J.P. France or Yusei Kikuchi

Baseball Stats Comparison

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News & Notes
Schedule

J.P. France or Yusei Kikuchi Player Statistics
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	J.P. France SP,RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	3

Games Started	7	0

Innings Pitched	31.0	6.2

Wins	0	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	35	6

Earned Runs	20	6

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	33	4

Walks	14	5

ERA	5.81	8.10

WHIP	1.58	1.65

J.P. France or Yusei Kikuchi Player Projections
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	J.P. France SP,RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	31	6

Games Started	31	3

Innings Pitched	167.1	24.4

Wins	9	1

Losses	10	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	162	24

Earned Runs	76	17

Home Runs Allowed	25	2

Strikeouts	169	19

Walks	60	10

ERA	4.12	6.24

WHIP	1.33	1.42

J.P. France or Yusei Kikuchi Player Notes
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	J.P. France SP,RP - HOU
News
	The Angels transferred Yusei Kikuchi to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd	J.P. France has been sent down to Triple-A Sugar Land. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Apr 20th
	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 Astros designated J.P. France for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	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 Astros recalled J.P. France. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	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	J.P. France is returning to Seattle to re-join the Astros. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 13th
	The Angels placed Yusei Kikuchi on the 15-day injured list with left shoulder inflammation. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd	The Astros optioned RHP J.P. France to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 11th
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

J.P. France or Yusei Kikuchi Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA			J.P. France SP,RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#14	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (6-4)	#51
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (3-7)	#136	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#257	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (2-5)	#44
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (3-3)	#143	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)	#398
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (3-3)	#62	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#113	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#176
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (2-1)	#42	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#18
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (5-4)	#6	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-6)	#125
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (4-2)	#89	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#280
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (2-5)	#43	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#211
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (8-4)	#5	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (2-1)	#430
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (2-1)	#122	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (1-6)	#374
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (4-2)	#127	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (2-8)	#429
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#23	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (4-2)	#89
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#372	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (2-5)	#43
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-3)	#94	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (4-4)	#15
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-1)	#68	@ SEA	George Kirby (5-5)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (2-4)	#81	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (2-8)	#429
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#268	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#33	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#376	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (5-3)	#152
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (3-2)	#358	vs STL	Andre Pallante (6-4)	#148
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (4-5)	#41	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (3-3)	#102
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (3-3)	#11	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (3-5)	#99
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-2)	#249	@ CLE	Parker Messick (6-2)	#58
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (2-5)	#264	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (1-7)	#45
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (2-4)	#93	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-1)	#68
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)	#39	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (2-4)	#81
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (2-4)	#117	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#268
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (8-2)	#83	@ BAL	Shane Baz (3-5)	#77
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (4-1)	#188
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (2-0)	#88	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (1-1)	#287
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (3-4)	#32	@ BOS	Connelly Early (5-3)	#91
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#161	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#26
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (8-2)	#83	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (6-4)	#13
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (1-5)	#413	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (6-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (2-4)	#221	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#38
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (3-3)	#11	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (2-1)	#75
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (2-3)	#59	@ CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#23
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (3-1)	#162	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-3)	#94
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-2)	#105	vs SEA	George Kirby (5-5)	#17
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (3-5)	#99	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (5-4)	#6
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (6-2)	#58	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (2-0)	#49
Thu, May 14th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (2-5)	#43
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-5)	#71
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (7-2)	#114	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (4-4)	#7
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-3)	#103	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (5-6)	#20
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (3-3)	#118	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-0)	#226
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#211	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (2-3)	#78
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-2)	#213	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (4-3)	#16
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (4-4)	#7	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#113
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (5-6)	#20	@ CHC	Colin Rea (5-3)	#145
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (4-5)	#53	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (4-6)	#27
Mon, May 25th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#104
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (2-4)	#192	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-5)	#71
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (2-3)	#64	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (4-4)	#7
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (1-7)	#65	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (5-6)	#20
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (5-2)	#86	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#197
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (5-2)	#19	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (1-4)	#156
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (6-3)	#22	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (7-2)	#12
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (5-4)	#433	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (2-6)	#121
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (2-8)	#429	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (6-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-0)	#69
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-3)	#103	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-3)	#111
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (6-4)	#13	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#298
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (3-2)	#48	vs ATH	Gage Jump (1-1)	#130
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-1)	#132	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (2-2)	#82
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (3-4)	#193	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (3-4)	#416
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (5-4)	#214	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (2-5)	#44
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (6-3)	#22	@ KC	Luinder Avila (1-2)	#216
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (1-4)	#61	@ KC	Noah Cameron (2-4)	#93
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-3)	#100	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (3-1)	#170
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (2-4)	#95	vs DET
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI			vs DET
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI			vs DET
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH			vs CLE
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH			vs CLE
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL			@ TOR
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL			@ TOR
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH			@ DET
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH			@ DET
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH			@ DET
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA			vs MIN
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA			vs MIN
Wed, Jul 1st				vs MIN
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS			vs TB
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS			vs TB
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS			vs TB
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX			@ WSH
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX			@ WSH
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN			@ TEX
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN			@ TEX
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN			@ TEX
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET			vs BAL
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET			vs BAL
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET			vs BAL
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL			vs MIA
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL			vs MIA
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL			vs MIA
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF			@ CWS
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF			@ CWS
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF			@ CWS
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU			@ LAA
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU			@ LAA
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU			@ LAA
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ ATH
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (5-1)	#202
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (1-5)	#413
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#168
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (1-6)	#374
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA