Jose Quintana or Yusei Kikuchi
Baseball Stats Comparison
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| Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA | Jose Quintana SP - COL | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 7 | 9 |
| Games Started | 7 | 9 |
| Innings Pitched | 31.0 | 41.0 |
| Wins | 0 | 2 |
| Losses | 3 | 3 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 35 | 45 |
| Earned Runs | 20 | 24 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 3 | 6 |
| Strikeouts | 33 | 20 |
| Walks | 14 | 17 |
| ERA | 5.81 | 5.27 |
| WHIP | 1.58 | 1.51 |
| Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA | Jose Quintana SP - COL | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 31 | 25 |
| Games Started | 31 | 25 |
| Innings Pitched | 167.1 | 137.3 |
| Wins | 9 | 7 |
| Losses | 10 | 10 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 162 | 150 |
| Earned Runs | 76 | 75 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 25 | 20 |
| Strikeouts | 169 | 96 |
| Walks | 60 | 53 |
| ERA | 4.12 | 4.90 |
| WHIP | 1.33 | 1.48 |
| Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA | Jose Quintana SP - COL | |
| News | ||
| The Angels transferred Yusei Kikuchi to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd | Colorado Rockies manager Warren Schaeffer said that Jose Quintana received a PRP shot in his elbow to promote healing. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 6th | |
| 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 | Jose Quintana was placed on the 60-day injured list on Thursday with a left elbow strain. Diego Sandoval Thu, May 28th | |
| 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 Rockies placed LHP Jose Quintana on the 15-day injured list with a left elbow sprain. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th | |
| 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 | Jose Quintana told reporters he is flying back to Denver for an MRI on his left elbow. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th | |
| The Angels placed Yusei Kikuchi on the 15-day injured list with left shoulder inflammation. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd | The Rockies say Jose Quintana is dealing with left elbow discomfort. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th | |
| 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 | Jose Quintana SP - COL | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Mar 27th | @ HOU | Mike Burrows (3-7) | #139 | @ MIA | Sandy Alcantara (4-4) | #67 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ HOU | Cristian Javier (0-1) | #245 | @ MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #115 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ HOU | Tatsuya Imai (2-3) | #145 | @ MIA | Max Meyer (6-0) | #64 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | @ CHC | Edward Cabrera (3-3) | #62 | @ TOR | Cody Ponce (0-0) | |
| Tue, Mar 31st | @ CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-5) | #99 | @ TOR | Max Scherzer (1-3) | #136 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | @ CHC | Matthew Boyd (2-1) | #41 | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-4) | #20 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (5-4) | #6 | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #34 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #89 | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #8 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs SEA | Luis Castillo (2-5) | #44 | vs PHI | Taijuan Walker (1-4) | #388 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | vs ATL | Chris Sale (8-4) | #5 | vs HOU | Cody Bolton (0-1) | #404 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | vs ATL | Reynaldo Lopez (2-1) | #119 | vs HOU | Mike Burrows (3-7) | #139 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | vs ATL | Grant Holmes (4-2) | #130 | vs HOU | Cristian Javier (0-1) | #245 |
| Thu, Apr 9th |   |   |   | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #192 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #24 | @ SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #207 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #373 | @ SD | German Marquez (3-2) | #350 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #97 | @ SD | Nick Pivetta (1-2) | #131 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-4) | #77 | @ HOU | Colton Gordon (0-0) | #306 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ NYY | Luis Gil (1-2) | #248 | @ HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #132 |
| Thu, Apr 16th | @ NYY | Max Fried (4-3) | #32 | @ HOU | Ryan Weiss (0-3) | #274 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs SD | Matt Waldron (1-2) | #294 | vs LAD | Tyler Glasnow (3-0) | #38 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs SD | German Marquez (3-2) | #350 | vs LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-2) | #51 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs SD | Michael King (4-5) | #42 | vs LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #114 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #10 | vs LAD | Justin Wrobleski (7-2) | #113 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-2) | #251 | vs SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #192 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs TOR | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #266 | vs SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #207 |
| Thu, Apr 23rd |   |   |   | vs SD | Matt Waldron (1-2) | #294 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #94 | @ NYM | Freddy Peralta (4-4) | #25 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #102 | @ NYM | Kodai Senga (0-4) | #125 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ CWS | Davis Martin (8-2) | #84 | @ CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #24 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (1-5) | #421 | @ CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #373 |
