⚾ Cubs BLOCK Shota Imanaga from playing in the 2026 WBC!
The Japanese ace wanted to represent Samurai Japan, but the Cubs said no. MLB teams now hold enormous power over who plays for their national team.
How do fans feel? 👀
#WBC2026 #SamuraiJapan #MLB #Imanaga #Cubs

Grisham, Torres, Imanaga, Woodruff accept QOs Trent Grisham, Gleyber Torres, Shota Imanaga and Brandon Woodruff all accepted the $22.025 million qualifying offers, electing to remain with their clubs for next season instead of entering free agency.See…

Grisham, Torres, Imanaga, Woodruff accept QOs

#Torres #Grisham #Imanaga #Baseball #Woodruff

Imanaga accepts qualifying offer to return to Cubs CHICAGO – The Cubs took the appropriate steps to safeguard against the potential departure of both lefty Shota Imanaga and outfielder Kyle Tucker in free agency. Imanaga opted against delving deeper i...

Shota Imanaga accepts qualifying offer from the Chicago Cubs.
#shota #imanaga
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Grisham, Torres, Imanaga, Woodruff accept QOs Trent Grisham, Gleyber Torres, Shota Imanaga and Brandon Woodruff all accepted the $22.025 million qualifying offers, electing to remain with their clubs for next season instead of entering free agency.See…

Grisham, Torres, Imanaga, Woodruff accept QOs

#Torres #Grisham #Imanaga #Baseball #Woodruff

Cont #AwfulManagement: #Cubs! I was afraid of the Cubs in the playoffs. Cubs manhandled the Dodgers in Tokyo and the USA. #Imanaga was pretty good. End of year, Imanaga struggles. Cubs don’t pick his contract. Are you kidding me? Cubs pitching coaches cannot fix Shota? The staff is that bad?

C&C - Ep. 115 In our 115th episode, https://razzball.com/author/couillard/ and https://razzball.com/author/jeremybrewer/ discuss the conclusion of the World Series before diving into the newest major baseball card release, 2025 Topps Update Series, scheduled to hit shelves everywhere on Nov. 12. You can find us on bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/cardscategories.bsky.social, https://bsky.app/profile/mcouill7.bsky.social, and https://bsky.app/profile/jbrewer17.bsky.social. Email the pod at cardscategories@gmail.com. https://my-store-efeb10.creator-spring.com/ Links to things discussed in the pod: - https://www.espn.com/mlb/game/_/gameId/401809301/blue-jays-dodgers - https://www.espn.com/mlb/game/_/gameId/401809302/dodgers-blue-jays - https://www.espn.com/mlb/game/_/gameId/401809303/dodgers-blue-jays - https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/11/shota-imanaga-becomes-free-agent.html - https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/11/shane-bieber-exercises-player-option.html Upcoming baseball card release schedule: - 11/5: 2025 Panini Select Baseball - 11/12: 2025 Topps Update - 11/12: 2025 Topps Pro Debut - 11/19: 2025 Panini National Treasures - Nov: 2025 Topps Cosmic Chrome - TBD: 2025 Topps Allen & Ginter - TBD: 2025 Topps Chrome Update (Nov. 10 pre-order) 2025 Topps Update Series Overview (35:15) (https://razzball.com/cards-categories-ep-115-2025-topps-update-series-overview) - https://www.chasingmajors.com/baseball/2025-baseball/products/2025-topps-update-series-baseball - https://www.beckett.com/news/2025-topps-update-series-baseball-cards/ - https://www.checklistinsider.com/2025-topps-update-series-baseball/amp - https://razzball.com/cards-categories-ep-64-topps-update-release/ - https://www.instagram.com/p/DPMVyuajgmP/

📣 New Podcast! "C&C - Ep. 115" on @Spreaker #baseball #bieber #bluejays #cards #collecting #cubs #dodgers #fantasy #guerrero #imanaga #kurtz #mlb #ohtani #razzball #roki #sasaki #topps #yamamoto

Photo of Shota Imanaga pitching with the headline “BREAKING: Shota Imanaga to become a free agent”. Photo from MLB.

Shota Imanaga set to become a free agent: Cubs declined to pick up their 2026-2028 club option, Imanaga declines player option.
#shota #imanaga
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Sources: Cubs lefty Imanaga set to be free agent The Cubs and Shota Imanaga both rejected their contract options, making the left-hander a free agent.See What Happened →

Sources: Cubs lefty Imanaga set to be free agent

#Cubs #Free #Imanaga #Baseball

Sources: Cubs lefty Imanaga set to free agent The Cubs and Shota Imanaga both rejected their contract options, making the left-hander a free agent.See What Happened →

Sources: Cubs lefty Imanaga set to free agent

#Cubs #Free #Imanaga #Baseball

Cubs' Shota Imanaga has brutal four-word message after NLDS loss to Brewers Shota Imanaga was very blunt about his Game 2 start in the NLDS against the Brewers.

“Cubs' Shota Imanaga has brutal four-word message after NLDS loss to Brewers originally appeared on The Sporting News.”

It’s not just me who thinks this naming is unfortunate yes? 🤣

sports.yahoo.com/article/cubs...

#news #sports #shota #imanaga

Our bullpen was okay overall but #BenBrown has to go! Our starting rotation was piecemeal for the most part and that was okay, until it wasn't. One thing we now know, #Imanaga has to fix his slider or we need him to move on. He gave up 31 home runs in 25 starts. That is not good.

