Shota Imanaga has been lights out all season, but had his first bad start on Wednesday for the Chicago Cubs.
were a bit of a surprise destination for Japanese ace Shota Imanaga in the offseason. All of the attention was going to Yoshinobu Yamamoto, but plenty of scouts liked the two time NPB All-Star as well.
Chicago traveled to face the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday in what is the second series between these two rivals this season. Outside of Craig Counsell returning to face his former team, these games will be important all year given how tight the NL Central race is.on Tuesday, and with Imanaga set to take the mound, things were looking good.In 4.1 innings, he allowed eight hits, seven runs, including two home runs, all of which are career highs.
Imanaga has already put up a 3.0 bWAR, and is most definitely in the running for both NL Rookie of the Year and NL Cy Young awards.
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