John Klein or Yusei Kikuchi

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

John Klein or Yusei Kikuchi Player Statistics
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	John Klein SP,RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	3

Games Started	7	0

Innings Pitched	31.0	4.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	35	3

Earned Runs	20	2

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	33	2

Walks	14	4

ERA	5.81	4.15

WHIP	1.58	1.62

John Klein or Yusei Kikuchi Player Projections
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	John Klein SP,RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	31	28

Games Started	31	1

Innings Pitched	167.1	35.4

Wins	9	2

Losses	10	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	162	35

Earned Runs	76	18

Home Runs Allowed	25	5

Strikeouts	169	30

Walks	60	13

ERA	4.12	4.57

WHIP	1.33	1.36

John Klein or Yusei Kikuchi Player Notes
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	John Klein SP,RP - MIN
News
	The Angels transferred Yusei Kikuchi to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd	The Twins optioned John Klein to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	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 Twins recalled RHP John Klein from Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
	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	The Twins optioned RHP John Klein to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Thu, May 7th
	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	John Klein has been recalled from Triple-A St. Paul. Vince DiSilvio Sat, May 2nd
	The Angels placed Yusei Kikuchi on the 15-day injured list with left shoulder inflammation. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd	The Twins have optioned right-hander John Klein to Triple-A St. Paul. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 10th
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

John Klein or Yusei Kikuchi Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA			John Klein SP,RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#17	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (3-6)	#96
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#232	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (3-7)	#44
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (3-3)	#132	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-6)	#83
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (4-3)	#71	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#92
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (2-1)	#50	@ KC	Noah Cameron (3-4)	#82
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)	#42
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (5-5)	#7	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#141
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (5-2)	#74	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-3)	#180
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (2-6)	#45	vs TB	Nick Martinez (6-2)	#90
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (8-5)	#5	vs DET	Casey Mize (2-3)	#54
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (3-1)	#121	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (3-3)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (4-2)	#124	vs DET	Framber Valdez (3-5)	#28
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (1-8)	#65
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#24	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-3)	#246
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#367	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (2-5)	#266
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-4)	#97	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#133
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-1)	#64	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#23
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (2-5)	#77	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (8-1)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#255	vs BOS	Connelly Early (5-4)	#88
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#311	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#367
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (3-2)	#326	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (4-5)	#41	vs CIN	Brady Singer (2-6)	#151
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-3)	#246	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (3-4)	#37
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (2-5)	#266	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#162
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (2-0)	#81
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (3-4)	#82	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (6-2)	#18
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)	#42	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (6-4)	#20
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (2-4)	#107	@ TB	Griffin Jax (1-5)	#60
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-1)	#174	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (2-6)	#45
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-2)	#67	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (4-4)	#13
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (1-5)	#375	vs SEA	George Kirby (5-6)	#16
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-4)	#19
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (2-0)	#81	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-3)	#246
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (3-4)	#37	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (3-3)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#162	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (3-3)	#63
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (1-5)	#375	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (4-4)	#80
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (2-4)	#216	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (1-5)	#252
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#198
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (3-3)	#10	@ CLE	Parker Messick (6-3)	#51
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (3-3)	#63	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (2-7)	#40
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (3-1)	#149	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (9-3)	#29
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (3-5)	#100	vs MIA	Eury Perez (3-6)	#111
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (6-3)	#51	vs MIA	Max Meyer (6-0)	#61
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#134
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein		vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#272
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (7-2)	#110	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (2-1)	#68
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-4)	#104	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (0-3)	#170
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (4-3)	#106	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (3-3)	#132
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#236	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#339
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-2)	#205	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (3-8)	#168
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (5-4)	#6	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (3-3)	#56
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (5-7)	#21	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (1-2)	#230
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (4-5)	#53	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (8-1)	#32
Mon, May 25th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-1)	#174
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (3-4)	#179	@ CWS	Sean Burke (3-4)	#129
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (2-3)	#54	@ CWS	David Sandlin (1-1)	#265
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (1-8)	#65	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-2)	#67
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (6-2)	#90	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-0)	#72
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (6-2)	#18	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (5-4)	#102
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (6-4)	#20	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (5-3)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (1-7)	#341	vs CWS	David Sandlin (1-1)	#265
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (6-4)	#434	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-2)	#67
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (2-8)	#363	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (1-5)	#375
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (2-4)	#107
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-4)	#104	vs KC	Michael Wacha (4-5)	#89
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (7-4)	#12	vs KC	Luinder Avila (1-3)	#234
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (3-3)	#47	vs KC	Noah Cameron (3-4)	#82
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (3-5)	#194	@ DET	Troy Melton (3-0)	#142
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (5-4)	#217	@ DET	Framber Valdez (3-5)	#28
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (3-4)	#179
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (6-4)	#20	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (5-3)	#136
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (1-5)	#60	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (3-3)	#99
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (3-5)	#84
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (2-5)	#94	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (4-5)	#53
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (5-5)	#95	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#98
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH			@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-6)	#78
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-6)	#119	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#58
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (4-3)	#106	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-5)	#76
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-2)	#205	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (2-5)	#94
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (3-7)	#44	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (2-5)	#266
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL			vs LAD
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH			vs COL
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH			vs COL
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH			vs COL
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA			@ HOU
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA			@ HOU
Wed, Jul 1st				@ HOU
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS			@ NYY
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS			@ NYY
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS			@ NYY
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX			vs CLE
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX			vs CLE
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX			vs CLE
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN			vs LAA
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN			vs LAA
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN			vs LAA
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET			@ CHC
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET			@ CHC
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET			@ CHC
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL			@ CLE
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL			@ CLE
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL			@ CLE
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF			vs ATH
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF			vs ATH
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF			vs ATH
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU			vs KC
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU			vs KC
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (3-8)	#168
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#126
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#36
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (3-3)	#10
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-2)	#67
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (5-3)	#113
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#178
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-1)	#122
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (5-2)	#116
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA