Joel Hurtado or Yusei Kikuchi

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News & Notes
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Joel Hurtado or Yusei Kikuchi Player Statistics
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Joel Hurtado SP - LAA
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	‐

Joel Hurtado or Yusei Kikuchi Player Projections
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Joel Hurtado SP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	31	8

Games Started	31	0

Innings Pitched	167.1	9.3

Wins	9	0

Losses	10	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	162	10

Earned Runs	76	5

Home Runs Allowed	25	1

Strikeouts	169	6

Walks	60	4

ERA	4.12	5.18

WHIP	1.33	1.54

Joel Hurtado or Yusei Kikuchi Player Notes
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Joel Hurtado SP - LAA
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

Joel Hurtado or Yusei Kikuchi Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA			Joel Hurtado SP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#13	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#13
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (3-8)	#147	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (3-8)	#147
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#238	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#238
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (3-3)	#131	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (3-3)	#131
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (4-3)	#67	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (4-3)	#67
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#124	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#124
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (2-1)	#50	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (2-1)	#50
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (5-5)	#6	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (5-5)	#6
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (5-2)	#80	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (5-2)	#80
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (2-5)	#45	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (2-5)	#45
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (8-5)	#5	vs ATL	Chris Sale (8-5)	#5
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (3-1)	#119	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (3-1)	#119
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (4-2)	#122	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (4-2)	#122
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#24	@ CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#24
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#368	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#368
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-4)	#99	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-4)	#99
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-1)	#66	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-1)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (2-5)	#77	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (2-5)	#77
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#248	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#248
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#36	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#36
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#316	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#316
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (3-2)	#324	vs SD	German Marquez (3-2)	#324
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (4-5)	#42	vs SD	Michael King (4-5)	#42
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (3-3)	#9	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (3-3)	#9
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-3)	#270	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-3)	#270
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (2-5)	#257	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (2-5)	#257
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (3-4)	#82	@ KC	Noah Cameron (3-4)	#82
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)	#43	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)	#43
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (2-4)	#106	@ KC	Seth Lugo (2-4)	#106
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-1)	#192	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-1)	#192
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-2)	#69	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-2)	#69
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (1-5)	#380	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (1-5)	#380
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (2-0)	#83	vs NYM	Christian Scott (2-0)	#83
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (3-4)	#38	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (3-4)	#38
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#163	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#163
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-2)	#69	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-2)	#69
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (1-5)	#380	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (1-5)	#380
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (2-4)	#213	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (2-4)	#213
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (3-3)	#9	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (3-3)	#9
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (3-3)	#61	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (3-3)	#61
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (3-1)	#145	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (3-1)	#145
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-3)	#111	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-3)	#111
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (3-5)	#103	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (3-5)	#103
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (6-3)	#53	@ CLE	Parker Messick (6-3)	#53
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein		vs LAD	Will Klein
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (7-2)	#109	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (7-2)	#109
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-4)	#90	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-4)	#90
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (4-3)	#108	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (4-3)	#108
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#236	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#236
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-2)	#211	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-2)	#211
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#186	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#186
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (5-4)	#7	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (5-4)	#7
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (5-7)	#20	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (5-7)	#20
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (4-5)	#54	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (4-5)	#54
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (3-4)	#176	@ DET	Keider Montero (3-4)	#176
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (2-3)	#56	@ DET	Casey Mize (2-3)	#56
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (1-8)	#65	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (1-8)	#65
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (6-2)	#95	@ TB	Nick Martinez (6-2)	#95
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (6-2)	#18	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (6-2)	#18
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (6-4)	#21	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (6-4)	#21
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (1-6)	#359	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (1-6)	#359
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (6-4)	#433	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (6-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (2-8)	#360	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (2-8)	#360
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-4)	#90	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-4)	#90
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (6-4)	#12	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (6-4)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (3-3)	#47	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (3-3)	#47
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-1)	#123	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-1)	#123
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (3-5)	#190	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (3-5)	#190
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (5-4)	#221	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (5-4)	#221
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (6-4)	#21	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (6-4)	#21
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (1-4)	#63	vs TB	Griffin Jax (1-4)	#63
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-3)	#184	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-3)	#184
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (2-5)	#96	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (2-5)	#96
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (5-5)	#98	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (5-5)	#98
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (5-2)	#116	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (5-2)	#116
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-6)	#121	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-6)	#121
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-2)	#211	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-2)	#211
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (3-7)	#44	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (3-7)	#44
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL			vs BAL
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH			vs ATH
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH			vs ATH
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH			vs ATH
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA			@ SEA
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA			@ SEA
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA			@ SEA
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS			vs BOS
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS			vs BOS
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX			@ TEX
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX			@ TEX
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX			@ TEX
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN			@ MIN
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN			@ MIN
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN			@ MIN
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET			vs DET
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET			vs DET
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET			vs DET
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL			vs STL
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL			vs STL
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL			vs STL
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF			@ SF
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF			@ SF
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF			@ SF
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU			vs HOU
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU			vs HOU
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU			vs HOU
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			vs KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ SEA