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Shota Imanaga
Japanese baseball playerWLERAKBBCurrent Season500.84589Shota Imanaga. Position: Pitcher. Bats: Left • Throws: Left. 5-10 , 175lb (178cm, 79kg) Team: Chicago Cubs (majors) , in Kitakyushu, April 1, 2024 (Age 30-213d, 23,145th in major league history) Still Intact through 2024. 2024 Contract Status : Signed thru 2025, 2 yrs/$22.5M (24-25) & 26-28 team option.
- September 1, 1993
Shota signed a four-year Major League contract with the Cubs Jan. 10, 2024...Pitched eight seasons for the Yokohama DeNa Baystars in the Japan Central League (2016-23), going 64-50 with a 3.18 ERA (354 ER/1,002.2 IP) in 165 games...Participated in the 2023 World Baseball Classic for Team Japan, going 1-0 with a 3.00 ERA (2 ER/6.0 IP) with seven ...
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Yokohama DeNA BayStars
The Yokohama DeNA BayStars selected Imanaga in the first round of the 2015 NPB draft out of Komazawa University. Imanaga signed with the Canberra Cavalry of the Australian Baseball League to play weeks 2–7 of the 2018–19 Australian Baseball League season In his six starts for the Cavalry, he posted a 4–0 win–loss record with a league-best 0.51 earned run average (ERA) over 35 innings pitched with 57 strikeouts to one walk. By meeting the statistical recognition minimum (0.8IP per team game),...
Chicago Cubs
On January 11, 2024, Imanaga signed a four-year, $53 million contract with the Chicago Cubs that also contained a fifth-year option.The Cubs also had to pay $9.825 million to the Bay Stars in the form of a release fee. Imanaga pitched six shutout innings allowing just two hits with nine strikeouts in his first start for the Cubs on April 1, 2024.In his first three starts, Imanaga finished with a 2–0 record, 15.1 innings pitched, 16 strikeouts, and no earned runs allowed. As of May 18, 2024, I...
Imanaga represented the Japan national baseball team in the 2019 exhibition games against Mexico and 2019 WBSC Premier12. Imanaga played for the Japanese national team at the 2023 World Baseball Classic, and started the championship gamein which Japan won 3–2.
Imanaga is a 5 ft 10 in, 175 lb left-handed pitcher throwing from a three-quarters arm angle. He has a fastball averaging nearly 92 mph (tops out at 96 mph), changeup, curveball and slider in his repertoire.He is not an overpowering hurler but finds success with his command and changeup.
Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)Fukuoka, Japan. Status. Active. 2024 season stats. W-L. 5-0. Tied-13th. ERA. 0.84. 1st. K. 58. Tied-34th. WHIP. 0.91. 5th. View the profile of Chicago Cubs Starting Pitcher Shota Imanaga on...
May 6, 2024 · Imanaga leads latest Rookie of the Year poll. The average MLB four-seam fastball velocity in 2024 is 94 mph. Imanaga's is only 92.1 mph. He's in the bottom quarter of the league in fastball velocity. And yet, that fastball has been worth as much to the Cubs this season as any pitch thrown by any pitcher in the Majors.
Apr 1, 2024 · Shota Imanaga carries no-hit bid into sixth in MLB debut. No ordinary rookie: Imanaga flirts with no-no, K's 9 in MLB debut. April 1st, 2024. Jordan Bastian. @ MLBastian. CHICAGO -- Shota Imanaga bounced off the mound at Wrigley Field and unleashed a yell amid a riotous response by the North Side crowd.
Apr 1, 2024 · Shota Imanaga looks like the real deal in winning debut with Cubs at Wrigley Field - The Athletic. By Patrick Mooney. Apr 1, 2024. 148. CHICAGO — Three cameramen shadowed Shota Imanaga...