CONFIRMED STARTING PITCHERS (as of today) FOR MLB DIVISION PLAYOFFS 10/6/2025:

⚾️ Shota Imanaga (CHC at MIL)

#AsianSportsRep #asiansports #asianbaseball #MLB #shota #imanaga

Machado makes Cubs pay for Imanaga ‘mistake’ Cubs manager Craig Counsell defended his decision to leave lefty Shota Imanaga in the game to face Padres slugger Manny Machado, who hit a two-run home run.See What Happened →

Machado makes Cubs pay for Imanaga ‘mistake’

#Cubs #Machado #Imanaga #Baseball

Keep #Imanaga in Cubbies this is fun #Metsfans need this

CONFIRMED STARTING PITCHERS (as of today) FOR MLB 9/8/2025:

⚾️ Yu Darvish (CIN at SD)
⚾️ Shota Imanaga (CHC at ATL)
⚾️ Bryan Woo (STL at SEA)

#AsianSportsRep #asiansports #asianbaseball #MLB #baseball #yu #darvish #shota #imanaga #woo #bryanwoo

CONFIRMED STARTING PITCHERS (as of today) FOR MLB 9/2/2025:

⚾️ Yu Darvish (BAL at SD)
⚾️ Shota Imanaga (ATL at CHC)
⚾️ Bryan Woo (SEA at TB)

#AsianSportsRep #asiansports #asianbaseball #MLB #baseball #yu #darvish #shota #imanaga #woo #bryanwoo

Shota Imanaga tallies five strikeouts | 08/21/2025 Shota Imanaga tallies five strikeouts over seven innings of work in his outing against the Brewers

⭐️s of 8/21/2025:
⚾️ Shota Imanaga: L, 7 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 5 K. ☄️
#shota #imanaga
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CONFIRMED STARTING PITCHERS (as of today) FOR MLB 8/21/2025:

⚾️ Shota Imanaga (MIL at CHC)

#AsianSportsRep #asiansports #asianbaseball #MLB #baseball #shota #imanaga

Shota Imanaga throws seven innings, allows one run | 08/16/2025 Shota Imanaga strikes out six batters over seven innings pitched and allows on earned run in his start against the Pirates

⭐️s of 8/16/2025:
Shota Imanaga: ND, 7 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 6 K. ☄️
#shota #imanaga
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CONFIRMED STARTING PITCHERS (as of today) FOR MLB 8/16/2025:

⚾️ Shota Imanaga (PIT at CHC)
⚾️ Bryan Woo (SEA at NYM)

#AsianSportsRep #asiansports #asianbaseball #MLB #baseball #shota #imanaga #bryanwoo #woo

Shota Imanaga silkscreened edition of 17. #Cubs #printing #silkscreenprinting #imanaga

Shota Imanaga's seven strikeouts | 08/05/2025 Shota Imanaga tosses seven strikeouts through 6 1/3 innings in a solid starting bid vs. the Reds

⭐️s of 8/5/2025:
Shota Imanaga: ND, 6.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 7 K. ☄️
#shota #imanaga
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CONFIRMED STARTING PITCHERS (as of today) FOR MLB 8/5/2025:

⚾️ Yu Darvish (SD at ARI)
⚾️ Shota Imanaga (CIN at CHC)
⚾️ Bryan Woo (CHW at SEA)

#AsianSportsRep #asiansports #asianbaseball #MLB #baseball #yu #darvish #shota #imanaga #bryanwoo #woo

CONFIRMED STARTING PITCHERS (as of today) FOR MLB 7/30/2025:

⚾️ Yu Darvish (NYM at SD)
⚾️ Shota Imanaga (CHC at MIL)
⚾️ Shohei Ohtani (LAD at CIN)
⚾️ Bryan Woo (SEA at ATH)

#AsianSportsRep #asiansports #asianbaseball #MLB #baseball #yu #darvish #shota #imanaga #shohei #ohtani #bryanwoo #woo

CONFIRMED STARTING PITCHERS (as of today) FOR MLB 7/25/2025:

⚾️ Shota Imanaga (CHC at CHW)
⚾️ Bryan Woo (SEA at LAA)

#AsianSportsStats #asian2s #asiansports #asianbaseball #MLB #baseball #shota #imanaga #woo #bryanwoo

Shota Imanaga tosses seven scoreless innings | 07/19/2025 Shota Imanaga strikes out five batters across seven scoreless innings of work during his strong start against the Red Sox

⭐️s of 7/19/2025:
Shota Imanaga: W, 7 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 K. ☄️
#shota #imanaga
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CONFIRMED STARTING PITCHERS (as of today) FOR MLB 7/19/2025:

⚾️ Yu Darvish (SD at WSH)
⚾️ Shota Imanaga (BOS at CHC)
⚾️ Yusei Kikuchi (LAA at PHI)

#AsianSportsStats #asian2s #asiansports #asianbaseball #MLB #baseball #yu #darvish #shota #imanaga #yusei #kikuchi

Shota Imanaga strikes out six, earns win vs. Yankees | 07/13/2025 Shota Imanaga has a great outing and strikes out six batters over seven innings pitched and allows one earned run against the Yankees

⭐️s of 7/13/2025:
Shota Imanaga: W, 6 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 6 K. ☄️
#shota #imanaga
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CONFIRMED STARTING PITCHERS (as of today) FOR MLB 7/8/2025:

⚾️ Shota Imanaga (CHC at MIN)

#AsianSportsStats #asian2s #asiansports #asianbaseball #MLB #baseball #shota #imanaga