Should I draft Shota Imanaga or Shane Bieber?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Shota Imanaga or Shane Bieber.

PLEASE NOTE this is a draft choice comparison analysis based upon Preseason Projections only. As the baseball season is already underway, you may instead prefer to view our breakdown of a trade for these players which is based upon several more factors including in-season performance.

Change Players in Draft Analysis

Select Player to Draft

Recommended

Shota Imanaga

Change Player

Shane Bieber

Change Player

CHC · SP

CLE · SP

Injury Alert

Shane Bieber · Elbow (Out For Season)

Pitching
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	1.58	2.35
ADP	153.27	150.20
PROJ	275.00	328.00

W	9	10
L	7	8
SV	0	0
IP	142.0	159.0
H	136	144
ER	61	60
K	134	147
BB	37	42
ERA	3.87	3.40
WHIP	1.22	1.17

Most Recent and Popular Comparisons
	Draft Shota Imanaga or Jameson Taillon Draft Shota Imanaga or Ranger Suarez Draft Shota Imanaga or Patrick Sandoval Draft Shota Imanaga or Gavin Williams Draft Shota Imanaga or Shane Bieber	Draft Shane Bieber or Eduardo Rodriguez Draft Shane Bieber or Nathan Eovaldi Draft Shane Bieber or Marcus Stroman Draft Shane Bieber or Hunter Greene Draft Shane Bieber or Hunter Brown

Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	185.0	55.0
W	5	2
L	0	0
SV	0	0
IP	53.2	12.0
H	40	10
ER	5	0
K	58	20
BB	9	1
ERA	.85	0.00
WHIP	.92	.92

Recent News
	Shota Imanaga's start pushed back to series with Brewers Published May 26th, 2024 via MLB.com Strategic Management of Cubs Breakout Pitcher Shota Imanaga Sparks Legendary Comparisons Published May 25th, 2024 via BVM Sports The Shota Imanaga plan: What the Cubs are doing with their breakout pitcher Published May 25th, 2024 via The New York Times The Moment Shota Imanaga Knew He Wanted to Join Cubs Has CFB Fans Confused Published May 25th, 2024 via Sports Illustrated Cubs: Shota Imanaga getting 10 days' rest between starts Published May 25th, 2024 via Chicago Tribune Lars Nootbaar must wait for his showdown with Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga: Cardinals Extra Published May 25th, 2024 via St. Louis Post-Dispatch Cubs' Shota Imanaga: Proactive Move Backs Start Against Brewers Explained by Counsell Published May 25th, 2024 via BVM Sports Why Cubs pushed Shota Imanaga's next start to Wednesday in Milwaukee Published May 25th, 2024 via Chicago Sun-Times	Shane Bieber interested if Guardians are interested in bringing him back after 2024 Published May 26th, 2024 via cleveland.com Guardians ace Shane Bieber joins Cleveland during West road trip for first time since surgery Published May 25th, 2024 via The Associated Press José Ramírez homers for 2nd straight game, Guardians beat Angels 4-3 to extend winning streak to 8 Published May 25th, 2024 via The Associated Press Guardians' ace Shane Bieber joins Cleveland during West road trip for first time since surgery Published May 25th, 2024 via The Caledonian-Record WATCH: Shane Bieber and wife Kara enjoy yacht outing during Guardians pitcher's injury rehab Published May 24th, 2024 via Sportskeeda Shane Bieber's Guardians teammate reveals his shocking injury truth Published May 22nd, 2024 via ClutchPoints Guardians pitcher Shane Bieber to undergo season-ending Tommy John surgery Published May 21st, 2024 via MSN Shane Bieber dominant against Mariners Published May 19th, 2024 via MLB.com

New Seasons Now Available

Free Tools

Use our free tools to become a fantasy expert and dominate your league!

Get started in seconds
Sync unlimited leagues for free - no paywalls!
Customized for your league, roster and scoring settings
Support for football, baseball, basketball and hockey
Roto and point-based support
Live Draft Syncing
Draft decision analysis
Intuitive Mock Drafts
Insights on H2H matchups
Most scoring statistics supported
No manual entry required
Much, much more!!

Browser Extension