .715 .310 .259 .310 .219 .297 .246 .358 87.5 90.9 17.2 3.61
SP MLB Percentile 61 84 65 39 55 61 77 65 81 77 92 64 72 33 20 77
SP MLB AVG 21.7% 8.5% .246 .413 .730 .320 .287 .321 .246 .325 .285 .375 88.5 90.0 13.9 4.42
Career 23.2% 4.8% .225 .413 .677 .293 .248 .297 .224 .299 .249 .366 88.6 91.1 18.8 3.62

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% (91.8)6.7% (90.2)-1.7% (86.6)14.4% (81.3)3.1% (74.4)-33.7% (83.1)- 47.2% 52.8%
SP MLB Percentile 70 (10) 11 (3) - 4 (55) 52 (33) 3 (5) - 92 (12) - 54.0% 45.0%
SP MLB AVG 33.4% (94.3) 20.1% (93.7) 16.3% (89.2) 18.0% (86.1) 16.4% (82.2) 14.3% (80.1) 17.1% (86.3) 17.5% (86.4) 28.4% (80.6) 46.6% 53.3%
Career47.7% (91.4)3.1% (89.5)0.2% (89.7)0.5% (86.0)12.6% (81.0)2.7% (72.9)1.6% (81.7)31.6% (83.0)- 50.8% 49.1%

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 CHC26.6% (72)28.1% (8)-33.3% (6)29.3% (39)34.5% (0)-32.3% (147)- 26.8% 31.7%
SP MLB Percentile 41 (85) 59 (40) - 76 (20) 53 (82) 74 (0) - 96 (96) - 38.5% 84.0%
SP MLB AVG 27.2% (41) 26.5% (13) 27.0% (18) 28.6% (28) 27.9% (21) 29.7% (20) 23.0% (27) 21.9% (34) 28.4% (14) 27.3% 27.9%
Career25.1% (291)31.5% (20)18.2% (0)32.4% (7)33.0% (131)36.0% (2)21.9% (19)30.8% (497)- 25.5% 31.3%

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 39.8% 20.4% 26.2% 13.6% 33.0% 45.7% 29.3% 25.0% 18.4% 63.5% 21.6% 5.2% 9.6% 36.4%
SP MLB Percentile 30 72 71 83 78 77 13 57 54 70 84 70 20 69
SP MLB AVG 42.9% 22.4% 24.6% 10.2% 35.8% 42.4% 33.1% 24.5% 18.3% 61.2% 24.7% 6.3% 7.9% 38.6%
Career 36.6% 20.6% 29.5% 13.4% 35.4% 45.6% 31.8% 22.7% 20.4% 61.7% 22.1% 6.5% 9.7% 38.1%

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 .232 .310 .259 .310 .219 .297 .246 .358 87.5 90.9 17.2 25.9% 36.4% 25.4%
SP MLB Percentile 65 61 77 65 81 77 92 64 72 33 20 16 69 60
SP MLB AVG .246 .320 .287 .321 .246 .325 .285 .375 88.5 90.0 13.9 19.5% 38.6% 26.5%
Career .225 .293 .248 .297 .224 .299 .249 .366 88.6 91.1 18.8 22.0% 38.1% 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 43.3% 65.8% 51.5% 37.8% 29.3% 18.4% 70.7% 80.8% 56.5% 14.3% 15.1% 29.4% 18.0% 60.2% 0.54 52.7%
SP MLB Percentile 25 78 91 96 87 54 87 86 68 14 94 78 53 79 76 79
SP MLB AVG 44.9% 63.7% 47.6% 31.6% 24.3% 18.3% 75.7% 85.0% 59.7% 16.1% 11.6% 27.7% 17.7% 58.0% 0.47 50.0%
Career 46.9% 67.5% 53.9% 36.5% 27.3% 20.4% 72.7% 81.1% 57.6% 13.6% 14.7% 28.3% 18.8% 62.0% 0.54 53.2%

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 43.3% 37.2% 27.7% 35.1% 37.6% 20.6% 41.9% 25.4% 46.8% 5.8%
SP MLB Percentile 25 55 46 41 62 88 52 18 77 17
SP MLB AVG 44.9% 35.8% 27.5% 36.6% 35.4% 22.8% 41.7% 28.8% 43.7% 6.6%
Career 46.9% 35.7% 29.6% 34.7% 36.7% 22.4% 40.9% 28.6% 41.7% 6.5%

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 59.3% 9.8% 30.9% 14.4% 60.2% 48.0% 17.9% 32.0% 19.6%
SP MLB Percentile 55 85 75 37 39 32 10 97 59
SP MLB AVG 58.7% 12.0% 29.4% 15.1% 61.2% 49.6% 20.8% 26.7% 18.9%
Career 59.9% 9.2% 31.0% 16.1% 64.2% 51.8% 17.5% 29.5% 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 1,800 5.06 46.3% 18.2% 35.5% 10.8% 4.1% 6.2 +5 2.91
SP MLB Percentile 88 74 52 59 55 55 70 42 28 80
SP MLB AVG 1,275 4.98 46.1% 17.8% 36.1% 10.0% 4.9% 4.2 +1 3.26
Career 6,566 5.15 48.7% 17.6% 33.7% 15.1% 4.4% 18.5 +31 2.59
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