Hunter Barco or Yusei Kikuchi
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| Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA  | Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT  | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 7 | 5 |
| Games Started | 7 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 31.0 | 11.2 |
| Wins | 0 | 0 |
| Losses | 3 | 1 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 1 |
| Holds | 0 | 1 |
| Hits Allowed | 35 | 14 |
| Earned Runs | 20 | 10 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 3 | 3 |
| Strikeouts | 33 | 8 |
| Walks | 14 | 9 |
| ERA | 5.81 | 7.71 |
| WHIP | 1.58 | 1.97 |
| Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA | Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 31 | 34 |
| Games Started | 31 | 12 |
| Innings Pitched | 167.1 | 85.7 |
| Wins | 9 | 4 |
| Losses | 10 | 5 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 1 |
| Hits Allowed | 162 | 80 |
| Earned Runs | 76 | 41 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 25 | 10 |
| Strikeouts | 169 | 79 |
| Walks | 60 | 36 |
| ERA | 4.12 | 4.35 |
| WHIP | 1.33 | 1.35 |
| Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA | Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT | |
| News | ||
| The Angels transferred Yusei Kikuchi to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd | The Pirates recalled Hunter Barco from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 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 | The Pirates have optioned LHP Hunter Barco to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th | |
| 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 | Hunter Barco has reportedly made the Pirates’ Opening Day roster. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd | |
| 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 | ||
| Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA | Hunter Barco SP,RP - PIT | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ HOU | Hunter Brown (1-0) | #13 | @ NYM | Freddy Peralta (4-5) | #25 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ HOU | Cristian Javier (0-1) | #244 | @ NYM | David Peterson (3-5) | #135 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ HOU | Tatsuya Imai (3-3) | #133 | @ NYM | Nolan McLean (3-4) | #38 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | @ CHC | Edward Cabrera (4-3) | #69 | @ CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #23 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | @ CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-5) | #112 | @ CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #368 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | @ CHC | Matthew Boyd (2-1) | #36 | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-4) | #100 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (5-5) | #7 | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish (3-7) | #45 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs SEA | Emerson Hancock (5-2) | #86 | vs BAL | Shane Baz (3-6) | #74 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs SEA | Luis Castillo (2-5) | #46 | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-4) | #139 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | vs ATL | Chris Sale (8-5) | #5 | vs SD | German Marquez (3-2) | #353 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | vs ATL | Reynaldo Lopez (3-1) | #121 | vs SD | Nick Pivetta (1-2) | #145 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | vs ATL | Grant Holmes (4-2) | #131 | vs SD | Michael King (4-5) | #41 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #23 | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #27 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #368 | @ CHC | Edward Cabrera (4-3) | #69 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-4) | #100 | @ CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-5) | #112 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ NYY | Will Warren (7-1) | #67 | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-4) | #88 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-4) | #81 | vs WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | #312 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ NYY | Luis Gil (1-2) | #263 | vs WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #200 |
| Thu, Apr 16th | @ NYY | Max Fried (4-3) | #37 | vs WSH | Foster Griffin (7-2) | #85 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs SD | Matt Waldron (1-2) | #318 | vs TB | Nick Martinez (6-2) | #95 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs SD | German Marquez (3-2) | #353 | vs TB | Drew Rasmussen (6-2) | #19 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs SD | Michael King (4-5) | #41 | vs TB | Shane McClanahan (6-3) | #22 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-3) | #270 | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #98 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs TOR | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #250 | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (3-5) | #79 |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (5-4) | #6 | |||
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ KC | Noah Cameron (3-4) | #84 | @ MIL | Brandon Woodruff (2-1) | #47 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #44 | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (7-2) | #10 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #109 | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison (7-1) | #54 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #198 | vs STL | Dustin May (4-6) | #66 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ CWS | Davis Martin (9-2) | #80 | vs STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #141 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (1-5) | #379 | vs STL | Andre Pallante (7-4) | #140 |
| Thu, Apr 30th | vs STL | Hunter Dobbins (1-0) | #170 | |||
| Fri, May 1st | vs NYM | Christian Scott (2-0) | #83 | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-6) | #160 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs NYM | Nolan McLean (3-4) | #38 | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #185 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #162 | vs CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #23 |
| Tue, May 5th | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (1-5) | #379 | @ ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez (5-2) | #118 |
| Wed, May 6th | vs CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #212 | @ ARI | Michael Soroka (8-3) | #58 |
| Thu, May 7th | @ ARI | Zac Gallen (3-5) | #82 | |||
| Fri, May 8th | @ TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #9 | @ SF | Robbie Ray (4-6) | #78 |
| Sat, May 9th | @ TOR | Trey Yesavage (2-3) | #59 | @ SF | Landen Roupp (5-6) | #73 |
| Sun, May 10th | @ TOR | Spencer Miles (3-1) | #157 | @ SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #132 |
| Tue, May 12th | @ CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #105 | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-8) | #421 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-3) | #53 | vs COL | Jose Quintana (2-3) | #431 |
| Thu, May 14th | vs COL | Chase Dollander (3-3) | #294 | |||
| Fri, May 15th | vs LAD | Will Klein | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #42 | |
| Sat, May 16th | vs LAD | Justin Wrobleski (7-2) | #110 | vs PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (8-2) | #4 |
| Sun, May 17th | vs LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #99 | vs PHI | Zack Wheeler (5-1) | #8 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-3) | #232 | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (3-3) | #102 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #205 | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (3-5) | #93 |
| Thu, May 21st | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #158 | @ STL | Dustin May (4-6) | #66 |
| Fri, May 22nd | vs TEX | Jacob deGrom (5-4) | #6 | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-4) | #20 |
| Sat, May 23rd | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-7) | #21 | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-3) | #270 |
| Sun, May 24th | vs TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-5) | #50 | @ TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #9 |
| Mon, May 25th | vs CHC | Ben Brown (2-2) | #30 | |||
| Tue, May 26th | @ DET | Keider Montero (3-4) | #188 | vs CHC | Jordan Wicks (0-2) | #256 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #60 | vs CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-5) | #112 |
| Thu, May 28th | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (1-7) | #64 | vs CHC | Colin Rea (5-4) | #153 |
