Cristian Mena or Yusei Kikuchi

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Cristian Mena or Yusei Kikuchi Player Statistics
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	8	‐

Games Started	8	‐

Innings Pitched	36.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	42	‐

Earned Runs	25	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	37	‐

Walks	15	‐

ERA	6.25	‐

WHIP	1.58	‐

Cristian Mena or Yusei Kikuchi Player Projections
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	31	14

Games Started	31	2

Innings Pitched	167.1	23.4

Wins	9	1

Losses	10	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	162	23

Earned Runs	76	14

Home Runs Allowed	25	3

Strikeouts	169	21

Walks	60	9

ERA	4.12	5.27

WHIP	1.33	1.36

Cristian Mena or Yusei Kikuchi Player Notes
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
News
	Yusei Kikuchi allowed five earned runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out four over five innings in a loss to the Rangers. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo told reporters Cristian Mena will undergo season-ending surgery on his shoulder. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Yusei Kikuchi’s next start will be in the majors. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th	Cristian Mena is scheduled to resume his throwing program next week. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th
	Yusei Kikuchi and the Angels will discuss if he needs another rehab start. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th	The Diamondbacks placed RHP Christian Mena on the 60-day injured list with a strained right shoulder. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Yusei Kikuchi threw 57 pitches over 1 2/3 innings for Triple-A Salt Lake on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	D-backs right-hander Cristian Mena felt discomfort in his right shoulder and has been shut down from throwing. Brenton Kemp Thu, Feb 26th
	Yusei Kikuchi will make his next rehab start for Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
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

Cristian Mena or Yusei Kikuchi Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA			Cristian Mena SP,RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#18
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#166
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#75
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#277	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#408	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#211	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#143
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#128
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#239	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Thu, May 7th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#107	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#264
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#325	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#426
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432
Mon, May 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#276
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#180	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#326
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#332	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#210	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Wed, Jul 1st				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#423
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#51	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#188	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#416
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#94	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#288	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#134
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#93	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#158	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#178	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#93	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#184
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-0)	#347
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#283	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#178
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#94
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#125	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN