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Shota Imanaga
Japanese baseball playerWLERAKBBCurrent Season500.96518Shota 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.
- Kitakyushu, Japan
- September 1, 1993
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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 2nd, Imanag...
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.
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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 ...
Fukuoka, Japan. Status. Active. 2024 season stats. W-L. 5-0. Tied-4th. ERA. 1.08. 1st. K. 43. Tied-45th. WHIP. 0.82. 3rd. View the profile of Chicago Cubs Starting Pitcher Shota Imanaga on...
May 2, 2024 · Shota Imanaga Continues to Be Unhittable During Remarkable Start. Cubs pitcher is making history right out of the gates. Kyle K | May 2, 2024. Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports. In this story:...
Jan 11, 2024 · Get to know Shōta Imanaga. Per a source, the contract guarantees $53 million over four seasons, but the pact gives the pitcher and ballclub multiple paths forward. After the 2025 and ‘26 seasons, Chicago will have the option to extend the deal to five years ($80 million total).
Apr 27, 2024 · Updated 8:07 PM PDT, April 26, 2024. BOSTON (AP) — Shota Imanaga continued an impressive start to his major league career by pitching one-run ball into the seventh inning to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 7-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Friday night.
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