Brian Van Belle or Yusei Kikuchi

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Brian Van Belle or Yusei Kikuchi Player Statistics
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Brian Van Belle SP,RP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	‐

Games Started	7	‐

Innings Pitched	31.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	35	‐

Earned Runs	20	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	33	‐

Walks	14	‐

ERA	5.81	‐

WHIP	1.58	‐

Brian Van Belle or Yusei Kikuchi Player Projections
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Brian Van Belle SP,RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	31	10

Games Started	31	0

Innings Pitched	167.1	14.8

Wins	9	1

Losses	10	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	162	19

Earned Runs	76	16

Home Runs Allowed	25	3

Strikeouts	169	12

Walks	60	5

ERA	4.12	9.59

WHIP	1.33	1.61

Brian Van Belle or Yusei Kikuchi Player Notes
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Brian Van Belle SP,RP - TB
News
	The Angels transferred Yusei Kikuchi to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	Yusei Kikuchi said he hopes to start his throwing program soon to return sometime in the early part of the second half. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th
	Yusei Kikuchi will be shut down for the next 3 to 4 weeks due to left shoulder inflammation, according to Angels' manager Kurt Suzuki. Diego Sandoval Tue, May 5th
	Former Los Angeles Times writer, Mike DiGiovanna reported that sources have told him Yusei Kikuchi (shoulder) is “gonna be out for several months, if not the whole season.” Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	The Angels placed Yusei Kikuchi on the 15-day injured list with left shoulder inflammation. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd
Notes
	Yusei Kikuchi remains a reliable but volatile fantasy arm entering 2026, best viewed as a back-end starter in mixed leagues. The underlying batted-ball profile was mostly stable, but a rising walk rate and middling WHIP capped his fantasy ceiling despite near-league-average run prevention. Kikuchi is still useful for innings and strikeouts, but with limited upside and increased ratio risk compared to prior seasons. He's best deployed as a matchup-dependent SP5 rather than a set-and-forget option. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros

Brian Van Belle or Yusei Kikuchi Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA			Brian Van Belle SP,RP - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#17	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (3-3)	#114
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#258	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (3-4)	#86
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (2-3)	#152	@ STL	Dustin May (3-6)	#85
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (3-2)	#70	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (6-1)	#63
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-4)	#107	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-1)	#56
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (2-1)	#40	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (6-2)	#18
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (5-3)	#6	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#72
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (4-2)	#91	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#209
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (2-5)	#46	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7)	#222
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (8-3)	#5	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-4)	#107
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (2-1)	#108	vs CHC	Javier Assad (3-1)	#276
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (3-2)	#139	vs CHC	Colin Rea (5-3)	#140
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#25	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#249
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#370	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#33
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-3)	#99	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (7-2)	#36
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (2-3)	#66	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (2-4)	#221
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#249	@ CWS	Sean Burke (2-3)	#142
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#33	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#307	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (1-6)	#122
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (3-2)	#330	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (6-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (4-4)	#35	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (5-2)	#95
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (3-3)	#16	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-3)	#206
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-1)	#216	vs CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#25
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (2-5)	#264	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#370
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (2-4)	#92	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (5-1)	#74
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)	#49	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#72
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (2-4)	#104	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7)	#222
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (5-1)	#182	@ CLE	Parker Messick (6-1)	#51
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (8-1)	#79	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (0-7)	#38
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (0-5)	#373	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (8-3)	#27
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (1-0)	#90	vs SF	Robbie Ray (3-6)	#83
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (3-4)	#29	vs SF	Landen Roupp (5-5)	#61
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#165	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (1-7)	#119
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (8-1)	#79	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (2-5)	#264
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (0-5)	#373	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-3)	#19
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (2-4)	#221	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-1)	#216
Thu, May 7th				@ BOS	Jake Bennett (1-1)	#303
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (3-3)	#16	@ BOS	Connelly Early (5-2)	#97
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (2-1)	#133	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (2-2)	#75
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-2)	#106	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-3)	#19
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (3-5)	#105	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-1)	#216
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (6-1)	#51	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (3-3)	#16
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein		vs MIA	Janson Junk (3-5)	#116
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (7-2)	#130	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (3-4)	#73
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-3)	#131	vs MIA	Eury Perez (3-6)	#109
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (3-3)	#127	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (2-6)	#94
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#202	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (3-6)	#43
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-2)	#219	vs BAL	Shane Baz (2-5)	#84
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (3-4)	#8	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (1-0)	#23
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (4-4)	#50	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (2-3)	#66
Mon, May 25th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (3-6)	#43
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (2-3)	#201	@ BAL	Shane Baz (2-5)	#84
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (2-3)	#65	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-0)	#309
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (5-1)	#81	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (2-4)	#421
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (4-2)	#21	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (2-5)	#41
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (6-2)	#22	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-4)	#420
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (1-6)	#395	vs DET	Ty Madden	#279
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4)	#428	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (0-7)	#62
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (2-7)	#427	vs DET	Troy Melton (1-0)	#118
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-3)	#131	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (5-4)	#13	@ MIA	Janson Junk (3-5)	#116
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (3-1)	#42	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (3-4)	#73
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (3-6)	#121	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (2-2)	#75
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-1)	#126	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-5)	#144
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (4-4)	#190	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (6-1)	#30
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB			@ LAA
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB			@ LAA
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB			@ LAA
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI			@ LAD
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI			@ LAD
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI			@ LAD
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH			vs WSH
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH			vs WSH
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH			vs WSH
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL			vs KC
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL			vs KC
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL			vs KC
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH			vs ARI
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH			vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH			vs ARI
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA			@ KC
Wed, Jul 1st				@ KC
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA			@ KC
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS			@ HOU
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX			vs NYY
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX			vs NYY
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX			vs NYY
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET			@ BOS
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET			@ BOS
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET			@ BOS
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL			@ TOR
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL			@ TOR
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL			@ TOR
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF			vs CLE
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF			vs CLE
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF			vs CLE
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU			vs TEX
Thu, Jul 30th				vs TEX
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			@ COL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			@ COL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ PHI
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (3-6)	#121
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-1)	#60
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (2-2)	#48
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#146
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (5-6)	#20
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (0-7)	#62
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA