Jump Aboard the Shōta Imanaga Hype Train

Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Shōta Imanaga hadn’t appeared in spring training for 10 days before he returned to the bump on Tuesday night. While you may have been distracted by the World Baseball Classic final that ended with Daniel Palencia’s dominant save, you missed Imanaga looking like the All-Star caliber pitcher that he was in his first year with the Cubs.

There has been a lot of focus on Imanaga’s velocity this year after the left-handed pitcher missed time with a hamstring injury...