DJ Herz or Yusei Kikuchi

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DJ Herz or Yusei Kikuchi Player Statistics
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	DJ Herz SP - WSH
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	‐

DJ Herz or Yusei Kikuchi Player Projections
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	DJ Herz SP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	31	18

Games Started	31	2

Innings Pitched	167.1	32.5

Wins	9	2

Losses	10	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	162	27

Earned Runs	76	15

Home Runs Allowed	25	3

Strikeouts	169	31

Walks	60	13

ERA	4.12	4.17

WHIP	1.33	1.24

DJ Herz or Yusei Kikuchi Player Notes
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	DJ Herz SP - WSH
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	DJ Herz worked two innings for Triple-A Rochester on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 27th
	Yusei Kikuchi’s next start will be in the majors. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th	DJ Herz tossed two perfect innings with Double-A Harrisburg on August 14 in his second rehab outing. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 20th
	Yusei Kikuchi and the Angels will discuss if he needs another rehab start. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th	DJ Herz is making his next rehab start on Friday for Double-A Harrisburg. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th
	Yusei Kikuchi threw 57 pitches over 1 2/3 innings for Triple-A Salt Lake on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	DJ Herz threw a scoreless inning in a rehab appearance on Saturday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th
	Yusei Kikuchi will make his next rehab start for Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	DJ Herz threw a 25-pitch bullpen session last Sunday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
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

DJ Herz or Yusei Kikuchi Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA			DJ Herz SP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#289	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#407	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#76
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#212	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-1)	#106
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#267	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Thu, May 7th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#114	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Thu, May 14th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#326	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Mon, May 25th				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#348
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#264
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#379
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#145
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Wed, Jul 1st				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#347
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#258	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#383
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#184	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-3)	#97	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#273
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#142
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA