Imanaga (12-3) struck out seven and walked two, throwing 66 pitches for strikes. A 31-year-old left-hander in his first season with the Cubs after pitching in Japan for eight seasons, Imanaga has ...

The Cubs snagged pitcher Shota Imanaga from Japan last season, and watched as he had one of the best rookie performances in team history. In 29 starts, Imanaga posted a 15-3 record with a 2.91 ERA ...

But he learned it was left-hander Shota Imanaga’s book on pitching. “It shows you that’s what he’s like,” Hoyer said before the Cubs’ 7-1 win against the Red Sox on Friday.

Barring a shocking development where the Cubs acquire another starter in some aspect, the current state of the Cubs rotation is the same rotation they will be t ...

Griffin Quinn/Getty Images Share Left-hander Shota Imanaga has been a highlight of an otherwise-disappointing Cubs season. Signed in January, he has been the team’s most consistent starter ...

The Chicago Cubs will head into Spring Training after ... Last season, the emergence of Shota Imanaga was a huge boost. In his rookie season, he totaled a 15-3 record, 2.91 ERA, and 3.1 WAR.

The Chicago Cubs have reached an agreement with Colin ... For now, though, it’s a solid group that’s projected to include Shota Imanaga, Justin Steele, Jameson Taillon, Matthew Boyd and ...

The Cubs have Justin Steele, Shota Imanaga, Jameson Taillon and Matthew Boyd for their rotation, but Rea could push Javier Assad for the fifth spot or work out of the bullpen. Rea became a free ...

Mike Axisa of CBS Sports listed the Cubs as a potential landing spot for ... If he were to join Shota Imanaga and Justin Steele at the top of the Cubs rotation, Chicago could be a serious threat ...

Mike Petriello of MLB.com ... of above-average starters – Shota Imanaga and Justin Steele chief among them – without any real bat-missing ace. (Cubs starters were tied for the fifth-weakest ...

The Chicago Cubs have already made two significant moves this offseason, acquiring star outfielder Kyle Tucker and reliever Ryan Pressly from the Houston Astros. These moves signa ...