| Thu, Apr 30th |   |   |   | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #97 |
| Fri, May 1st | vs NYM | Christian Scott (2-0) | #87 | vs ATL | Grant Holmes (4-2) | #130 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs NYM | Nolan McLean (3-4) | #33 | vs ATL | Chris Sale (8-4) | #5 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #164 | vs ATL | Spencer Strider (3-1) | #30 |
| Mon, May 4th | vs CWS | Davis Martin (8-2) | #84 | vs NYM | Huascar Brazoban (3-1) | #202 |
| Wed, May 6th | vs CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #220 | vs NYM | Freddy Peralta (4-4) | #25 |
| Thu, May 7th |   |   |   | vs NYM | Christian Scott (2-0) | #87 |
| Fri, May 8th | @ TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #10 | @ PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #8 |
| Sat, May 9th | @ TOR | Trey Yesavage (2-3) | #58 | @ PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #34 |
| Sun, May 10th | @ TOR | Spencer Miles (2-1) | #161 | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (7-2) | #3 |
| Tue, May 12th | @ CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #100 | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-2) | #53 | @ PIT | Mitch Keller (5-3) | #90 |
| Thu, May 14th |   |   |   | @ PIT | Mason Montgomery (1-1) | #168 |
| Fri, May 15th | vs LAD | Will Klein | vs ARI | Merrill Kelly (5-4) | #96 | |
| Sat, May 16th | vs LAD | Justin Wrobleski (7-2) | #113 | vs ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1) | #110 |
| Sun, May 17th | vs LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #114 | vs ARI | Michael Soroka (7-3) | #59 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs ATH | J.T. Ginn (3-3) | #121 | vs TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-5) | #55 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-3) | #211 | vs TEX | Tyler Alexander (1-1) | #160 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #213 | vs TEX | Jack Leiter (3-4) | #65 |
| Thu, May 21st | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #163 | @ ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1) | #110 |
| Fri, May 22nd | vs TEX | Jacob deGrom (4-4) | #7 | @ ARI | Michael Soroka (7-3) | #59 |
| Sat, May 23rd | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #19 | @ ARI | Zac Gallen (3-5) | #71 |
| Sun, May 24th | vs TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-5) | #55 | @ ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-4) | #95 |
| Mon, May 25th |   |   |   | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-2) | #51 |
| Tue, May 26th | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #195 | @ LAD | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #266 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #68 | @ LAD | Shohei Ohtani (6-2) | #1 |
| Fri, May 29th | @ TB | Nick Martinez (5-2) | #85 | vs SF | Logan Webb (3-4) | #11 |
| Sat, May 30th | @ TB | Drew Rasmussen (5-2) | #21 | vs SF | Adrian Houser (2-5) | #199 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (6-2) | #22 | vs SF | Robbie Ray (4-6) | #78 |
| Mon, Jun 1st | vs COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #380 | @ LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #52 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (5-4) | #430 | @ LAA | Grayson Rodriguez (2-2) | #83 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-8) | #426 | @ LAA | Walbert Urena (3-4) | #391 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #114 | vs MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-4) | #154 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (5-4) | #13 | vs MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (6-2) | #12 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-2) | #51 | vs MIL | Shane Drohan (2-1) | #138 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs HOU | Kai-Wei Teng (3-4) | #187 | vs CHC | Colin Rea (5-3) | #151 |
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs HOU | Peter Lambert (5-4) | #217 | vs CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #27 |
| Thu, Jun 11th |   |   |   | vs CHC | Edward Cabrera (3-3) | #62 |
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs TB | Shane McClanahan (6-2) | #22 | @ ATH | Mason Barnett (0-0) | #314 |
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs TB | Griffin Jax (1-4) | #61 | @ ATH | Gage Jump (1-1) | #129 |
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs TB | Steven Matz (4-3) | #101 | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #122 |
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-4) | #95 | @ CHC | Edward Cabrera (3-3) | #62 |
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ ARI | @ CHC | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ ARI | @ CHC | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ ATH | vs PIT | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ ATH | vs PIT | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | @ ATH | vs PIT | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | vs BAL | vs BOS | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs BAL | vs BOS | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs BAL | vs BOS | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs ATH | @ MIN | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs ATH | @ MIN | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs ATH | @ MIN | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | @ SEA | vs MIA | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ SEA | vs MIA | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st |   |   |   | vs MIA | ||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | @ SEA | vs MIA | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs BOS | vs SF | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs BOS | vs SF | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs BOS | vs SF | ||||
