There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Imanaga's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 93.5 mph, against 83.6 off his splitter.
350 and 300 of them thrown.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his fastballs: a .342 expected average against them, against .261 on his offspeed pitches.
404 of his fastballs thrown.
His ball is straighter than it should be
Imanaga's stuff spins at 2,001 rpm, 9th percentile in the league.
840 pitches in 2026. 9th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 489th in MLB.
He cannot find the zone often enough
Imanaga works off the plate, with only 37.9% of his pitches in the zone, 11th percentile.
840 pitches in 2026. 11th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 480th in MLB.
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Imanaga averages 86.8 mph across his arsenal, 16th percentile in the league.
840 pitches in 2026. 16th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 450th in MLB.
The contact he allows should not turn into many hits
The quality of contact against Imanaga projects a .307 average, 68th percentile.
840 pitches in 2026. 68th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 171st in MLB.
Both sides hit him about the same
37.5% of the contact right-handers make against Imanaga is hit hard, against 42.9% of what left-handers make.
592 pitches to right-handed hitters, 248 to left-handed hitters.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
42.4% of the balls put in play against Imanaga have gone to centre field.
59 of 139 located batted balls allowed.
The home runs are what is undoing his season
Imanaga has given up 5 tracked home runs, 2 of them to centre field, the longest 423 feet.
5 tracked home runs allowed in 2026.
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There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Imanaga's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 93.5 mph, against 83.6 off his splitter.
350 and 300 of them thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
Take me there
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his fastballs: a .342 expected average against them, against .261 on his offspeed pitches.
404 of his fastballs thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
Take me there
His ball is straighter than it should be
Imanaga's stuff spins at 2,001 rpm, 9th percentile in the league.
840 pitches in 2026. 9th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 489th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He cannot find the zone often enough
Imanaga works off the plate, with only 37.9% of his pitches in the zone, 11th percentile.
840 pitches in 2026. 11th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 480th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Imanaga averages 86.8 mph across his arsenal, 16th percentile in the league.
840 pitches in 2026. 16th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 450th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Spray Chart.
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The contact he allows should not turn into many hits
The quality of contact against Imanaga projects a .307 average, 68th percentile.
840 pitches in 2026. 68th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 171st in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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Both sides hit him about the same
37.5% of the contact right-handers make against Imanaga is hit hard, against 42.9% of what left-handers make.
592 pitches to right-handed hitters, 248 to left-handed hitters.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
Take me there
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
42.4% of the balls put in play against Imanaga have gone to centre field.
59 of 139 located batted balls allowed.
The home runs are what is undoing his season
Imanaga has given up 5 tracked home runs, 2 of them to centre field, the longest 423 feet.
5 tracked home runs allowed in 2026.
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