Darren McCaughan or Yusei Kikuchi

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News & Notes
Schedule

Darren McCaughan or Yusei Kikuchi Player Statistics
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
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	‐

Darren McCaughan or Yusei Kikuchi Player Projections
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	31	7

Games Started	31	2

Innings Pitched	167.1	17.5

Wins	9	1

Losses	10	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	162	20

Earned Runs	76	16

Home Runs Allowed	25	3

Strikeouts	169	14

Walks	60	7

ERA	4.12	8.35

WHIP	1.33	1.51

Darren McCaughan or Yusei Kikuchi Player Notes
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
News
	The Angels transferred Yusei Kikuchi to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd	The Reds signed Darren McCaughan to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 28th
	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

Darren McCaughan or Yusei Kikuchi Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA			Darren McCaughan SP,RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#15	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#18
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#251	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (7-1)	#30
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (3-3)	#141	vs BOS	Connelly Early (5-3)	#91
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (3-3)	#62	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (5-3)	#35
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#112	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (2-7)	#121
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (2-1)	#42	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (6-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (5-4)	#6	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (4-5)	#53
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (4-2)	#88	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#104
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (2-5)	#43	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-5)	#75
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (8-4)	#5	@ MIA	Janson Junk (3-5)	#135
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (3-1)	#122	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (5-4)	#63
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (4-2)	#127	@ MIA	Eury Perez (3-6)	#115
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (6-0)	#59
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#23	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)	#427
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#370	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#416
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-3)	#93	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (7-4)	#51
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (2-4)	#81	vs SF	Robbie Ray (4-6)	#79
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#263	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (1-7)	#133
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#33	vs SF	Landen Roupp (5-6)	#71
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#376	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (4-3)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (3-2)	#358	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (5-2)	#67
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (4-5)	#40	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#106
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (3-3)	#11	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#271
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-2)	#246	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-3)	#100
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (2-5)	#262	@ TB	Nick Martinez (5-2)	#86
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (3-4)	#94	vs DET	Framber Valdez (3-4)	#26
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)	#39	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (1-7)	#64
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (2-4)	#117	vs DET	Keider Montero (2-4)	#193
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (8-2)	#84	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (1-6)	#372
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (1-5)	#405	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (5-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (2-8)	#429
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (2-0)	#89	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (5-3)	#92
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (3-4)	#32	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3)	#128
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#159	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (5-3)	#35
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (8-2)	#84	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (3-3)	#62
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (1-5)	#405	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#112
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (2-4)	#220	@ CHC	Colin Rea (5-3)	#145
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (4-6)	#28
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (3-3)	#11	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (3-8)	#132
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (2-3)	#60	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-1)	#134
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (3-1)	#163	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (3-4)	#195
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (3-5)	#99	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (1-5)	#270
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (6-2)	#54	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#205
Thu, May 14th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (7-2)	#87
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (1-7)	#46
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (7-2)	#114	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-3)	#109
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-3)	#103	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (9-3)	#31
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (3-3)	#118	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-7)	#167
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#210	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (4-4)	#9
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-2)	#212	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-4)	#34
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (5-6)	#19	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (5-3)	#149
Mon, May 25th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (3-4)	#32
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (2-4)	#193	@ NYM	David Peterson (3-5)	#138
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (2-3)	#65	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (3-1)	#204
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (5-2)	#86	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (4-2)	#127
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (5-2)	#20	vs ATL	Martin Perez (4-3)	#198
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (6-3)	#22	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-1)	#29
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (1-6)	#372	vs KC	Luinder Avila (1-2)	#216
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (5-4)	#433	vs KC	Noah Cameron (3-4)	#94
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (2-8)	#429	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (3-1)	#171
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-3)	#103	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (5-3)	#149
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (6-4)	#14	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (3-3)	#102
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (3-3)	#49	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (3-5)	#85
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-1)	#134	@ SD	Walker Buehler (3-3)	#202
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (3-4)	#195	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-1)	#177
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (5-4)	#217	@ SD	Michael King (4-5)	#40
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (6-3)	#22	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (5-2)	#107
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (1-4)	#61	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#58
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-3)	#100	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-5)	#72
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (2-4)	#95	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (4-4)	#25
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI			vs NYM
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI			vs NYM
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH			@ NYY
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL			vs MIL
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL			vs MIL
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL			vs MIL
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH			@ PIT
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH			@ PIT
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH			@ PIT
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA			@ MIL
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA			@ MIL
Wed, Jul 1st				@ MIL
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA			@ MIL
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS			vs BAL
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS			vs BAL
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS			vs BAL
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX			vs PHI
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX			vs PHI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX			vs PHI
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN			vs CHC
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN			vs CHC
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN			vs CHC
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET			@ COL
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET			@ COL
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET			@ COL
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL			@ SEA
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL			@ SEA
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL			@ SEA
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF			@ STL
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF			@ STL
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF			@ STL
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (3-8)	#132
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-1)	#68
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (5-1)	#200
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-3)	#109
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#168
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (5-4)	#7
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (4-5)	#53
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (1-7)	#64
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX