P | Chicago Cubs
Bats/Throws: L/L | 5' 10" 175 lbs | Age: 32
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2024 15 3 2.91 29 29 0 173.1 174 1.02
2025 9 8 3.73 25 25 0 144.2 117 0.99
2026 8 9 3.74 24 24 0 137.1 130 1.10
3 Seasons 32 20 3.42 78 78 0 455.1 421 1.03
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2024 29 15-3 2.91 173.1 174 1.02
2025 25 9-8 3.73 144.2 117 0.99
2026 24 8-9 3.74 137.1 130 1.10
3 Seasons 78 32-20 3.42 455.1 421 1.03
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 LA Sweet-
Spot %		 xBA xSLG wOBA xwOBA xwOBAcon HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2024 30 2590 489 42 8.6 6.1 88.6 114.4 17.8 36.0 .231 .398 .279 .288 .365 39.3 25.1 4.0 2.91 3.34
2025 31 2176 423 49 11.6 8.6 90.7 113.2 21.7 34.3 .233 .469 .293 .313 .376 43.5 20.6 4.6 3.73 4.07
2026 32 2160 391 38 9.7 6.9 88.3 111.1 18.3 33.5 .238 .413 .310 .302 .369 35.5 23.5 5.2 3.73 3.81
Player 6926 1303 129 9.9 7.1 89.2 114.4 19.2 34.7 .234 .425 .293 .300 .370 39.5 23.2 4.6
MLB 7.6 4.9 88.6 122.9 12.5 33.3 .243 .407 .315 .316 .369 37.1 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Imanaga relies on 6 pitches.
Four Seamer
(40.8%) ,
Split Finger
(32.8%) ,
Sweeper
(15.0%) ,
Sinker
(6.6%) ,
Curveball
(2.7%) ,
Slider
(2.1%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2024 37.2 62.8 32.9 21.3 8.6 43.1 35.6 21.3 20.7 13.7 2.9 22.5 21.9 18.4
2025 30.0 70.0 39.5 19.6 10.9 43.0 32.6 24.3 16.8 10.6 2.6 26.2 22.0 21.7
2026 36.8 63.2 32.2 20.7 10.2 43.2 31.5 25.3 22.3 10.7 3.8 21.0 20.7 21.5
Player 34.8 65.2 34.8 20.6 9.8 43.1 33.4 23.5 19.9 11.8 3.1 23.3 21.6 20.4
MLB 44.1 55.9 24.2 24.6 7.1 37.5 37.3 25.1 20.7 17.5 5.8 16.8 19.7 19.2
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2024 3.5 26.2 31.3 24.7 5.7 8.6 6.1
2025 3.8 20.3 35.7 18.7 9.2 11.6 8.6
2026 3.8 27.1 31.7 22.3 5.4 9.7 6.9
Player 3.7 24.6 32.8 22.0 6.8 9.9 7.1
MLB 4.0 32.3 25.0 24.4 5.9 7.6 4.9
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop		vs.
Comparable		Horizontal
Break		vs.
Comparable		Vertical
Break		vs. AvgHorizontal
Break		vs. Avg
2026 Slider CHC L 45 86.5 29.4 -5.9 3.4GLV -0.4 6.9 -5.4 3.4GLV -1.1
2026 4-Seam Fastball CHC L 882 91.6 15.0 1.9 11.1ARM 3.2 17.7 2.2 11.1ARM 3.1
2026 Split-Finger CHC L 709 82.9 33.6 -1.9 11.4ARM 0.9 6.0 -1.7 11.4ARM 2.1
2026 Sinker CHC L 142 90.1 24.0 -1.9 16.4ARM 1.3 9.7 -2.1 16.4ARM 1.1
2026 Sweeper CHC L 323 81.0 42.3 1.8 14.1GLV -0.6 -0.6 1.2 14.1GLV 0.3
2026 Curveball CHC L 59 74.4 63.0 2.2 8.8GLV -2.5 -13.2 3.1 8.8GLV 0.7
2025 Curveball CHC L 35 71.6 66.8 1.6 10.6GLV -1.1 -12.7 3.0 10.6GLV 2.8
2025 Sweeper CHC L 358 80.3 40.8 -0.4 12.0GLV -2.6 1.9 -0.9 12.0GLV -1.0
2025 Slider CHC L 13 81.7 34.9 -5.1 1.3GLV -4.7 6.4 -4.3 1.3GLV -2.7
