Tatsuya Imai is a Diamond 90 OVR Starting Pitcher card for the Astros, part of the New Threads set in MLB The Show's Diamond Dynasty. He throws right-handed. The card was added to Diamond Dynasty in April 2026.

On the mound, Tatsuya Imai works with a 5-pitch arsenal led by a 97 mph 4-Seam Fastball and a 95 mph Sinker. His pitching ratings include 99 Velocity, 74 Control, and 99 Break. The profile favors a movement-heavy arsenal built to miss bats. Notable quirks include Break Outlier from a total of 2 quirks.

DiamondOps grades each pitch in Tatsuya Imai's arsenal: Slider (S), 4-Seam Fastball (S), Sinker (S), Splitter (A), and Vulcan Change (B). 3 of them grade S-tier, which is what separates a genuine out-pitch mix from a deep-but-flat arsenal. Its strongest tunnel pairing is the 4-Seam Fastball off the Sinker, so the two share a release look. Its 99 mph Sinker adds a velocity bonus on top. Arsenal grades are the same at every difficulty — unlike a hitter's OpScore, a pitch mix does not re-weight as you climb.

On the Diamond Dynasty market, Tatsuya Imai currently buys for about 4,362 stubs, with sell orders near 3,770 stubs. Over the past 7 days the buy price has fallen roughly 19%. Flipping at current buy and sell prices nets roughly 153 stubs, about a 4% return. Its quick-sell value of 4,000 stubs sits at or above the sell price, making it quick-sell viable. DiamondOps currently rates the card a buy at this price.

OpScore is DiamondOps' composite rating of a card's in-game performance value. Tatsuya Imai earns an OpScore of 85.6 on Legend difficulty, ranking #727 among all cards and #136 among Starting Pitchers.