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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%
11-10 174.1 3.77 1.10 24.6% 5.2%
30th 7
W
24th 123.0
IP
71st 4.24
ERA
25th 1.29
WHIP
51st 21.7%
K%
12th 8.4%
BB%
FB MPH SwStr% CSW% Str-ICR MTK% PLV PLA
91.6 15.5% 29.1% 52.3% 4.4% 5.07 2.94
184th 94.3
FB MPH
10th 11.6%
SwStr%
52nd 27.8%
CSW%
45th 50.3%
Str-ICR
67th 4.9%
MTK%
41st 4.98
PLV
43rd 3.28
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 32 32 174.1 11-10 14 3.77 1.10 3.80 4.47 3.61 2.94 24.6% 5.2% 8.0 1.81 .263 27.3% 82.6% 37.7% 37.9% 15.5% 29.1% 0.54 5.07
SP MLB Percentile 78 89 87 81-16 83 64 85 74 40 82 78 74 93 62 8 80 5 97 55 17 94 74 79 76
SP MLB AVG 25 22 123.0 7-7 8 4.24 1.29 4.34 4.24 4.20 3.28 21.7% 8.4% 8.4 1.22 .287 18.9% 72.9% 38.2% 43.2% 11.6% 27.8% 0.48 4.98
Career 86 86 492.1 35-21 45 3.45 1.04 3.69 4.32 3.85 2.64 23.6% 4.6% 7.7 1.70 .251 22.9% 81.4% 38.4% 36.3% 14.9% 28.4% 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 32 32 174.1 11-10 14 0 0 2,810 1,837 974 706 154 95 22 2 35 174 37 7 4
SP MLB Percentile 78 89 87 81-16 83 0 0 86 88 20 83 16 23 46 27 1 87 57 21 22
SP MLB AVG 25 22 123.0 7-7 8 0 0 2,022 1,295 727 521 115 75 22 2 16 114 42 5 3
Career 86 86 492.1 35-21 45 0 0 7,576 5,087 2,492 1,967 420 258 65 4 93 465 91 11 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 24.6% 5.2% .233 .432 .713 .310 .263 .316 .225 .304 .257 .375 88.0 92.0 17.5 3.80
SP MLB Percentile 74 93 67 32 53 59 80 54 79 74 92 44 61 13 18 74
SP MLB AVG 21.7% 8.4% .245 .407 .722 .318 .287 .320 .246 .324 .285 .373 88.3 89.8 13.8 4.34
Career 23.6% 4.6% .226 .415 .681 .295 .251 .300 .226 .301 .253 .371 88.7 91.4 18.7 3.69

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 CHC40.1% (91.6)5.9% (90.2)-1.9% (86.4)14.6% (81.0)2.9% (74.4)-34.5% (82.8)- 46.0% 54.0%
SP MLB Percentile 66 (8) 8 (4) - 2 (51) 52 (30) 2 (4) - 90 (11) - 48.5% 51.0%
SP MLB AVG 34.2% (94.3) 19.9% (93.7) 16.6% (89.3) 17.6% (86.2) 16.4% (82.2) 13.9% (80.2) 16.6% (86.1) 17.6% (86.4) 30.1% (80.5) 46.5% 53.4%
Career46.6% (91.4)3.3% (89.6)0.2% (89.7)0.8% (86.0)12.9% (80.9)2.7% (73.1)1.4% (81.7)32.2% (82.9)- 49.9% 50.1%

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% (110)30.1% (15)-29.6% (9)28.5% (56)35.8% (3)-31.8% (243)- 26.9% 31.0%
SP MLB Percentile 41 (82) 80 (43) - 58 (16) 47 (83) 86 (6) - 98 (97) - 44.0% 80.5%
SP MLB AVG 27.2% (65) 26.9% (21) 26.9% (26) 27.9% (42) 28.0% (31) 29.9% (30) 23.0% (42) 21.9% (47) 25.5% (21) 27.4% 28.0%
Career25.2% (329)32.3% (27)18.2% (0)29.3% (10)32.0% (148)36.3% (5)21.9% (19)30.8% (593)- 25.7% 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 37.9% 22.3% 26.2% 13.5% 35.7% 43.9% 30.7% 25.4% 18.9% 62.3% 23.0% 5.3% 9.4% 37.7%
SP MLB Percentile 17 50 73 87 50 64 19 67 61 56 74 74 14 55
SP MLB AVG 43.2% 22.0% 24.7% 10.2% 35.6% 42.7% 33.1% 24.2% 18.3% 61.6% 24.7% 6.1% 7.5% 38.2%
Career 36.3% 21.2% 29.1% 13.4% 36.1% 44.9% 32.0% 23.1% 20.3% 61.4% 22.5% 6.4% 9.6% 38.4%

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 .233 .310 .263 .316 .225 .304 .257 .375 88.0 92.0 17.5 27.3% 37.7% 26.1%
SP MLB Percentile 67 59 80 54 79 74 92 44 61 13 18 5 55 51
SP MLB AVG .245 .318 .287 .320 .246 .324 .285 .373 88.3 89.8 13.8 18.9% 38.2% 26.3%
Career .226 .295 .251 .300 .226 .301 .253 .371 88.7 91.4 18.7 22.9% 38.4% 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% 65.4% 51.8% 36.7% 30.0% 18.9% 70.0% 79.6% 55.9% 13.6% 15.5% 29.1% 17.4% 59.9% 0.54 52.3%
SP MLB Percentile 23 76 92 90 90 61 90 96 70 6 94 74 42 78 79 77
SP MLB AVG 44.8% 63.9% 47.8% 31.9% 24.3% 18.3% 75.7% 85.2% 59.4% 16.2% 11.6% 27.8% 17.8% 58.2% 0.48 50.3%
Career 46.3% 67.1% 53.7% 36.2% 27.8% 20.3% 72.2% 80.7% 57.2% 13.5% 14.9% 28.4% 18.5% 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% 36.7% 27.8% 35.5% 39.6% 20.3% 40.1% 26.9% 45.3% 6.0%
SP MLB Percentile 23 52 46 45 76 92 38 29 66 22
SP MLB AVG 44.8% 36.1% 27.4% 36.4% 35.3% 22.7% 42.0% 28.9% 43.7% 6.5%
Career 46.3% 35.7% 29.4% 34.9% 37.5% 22.1% 40.4% 28.7% 41.8% 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 58.6% 10.6% 30.9% 13.4% 56.6% 45.9% 17.1% 31.8% 20.1%
SP MLB Percentile 48 72 71 16 10 9 3 96 67
SP MLB AVG 58.6% 11.8% 29.7% 15.1% 61.7% 50.1% 20.9% 26.8% 18.7%
Career 59.6% 9.6% 31.0% 15.5% 62.4% 50.6% 17.3% 29.8% 19.8%

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 2,810 5.07 46.6% 17.1% 36.3% 10.2% 4.4% 11.1 +3 2.94
SP MLB Percentile 86 76 61 32 46 46 63 34 42 78
SP MLB AVG 2,022 4.98 46.0% 17.9% 36.1% 9.9% 4.9% 6.0 +1 3.28
Career 7,576 5.15 48.5% 17.3% 34.2% 14.3% 4.5% 23.4 +28 2.64
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