2025 Split-Finger CHC L 684 83.0 33.1 -2.3 13.0ARM 0.8 6.7 -0.6 13.0ARM 3.3
2025 Sinker CHC L 27 88.2 25.8 -2.0 14.7ARM -0.5 9.4 -1.9 14.7ARM -0.7
2025 4-Seam Fastball CHC L 1059 90.8 15.5 2.0 11.9ARM 3.7 18.0 2.1 11.9ARM 3.8
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2026 4-Seam Fastball 0.3 3 882 40.8 218 .244 .468 .323 20.1 21.1 18.2 .237 .450 .314 43.1
2026 Split-Finger 0.6 4 709 32.8 199 .208 .359 .267 40.1 30.7 22.1 .208 .327 .246 24.4
2026 Sweeper -1.1 -4 323 15.0 67 .242 .532 .351 28.4 23.9 15.4 .265 .502 .352 28.3
2026 Sinker -1.0 -1 142 6.6 55 .277 .511 .375 15.1 10.9 31.6 .295 .470 .373 52.4
2026 Curveball 0.9 1 59 2.7 6 .200 .200 .267 0.0 0.0 0.0 .354 .600 .461 40.0
2026 Slider 0.0 0 45 2.1 9 .375 .375 .378 34.6 11.1 7.7 .357 .386 .367 14.3
2025 4-Seam Fastball -0.9 -10 1,059 48.7 262 .227 .567 .356 15.9 12.2 11.3 .247 .594 .375 51.2
2025 Split-Finger 0.9 6 684 31.4 217 .225 .366 .270 32.3 25.3 20.1 .217 .385 .263 36.7
2025 Sweeper 2.4 8 358 16.5 72 .143 .200 .164 34.4 40.3 26.6 .221 .315 .245 29.3
2025 Curveball -1.3 0 35 1.6 3 .667 .667 .600 22.2 0.0 0.0 .352 .440 .337 66.7
2025 Sinker 4.5 1 27 1.2 9 .222 .222 .200 12.5 0.0 0.0 .319 .391 .306 44.4
2025 Slider 4.6 1 13 0.6 4 .250 .250 .225 57.1 25.0 50.0 .139 .321 .193 33.3
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2026 Curveball 59 74.4 84 18.8 4:45 5:00 -15
2026 4-Seam Fastball 835 91.6 99 20.7 10:45 10:45 0
2026 Split-Finger 670 82.9 93 13.2 10:15 9:45 30
2026 Sinker 124 90.0 88 19.3 10:45 9:45 60
2026 Slider 45 86.5 41 7.1 12:00 1:15 -75
2026 Sweeper 309 81.0 47 15.2 4:00 3:15 45
2025 Curveball 34 71.6 80 19.6 4:45 4:45 0
2025 4-Seam Fastball 1,028 90.8 99 21.3 10:45 10:45 0
2025 Split-Finger 649 83.0 95 14.7 10:15 9:45 30
2025 Sinker 27 88.2 91 17.6 10:30 10:00 30
2025 Slider 12 81.5 24 5.8 3:00 12:45 135
2025 Sweeper 342 80.3 35 12.8 3:30 3:00 30
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2024 694 2,590 10 25 -12 -7 17
2025 567 2,176 7 13 -10 -5 6
2026 554 2,160 9 11 -10 -7 3
Player 1,815 6,926 27 49 -31 27 25
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2024 2,590 51.6 75.4 80.0 34.7 52.4 44.2 68.0 55.7 28.3 7.8 79.1
2025 2,176 54.0 72.8 80.8 31.5 60.8 46.0 62.6 53.8 24.6 7.7 81.0
2026 2,160 46.6 70.0 81.1 36.1 54.8 43.2 58.7 51.9 28.6 6.3 80.0
Player 6,926 50.8 73.0 80.6 34.2 55.5 44.5 63.5 53.9 27.3 7.3 80.0
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.7 28.6 57.9 42.6 61.2 47.3 25.0 7.3 76.2
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Run Value Pitching
Year Pitching Fastball Breaking Off
Speed 		xERA Fastball
MPH 		Fastball
Spin 		Curve
Spin 		Avg
EV 		Chase% Whiff% K% BB% Barrel% Hard-
Hit% 		GB% Extension
2024 90 68 41 98 77 15 87 33 56 96 72 67 97 30 44 19 32
