Leading Off: Is Shota Imanaga an Ace? (Ep. 1248)

FantasyPros - Fantasy Baseball Podcast

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4.7 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2026

⏱️ 40 minutes

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.6	Guaranteed Human.
0:09.6	Welcome in, everybody, to Fantasy Pros MLB.
0:12.1	This is Leading Off Live.
0:13.5	It's me Joey P.
0:14.4	Joe Pee's a PL.
0:15.3	Look who's back, everybody.
0:16.4	It's the Welsh.
0:17.4	And it's all of you, the peanuts and the crackerjacks here on our Twitch,
0:20.7	twitch. Twitch.tv slash Fantasy Pros. That's the place to be Monday through Friday to watch leading off live and hang out with us. And of course, you can watch on demand every single episode ever. Just binge watch it. This weekend, screw Netflix, screw Hulu, just watch MLB over on Fantasy Bros. MLB. Subscribe to the channel. You know what to do. Welsh, we got a lot to talk about today.
0:38.8	We got some new injury update stuff.
0:41.5	Nicole Regan's we're going to break down.
0:43.1	We've got not one but two rookies playing today that matter in fantasy.
0:47.6	But we're going to start at the top with in an era, I would say, where we're desperate for some really good pitching, desperate
0:55.0	for some ace work.
0:56.6	Shota Imanaga is bringing it.
0:59.2	Top 10 in ERA, top 10 in strikeouts.
1:02.7	Top 10 in our hearts.
1:04.0	Shota has been awesome and certainly holding it down for the Cubs rotation in the time
1:09.2	where they need it, considering Kate Horton done, Matthew Boyd back on the IL, the Cubs continue to be great at home Welsh.
1:16.9	What did you think of last night's 10 strikeout performance by Mr. Imanaga?
1:21.4	He is pretty impressive, kind of otherworldly too.
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