Shōta Imanaga Autographs
Shōta Imanaga (今永 昇太, Imanaga Shōta; born September 1, 1993), nicknamed "The Throwing Philosopher", and "Mike Imanaga II" is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars from 2016 to 2023. Imanaga is a two-time NPB All-Star and he led the Central League in strikeouts in 2023 before signing with the Cubs during the 2023–24 offseason. In his first season as a Cub, Imanaga was an All-Star.
On September 4, 2024, Imanaga pitched a combined no-hitter with relief pitchers Nate Pearson and Porter Hodge. The game, which was against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Wrigley Field, was the first no-hitter to be thrown at Wrigley by the Cubs since Milt Pappas no-hit the San Diego Padres in Chicago 52 years and 2 days prior, on September 2, 1972.
The Yokohama DeNA BayStars selected Imanaga in the first round of the 2015 NPB draft out of Komazawa University.
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The most expensive item with a signature of Shōta Imanaga (Shota Imanaga Signed Framed Jersey 1/1 Beckett Certified Tokyo Series 2025) was sold in October 2025 for $15,000.00 while the cheapest item (Topps 2024 Heritage High Number Shota Imanaga #564 Chicago Cubs Autographed RC) found a new owner for $1.99 in May 2026. The month with the most items sold (100) was May 2026 with an average selling price of $261.11 for an autographed item of Shōta Imanaga. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in May 2024 with $269.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $22.00 was July 2023. In average, an autographed item from Shōta Imanaga is worth $200.00.
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Latest News about Shōta Imanaga
MLB parlay: Cubs positioned to win first Friday matinee of season with Shota Ima (04/10/2026): The Pirates visit the Cubs at Wrigley Field in Friday's lone MLB afternoon game, and Matt Severance has a same-game parlay 
Shota Imanaga, Trent Grisham among record four players to accept 2025 qualifying (11/18/2025): The four players will return to their teams on a one-year, $22.205 million deal for 2026 Shota Imanaga free agency: What those surprising contract decisions might tell u (11/04/2025): The Cubs and Imanaga each declined their options on a complicated contract, sending the pitcher onto the market Cade Horton debut: Cubs to promote former first-round pick for first MLB start v (05/08/2025): Horton is expected to slot into Shota Imanaga's spot in the rotation Shota Imanaga injury update: Cubs lefty lands on IL with strained hamstring suff (05/05/2025): Imanaga left the game early for the second start in a row
Older News Stories about Shōta Imanaga
2025 MLB Opening Day starter tracker: Tarik Skubal, Shota Imanaga, Zack Wheeler, (02/2025): The regular season is almost upon us and managers are getting their ducks (and rotations) in a row List of combined no-hitters: Cubs' Shota Imanaga, bullpen pull off 21st in MLB h (09/2024): Imanaga, Nate Pearson and Porter Hodge shut Pittsburgh down on Sept. 4 Mets continue red-hot run, hammering rookie Shota Imanaga for 10 runs in a disas (06/2024): Imanaga's pristine 1.89 now sits at 2.96 Shota Imanaga has worst start of MLB career as Cubs rookie surrenders seven runs (05/2024): This was the first time Imanaga has allowed more than two earned runs in a game this season How Cubs' Shota Imanaga and Giants' Jung Hoo Lee have fared in first MLB season (04/2024): Plus, how their first-month outputs compare to offseason expectations Shota Imanaga to sign with Cubs: Japanese pitcher lands in Chicago on four-year, (01/2024): Imanaga is expected to be a mid-rotation starter in MLB Shota Imanaga free agency: Three things to know about NPB pitcher overshadowed b (12/2023): Imanaga is expected to transfer to MLB as a mid-rotation pitcher, which all teams need Shota Imanaga posted to MLB: Japanese pitcher set to leave NPB alongside Yoshino (11/2023): Imanaga will have 45 days to sign with an MLB team What to know about Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Jung Hoo Lee and Shota Imanaga ahead of e (09/2023): All three players are predicted to make the jump from NPB or the KBO to MLB this winter