2025 61 10 90 91 43 8 90 11 83 44 34 96 6 24 4 26
2026 54 50 24 89 60 10 93 40 58 93 75 55 94 17 71 19 23
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Expected Home Runs

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Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2024 22.93 27 24.2 3 11 21 9 33.3
2025 23.92 34 35.3 -1 17 19 20 58.8
2026 23.26 28 24.4 4 8 17 10 35.7
Player 23.42 89 83.9 5 36 57 39 43.8
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Adjusted
Year HR
2024 27 20 24 24 25 27 28 19 20 19 24 27 24 19 25 19 21 20 26 29 24 27 33 29 20 23 23 29 29 24 25
2025 34 32 33 33 35 40 31 32 34 29 33 46 36 47 37 29 40 34 34 44 31 36 42 38 28 31 32 41 34 33 34
2026 28 26 18 20 25 25 26 23 28 26 23 27 18 29 27 26 27 22 25 30 23 27 27 29 18 19 20 26 28 21 24
Player 89 78 75 77 85 92 85 74 82 74 80 100 78 95 89 74 88 76 85 103 78 90 102 96 66 73 75 96 91 78 83
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

2026 +/-   2025 +/-   2024
Results
BA .235 +.017 ↑ .218 -.007 ↓ .225
xBA .238 +.005 ↑ .233 +.002 ↑ .231
OBP .280 +.026 ↑ .254 -.005 ↓ .259
xOBP .283 +.014 ↑ .269 +.004 ↑ .265
SLG .435 +.003 ↑ .432 +.047 ↑ .385
xSLG .413 -.056 ↓ .469 +.071 ↑ .398
ISO .200 -.014 ↓ .214 +.054 ↑ .160
xISO .175 -.061 ↓ .236 +.069 ↑ .167
BABIP .260 +.040 ↑ .220 -.044 ↓ .264
wOBA .310 +.017 ↑ .293 +.014 ↑ .279
xwOBA .302 -.011 ↓ .313 +.025 ↑ .288
wOBAcon .380 +.031 ↑ .349 -.003 ↓ .352
xwOBAcon .369 -.007 ↓ .376 +.011 ↑ .365
BACON .313 +.036 ↑ .277 -.028 ↓ .305
xBACON .317 +.020 ↑ .297 -.016 ↓ .313
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 35.5 -8.0 ↓ 43.5 +4.2 ↑ 39.3
Avg Exit Velocity 88.3 -2.4 ↓ 90.7 +2.1 ↑ 88.6
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 33.5 -0.8 ↓ 34.3 -1.7 ↓ 36.0
Barrel % 9.7 -1.9 ↓ 11.6 +3.0 ↑ 8.6
Avg Launch Angle 18.3 -3.4 ↓ 21.7 +3.9 ↑ 17.8
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 72.6 0.0 72.6 +0.7 ↑ 71.9
Attack Angle 13° +1° ↑ 12° 0° ↑ 12°
Ideal Attack Angle % 51.0 -5.8 ↓ 56.8 +4.3 ↑ 52.5
Attack Direction -7° 0° ↑ -7° -1° ↓ -6°
Swing Path - Tilt 32° +1° ↑ 31° -1° ↓ 32°
Swing Length 7.6 +0.1 ↑ 7.5 0.0 7.5
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 91.4 +0.6 ↑ 90.8 -0.7 ↓ 91.5
Breaking Velocity 80.7 +1.1 ↑ 79.6 +0.7 ↑ 78.9
Offspeed Velocity 82.9 -0.1 ↓ 83.0 +0.2 ↑ 82.8
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 38 -11 ↓ 49 +7 ↑ 42
Popup % 10.2 -0.7 ↓ 10.9 +2.3 ↑ 8.6
Flyball % 32.2 -7.3 ↓ 39.5 +6.6 ↑ 32.9
Line Drive % 20.7 +1.1 ↑ 19.6 -1.7 ↓ 21.3
Groundball % 36.8 +6.8 ↑ 30.0 -7.2 ↓ 37.2
Pull % 43.2 +0.2 ↑ 43.0 -0.1 ↓ 43.1
Straight Away % 31.5 -1.1 ↓ 32.6 -3.0 ↓ 35.6
Opposite Field % 25.3 +1.0 ↑ 24.3 +3.0 ↑ 21.3
Weak Contact % 3.8 0.0 3.8 +0.3 ↑ 3.5
Pull Airball % 21.0 -5.2 ↓ 26.2 +3.7 ↑ 22.5