| Fri, May 29th | @ TB | Nick Martinez (6-2) | #95 | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (5-3) | #71 |
| Sat, May 30th | @ TB | Drew Rasmussen (6-2) | #19 | vs MIN | Bailey Ober (6-3) | #107 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (6-3) | #22 | vs MIN | Zebby Matthews (2-4) | #75 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (6-4) | #434 | @ HOU | Mike Burrows (3-8) | #136 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-8) | #421 | @ HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #122 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | @ HOU | Kai-Wei Teng (3-5) | #189 | |||
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #99 | @ ATL | Martin Perez (4-3) | #195 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (6-4) | #11 | @ ATL | Spencer Strider (4-1) | #32 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-3) | #49 | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (5-3) | #113 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs HOU | Kai-Wei Teng (3-5) | #189 | vs LAD | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #250 |
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs HOU | Peter Lambert (5-4) | #219 | vs LAD | Shohei Ohtani (6-2) | #1 |
| Thu, Jun 11th | vs LAD | Justin Wrobleski (7-2) | #110 | |||
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs TB | Shane McClanahan (6-3) | #22 | vs MIA | Sandy Alcantara (5-4) | #62 |
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs TB | Griffin Jax (1-4) | #63 | vs MIA | Braxton Garrett (0-1) | #127 |
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs TB | Steven Matz (4-3) | #144 | vs MIA | Max Meyer (6-0) | #61 |
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-5) | #94 | @ ATH | ||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ ARI | Merrill Kelly (5-5) | #97 | @ ATH | Jack Perkins (2-3) | #103 |
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez (5-2) | #118 | @ ATH | Gage Jump (2-1) | #129 |
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ ATH | J.T. Ginn (4-3) | #115 | @ COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #354 |
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ ATH | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (6-4) | #434 | ||
| Sun, Jun 21st | @ ATH | @ COL | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs BAL | vs SEA | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs BAL | vs SEA | ||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | vs SEA | |||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs ATH | vs CIN | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs ATH | vs CIN | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs ATH | vs CIN | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | @ SEA | @ PHI | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ SEA | @ PHI | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ PHI | |||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | @ SEA | @ PHI | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs BOS | @ WSH | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs BOS | @ WSH | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs BOS | @ WSH | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ TEX | vs ATL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ TEX | vs ATL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ TEX | vs ATL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ MIN | vs MIL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ MIN | vs MIL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ MIN | vs MIL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs DET | @ CLE | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs DET | @ CLE | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs DET | @ CLE | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs STL | @ NYY | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs STL | @ NYY | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs STL | @ NYY | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ SF | vs CHC | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ SF | vs CHC | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ SF | vs CHC | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | vs HOU | vs ARI | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs HOU | vs ARI | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs HOU | vs ARI | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ CIN | |||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | vs MIL | @ CIN | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | vs MIL | @ CIN | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | vs MIL | @ CIN | ||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | @ MIL | |||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ BAL | @ MIL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ BAL | @ MIL | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | @ BAL | @ MIL | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | @ MIA | vs NYM | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | @ MIA | vs NYM | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | @ MIA | vs NYM | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | vs TEX | @ MIA | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | vs TEX | @ MIA | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | vs TEX | @ MIA | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs KC | vs BOS | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs KC | vs BOS | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs KC | vs BOS | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs DET | |||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | @ HOU | vs DET | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | @ HOU | vs DET | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ TEX | @ LAD | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ TEX | @ LAD | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ TEX | @ LAD | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | vs CLE | @ SD | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | vs CLE | @ SD | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | vs CLE | @ SD | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs PHI | @ STL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs PHI | @ STL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs PHI | @ STL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs NYY | vs SF | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs NYY | vs SF | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs SF | |||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | @ PIT | vs LAA | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | @ PIT | vs LAA | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | @ PIT | vs LAA | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ BOS | @ CWS | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ BOS | @ CWS | ||||
| Thu, Sep 10th | @ CWS | |||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ WSH | @ CHC | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ WSH | @ CHC | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ WSH | @ CHC | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs SEA | vs MIL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs SEA | vs MIL | ||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | vs MIN | vs MIL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs MIN | vs KC | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs MIN | vs KC | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs MIN | vs KC | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ ATH | vs STL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ ATH | vs STL | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ SEA | vs STL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ SEA | @ DET | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ SEA | @ DET | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ SEA | @ DET | ||||
| Fri, Mar 27th | @ HOU | Mike Burrows (3-8) | #136 | |||
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #9 | |||
| Mon, May 4th | vs CWS | Davis Martin (9-2) | #80 | |||
| Mon, May 11th | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-3) | #114 | |||
| Mon, May 18th | vs ATH | J.T. Ginn (4-3) | #115 | |||
| Mon, Jun 1st | vs COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #354 | |||
| Mon, Jun 8th | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #122 | |||
| Thu, Jun 18th | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #123 | |||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | vs BAL | |||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | vs TEX | |||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | @ HOU | |||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs NYY | |||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ BOS | |||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs SEA | |||||