| Mon, Jul 6th |   |   |   | @ LAD | ||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ TEX | @ LAD | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ TEX | @ LAD | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ TEX | @ SF | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ MIN | @ SF | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ MIN | @ SF | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ MIN | @ SF | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs DET | vs CIN | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs DET | vs CIN | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs DET | vs CIN | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs STL | vs WSH | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs STL | vs WSH | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs STL | vs WSH | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ SF | @ MIL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ SF | @ MIL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ SF | @ MIL | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs HOU | @ SD | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs HOU | @ SD | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | vs MIL | vs KC | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | vs MIL | vs KC | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | vs MIL | vs KC | ||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd |   |   |   | vs TB | ||
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ BAL | vs TB | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ BAL | vs TB | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | @ MIA | @ STL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | @ MIA | @ STL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | @ MIA | @ STL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | vs TEX | @ ARI | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | vs TEX | @ ARI | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | vs TEX | @ ARI | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs KC | @ SF | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs KC | @ SF | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs KC | @ SF | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th |   |   |   | vs LAD | ||
| Tue, Aug 18th | @ HOU | vs LAD | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | @ HOU | vs LAD | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ TEX | vs CLE | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ TEX | vs CLE | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ TEX | vs CLE | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | vs CLE | @ WSH | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | vs CLE | @ WSH | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | vs CLE | @ WSH | ||||
| Thu, Aug 27th |   |   |   | @ WSH | ||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs PHI | @ ATL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs PHI | @ ATL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs PHI | @ ATL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs NYY | vs BAL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs NYY | vs BAL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs NYY | vs BAL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | @ PIT | vs STL | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | @ PIT | vs STL | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | @ PIT | vs STL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ BOS | @ NYY | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ BOS | @ NYY | ||||
| Thu, Sep 10th |   |   |   | @ NYY | ||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ WSH | @ DET | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ WSH | @ DET | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ WSH | @ DET | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs SEA | vs SD | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs SEA | vs SD | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs SEA | vs SD | ||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | vs MIN | vs SD | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs MIN | vs SEA | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs MIN | vs SEA | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs MIN | vs SEA | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ ATH | vs ARI | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ ATH | vs ARI | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ SEA | vs ARI | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ SEA | @ CWS | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ SEA | @ CWS | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ SEA | @ CWS | ||||
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ HOU | Hunter Brown (1-0) | #16 |   |   |   |
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ NYY | Will Warren (7-1) | #70 |   |   |   |
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #39 |   |   |   |
| Mon, Apr 27th | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #193 |   |   |   |
| Tue, May 5th | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (1-5) | #421 |   |   |   |
| Mon, May 11th | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #107 |   |   |   |
| Thu, May 28th | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (1-7) | #60 |   |   |   |
| Mon, Jun 8th | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #132 |   |   |   |
| Thu, Jun 18th | @ ATH |   |   |   | ||
| Mon, Jul 27th | vs HOU |   |   |   | ||
| Thu, Aug 6th | @ BAL |   |   |   | ||
| Thu, Aug 13th | vs TEX |   |   |   | ||
| Thu, Aug 20th | @ HOU |   |   |   | ||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ BOS |   |   |   | ||