Topped Contact % 27.1 +6.8 ↑ 20.3 -5.9 ↓ 26.2
Under Contact % 31.7 -4.0 ↓ 35.7 +4.4 ↑ 31.3
Flare/Burner Contact % 22.3 +3.6 ↑ 18.7 -6.0 ↓ 24.7
Solid Contact % 5.4 -3.8 ↓ 9.2 +3.5 ↑ 5.7
HR/FB % 22.2 +3.6 ↑ 18.6 +1.8 ↑ 16.8
Popups 40 -6 ↓ 46 +4 ↑ 42
Flyballs 126 -41 ↓ 167 +6 ↑ 161
Line Drives 81 -2 ↓ 83 -21 ↓ 104
Groundballs 144 +17 ↑ 127 -55 ↓ 182
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 46.6 -7.4 ↓ 54.0 +2.4 ↑ 51.6
Out of Zone % 53.4 +7.4 ↑ 46.0 -2.4 ↓ 48.4
Edge % 43.2 -2.8 ↓ 46.0 +1.8 ↑ 44.2
Zone Swing % 70.0 -2.8 ↓ 72.8 -2.6 ↓ 75.4
Out of Zone Swing % 36.1 +4.6 ↑ 31.5 -3.2 ↓ 34.7
In Zone Contact % 81.1 +0.3 ↑ 80.8 +0.8 ↑ 80.0
Out of Zone Contact % 54.8 -6.0 ↓ 60.8 +8.4 ↑ 52.4
Whiff % 28.6 +4.0 ↑ 24.6 -3.7 ↓ 28.3
First Strike % 58.7 -3.9 ↓ 62.6 -5.4 ↓ 68.0
First Pitch Swing % 34.7 -2.0 ↓ 36.7 -4.9 ↓ 41.6
Swing % 51.9 -1.9 ↓ 53.8 -1.9 ↓ 55.7
Meatball Swing % 80.0 -1.0 ↓ 81.0 +1.9 ↑ 79.1
Meatball % 6.3 -1.4 ↓ 7.7 -0.1 ↓ 7.8
Zone Swing & Miss % 18.9 -0.3 ↓ 19.2 -0.8 ↓ 20.0
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 45.2 +6.0 ↑ 39.2 -8.4 ↓ 47.6
In Zone 1,007 -167 ↓ 1,174 -163 ↓ 1,337
Out of Zone 1,153 +151 ↑ 1,002 -251 ↓ 1,253
Edge 933 -69 ↓ 1,002 -143 ↓ 1,145
In Zone Swings 705 -150 ↓ 855 -153 ↓ 1,008
Out of Zone Swings 416 +100 ↑ 316 -119 ↓ 435
In Zone Swing & Misses 133 -31 ↓ 164 -38 ↓ 202
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 188 +64 ↑ 124 -83 ↓ 207
Basic
Pitches 2,160 -16 ↓ 2,176 -414 ↓ 2,590
PA 554 -13 ↓ 567 -127 ↓ 694
AB 519 -18 ↓ 537 -125 ↓ 662
Hits 122 +5 ↑ 117 -32 ↓ 149
Singles 75 +10 ↑ 65 -33 ↓ 98
Doubles 18 -2 ↓ 20 -3 ↓ 23
Triples 1 0 1 0 1
Home Runs 28 -3 ↓ 31 +4 ↑ 27
Walks 29 +3 ↑ 26 -2 ↓ 28
Strikeouts 130 +13 ↑ 117 -57 ↓ 174
K% 23.5 +2.9 ↑ 20.6 -4.5 ↓ 25.1
BB% 5.2 +0.6 ↑ 4.6 +0.6 ↑ 4.0
HBP 4 +3 ↑ 1 -2 ↓ 3
Batted Balls 391 -32 ↓ 423 -66 ↓ 489
Fastball Percent 47.4 -2.5 ↓ 49.9 -4.7 ↓ 54.6
Offspeed Percent 32.8 +1.4 ↑ 31.4 -3.2 ↓ 34.6
Breaking Percent 19.8 +1.1 ↑ 18.7 +7.9 ↑ 10.8
Number of Fastballs 1,024 -62 ↓ 1,086 -327 ↓ 1,413
Number of Offspeed 709 +25 ↑ 684 -212 ↓ 896
Number of Breaking 427 +21 ↑ 406 +125 ↑ 281
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

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YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2024 Shades 692 .280 551 6 1.1 141 50 35.5
2025 Shades 567 .293 422 32 7.6 145 82 56.6
2026 Shades 554 .310 397 84 21.2 157 120 76.4
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2024 726 16.6 20.1% 0.3% 273 19.4 0.7% 0.0%
2025 673 16.6 21.0% 0.3% 207 18.6 1.9% 1.0%
2026 626 16.3 23.3% 1.1% 232 19.7 0.9% 0.9%

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Pitch Distribution

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