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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%
8-9 132.2 3.60 1.09 23.5% 5.4%
33rd 5
W
21st 92.0
IP
71st 4.32
ERA
25th 1.30
WHIP
73rd 21.7%
K%
14th 8.5%
BB%
FB MPH SwStr% CSW% Str-ICR MTK% PLV PLA
91.7 14.8% 28.9% 52.4% 4.5% 5.07 2.86
180th 94.3
FB MPH
19th 11.6%
SwStr%
54th 27.7%
CSW%
41st 50.1%
Str-ICR
80th 4.9%
MTK%
38th 4.98
PLV
33rd 3.30
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 23 23 132.2 8-9 10 3.60 1.09 3.60 4.38 3.71 2.86 23.5% 5.4% 7.9 1.70 .260 25.5% 83.2% 37.0% 38.0% 14.8% 28.9% 0.53 5.07
SP MLB Percentile 67 81 89 74-5 76 65 87 78 42 78 83 63 92 64 15 78 13 95 67 21 90 73 74 79
SP MLB AVG 18 16 92.0 5-6 6 4.32 1.30 4.35 4.27 4.21 3.30 21.7% 8.5% 8.5 1.25 .287 19.0% 72.8% 38.5% 42.8% 11.6% 27.7% 0.47 4.98
Career 77 77 450.2 32-20 41 3.37 1.03 3.62 4.28 3.90 2.59 23.2% 4.6% 7.6 1.66 .249 22.1% 81.5% 38.2% 36.2% 14.6% 28.2% 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 23 23 132.2 8-9 10 0 0 2,074 1,365 710 533 116 72 18 1 25 125 29 3 4
SP MLB Percentile 67 81 89 74-5 76 0 0 83 86 24 83 18 25 41 41 2 83 59 47 14
SP MLB AVG 18 16 92.0 5-6 6 0 0 1,521 973 548 393 86 56 17 1 12 86 32 4 2
Career 77 77 450.2 32-20 41 0 0 6,840 4,615 2,228 1,794 382 235 61 3 83 416 83 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% 5.4% .232 .423 .701 .304 .260 .309 .223 .297 .252 .361 87.8 91.4 17.7 3.60
SP MLB Percentile 63 92 66 40 59 64 78 64 78 78 89 63 66 24 18 78
SP MLB AVG 21.7% 8.5% .245 .409 .725 .318 .287 .320 .246 .324 .285 .373 88.5 89.8 14.0 4.35
Career 23.2% 4.6% .225 .411 .674 .292 .249 .297 .225 .298 .251 .367 88.7 91.2 18.9 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 CHC40.9% (91.7)6.8% (90.1)-2.2% (86.5)14.7% (81.1)2.8% (74.4)-32.6% (83.0)- 47.7% 52.3%
SP MLB Percentile 70 (8) 12 (3) - 5 (54) 54 (30) 5 (5) - 92 (12) - 55.5% 44.0%
SP MLB AVG 33.7% (94.3) 19.6% (93.7) 16.7% (89.3) 17.9% (86.1) 16.6% (82.2) 14.1% (80.0) 16.7% (86.2) 17.6% (86.4) 28.9% (80.7) 46.7% 53.3%
Career47.6% (91.4)3.3% (89.6)0.2% (89.7)0.7% (86.0)12.7% (80.9)2.6% (72.9)1.5% (81.7)31.4% (82.9)- 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 CHC26.4% (81)28.4% (11)-31.1% (9)27.6% (41)36.2% (0)-31.9% (165)- 26.7% 30.9%
SP MLB Percentile 42 (82) 62 (46) - 65 (23) 43 (81) 85 (0) - 96 (96) - 39.0% 81.0%
SP MLB AVG 27.1% (49) 26.5% (16) 27.2% (21) 28.3% (33) 27.7% (25) 29.6% (23) 23.2% (32) 22.6% (39) 24.7% (16) 27.3% 27.9%
Career25.1% (300)31.4% (23)18.2% (0)30.6% (10)32.2% (133)36.5% (2)21.9% (19)30.7% (515)- 25.5% 31.1%

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% 21.8% 26.1% 14.1% 34.3% 45.5% 29.5% 25.0% 18.8% 63.0% 22.9% 5.1% 9.0% 37.0%
SP MLB Percentile 21 56 74 88 68 78 13 57 60 70 74 75 24 67
SP MLB AVG 42.8% 22.3% 24.7% 10.3% 35.8% 42.4% 33.2% 24.4% 18.3% 61.3% 24.8% 6.2% 7.7% 38.5%
Career 36.2% 21.0% 29.3% 13.6% 35.7% 45.5% 31.8% 22.7% 20.4% 61.7% 22.5% 6.4% 9.5% 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 .232 .304 .260 .309 .223 .297 .252 .361 87.8 91.4 17.7 25.5% 37.0% 26.1%
SP MLB Percentile 66 64 78 64 78 78 89 63 66 24 18 13 67 54
SP MLB AVG .245 .318 .287 .320 .246 .324 .285 .373 88.5 89.8 14.0 19.0% 38.5% 26.5%
Career .225 .292 .249 .297 .225 .298 .251 .367 88.7 91.2 18.9 22.1% 38.2% 27.4%

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 43.6% 65.8% 51.7% 37.3% 28.6% 18.8% 71.4% 81.2% 57.1% 14.1% 14.8% 28.9% 18.1% 60.2% 0.53 52.4%
SP MLB Percentile 28 80 91 94 84 60 84 87 65 11 90 73 58 79 74 78
SP MLB AVG 44.9% 63.8% 47.7% 31.7% 24.3% 18.3% 75.7% 85.1% 59.5% 16.1% 11.6% 27.7% 17.8% 58.1% 0.47 50.1%
Career 46.8% 67.5% 53.9% 36.4% 27.2% 20.4% 72.8% 81.2% 57.7% 13.6% 14.6% 28.2% 18.8% 61.9% 0.54 53.1%

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 43.6% 36.7% 28.2% 35.1% 38.7% 20.5% 40.8% 25.5% 46.4% 6.0%
SP MLB Percentile 28 54 40 41 69 89 44 18 74 24
SP MLB AVG 44.9% 36.1% 27.5% 36.5% 35.4% 22.8% 41.8% 28.9% 43.6% 6.6%
Career 46.8% 35.6% 29.7% 34.8% 37.1% 22.3% 40.6% 28.5% 41.8% 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% 9.9% 30.9% 14.6% 58.6% 46.4% 17.7% 32.0% 19.5%
SP MLB Percentile 59 84 75 38 23 16 9 97 57
SP MLB AVG 58.8% 11.9% 29.4% 15.1% 61.2% 49.6% 20.7% 26.7% 18.9%
Career 59.9% 9.2% 31.0% 16.1% 63.5% 51.3% 17.5% 29.6% 19.6%

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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 2,074 5.07 46.7% 17.4% 35.9% 10.9% 4.5% 5.0 +5 2.86
SP MLB Percentile 83 79 63 39 53 53 57 47 31 83
SP MLB AVG 1,521 4.98 46.0% 17.9% 36.2% 9.8% 4.9% 4.4 +1 3.30
Career 6,840 5.15 48.8% 17.4% 33.8% 14.9% 4.5% 17.3 +31 2.59
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