Cubs vs Guardians match player stats | 2026 World Series Game 2 Saturday, April 4th

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Cubs @ Guardians Series Game 2 2025 WorldSeries Matchup Details

Teams : Chicago Cubs at Cleveland Guardians
2025 WorldSeries Game 2
Date : Todays Game is on Saturday, April 4th
Time : 04/04/26 19:15:00 PM EST First Pitch

Positives for the Chicago Cubs World Series Game 2 Game Today

The leading projection system (THE BAT) forecasts Shota Imanaga in the 83rd percentile when assessing his strikeout talent.

In his previous start, Shota Imanaga performed well and accumulated 7 strikeouts.

Shota Imanaga’s 2483.6-rpm fastball spin rate since the start of last season is in the 90th percentile among all SPs.

Given the 1.61 gap between Shota Imanaga’s 7.46 K/9 and his 9.07 estimated true talent K/9 (via the leading projection system, THE BAT), it’s safe to say he’s been one of the least fortunate pitchers in the game since the start of last season in terms of strikeouts and figures to perform better in the future.

Checking in at the 80th percentile, Shota Imanaga recorded a 12.2% Swinging Strike percentage since the start of last season.

Negatives with the Cleveland Guardians World Series Game 2 Game Today

Built 673 feet above sea level, Progressive Field has the 7th-highest altitude in MLB, which tends to lead to better offense.

Among all starting pitchers, Shota Imanaga’s fastball velocity of 90.2 mph ranks in the 9th percentile since the start of last season.

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