JR Ritchie or Yusei Kikuchi
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| Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA  | JR Ritchie SP - ATL  | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 7 | 5 |
| Games Started | 7 | 5 |
| Innings Pitched | 31.0 | 25.2 |
| Wins | 0 | 1 |
| Losses | 3 | 1 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 35 | 22 |
| Earned Runs | 20 | 14 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 3 | 4 |
| Strikeouts | 33 | 21 |
| Walks | 14 | 16 |
| ERA | 5.81 | 4.91 |
| WHIP | 1.58 | 1.48 |
| Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA | JR Ritchie SP - ATL | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 31 | 5 |
| Games Started | 31 | 5 |
| Innings Pitched | 167.1 | 26.2 |
| Wins | 9 | 2 |
| Losses | 10 | 1 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 162 | 26 |
| Earned Runs | 76 | 13 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 25 | 3 |
| Strikeouts | 169 | 22 |
| Walks | 60 | 11 |
| ERA | 4.12 | 4.59 |
| WHIP | 1.33 | 1.39 |
| Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA | JR Ritchie SP - ATL | |
| News | ||
| The Angels transferred Yusei Kikuchi to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd | JR Ritchie was optioned to Triple-A Gwinnett following Monday's start. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, May 19th | |
| 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 | JR Ritchie allowed six runs on six hits and one walk while striking out four over four innings in Monday's 12-0 loss to the Marlins. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, May 19th | |
| 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 | JR Ritchie will start Monday's series opener for the Braves against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th | |
| 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 | JR Ritchie gave up one run on just two hits and three walks while striking out four over 4 1/3 innings in Wednesday's 4-1 win over the Cubs. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, May 14th | |
| The Angels placed Yusei Kikuchi on the 15-day injured list with left shoulder inflammation. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd | JR Ritchie gave up three runs on four hits and six walks while striking out just two over five innings in Monday's 5-4 loss to the Mariners. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, May 5th | |
| 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 | JR Ritchie SP - ATL | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Mar 27th | @ HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #129 | vs KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #47 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ HOU | Cristian Javier (0-1) | #246 | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #82 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ HOU | Tatsuya Imai (2-2) | #159 | vs KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #108 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | @ CHC | Edward Cabrera (3-2) | #73 | vs ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-2) | #193 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | @ CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #103 | vs ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #221 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | @ CHC | Matthew Boyd (2-1) | #42 | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-5) | #118 |
| Thu, Apr 2nd | @ ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-3) | #92 | |||
| Fri, Apr 3rd | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (4-3) | #9 | @ ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1) | #116 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #93 | @ ARI | Michael Soroka (7-2) | #72 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs SEA | Luis Castillo (1-5) | #46 | @ ARI | Brandon Pfaadt (0-1) | #120 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | vs ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 | @ LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #39 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | vs ATL | Reynaldo Lopez (2-1) | #106 | @ LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #154 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | vs ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #124 | @ LAA | Reid Detmers (1-5) | #45 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #26 | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #110 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #371 | vs CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #52 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #102 | vs CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #37 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #65 | vs MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #60 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-2) | #67 | vs MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #71 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ NYY | Luis Gil (1-2) | #264 | vs MIA | Chris Paddack (0-6) | #325 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs SD | Matt Waldron (1-2) | #300 | @ PHI | Taijuan Walker (1-4) | #387 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs SD | German Marquez (3-2) | #335 | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs SD | Michael King (4-3) | #35 | @ PHI | Andrew Painter (1-5) | #166 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 | @ WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #198 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #225 | @ WSH | Foster Griffin (6-2) | #85 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs TOR | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #263 | @ WSH | Zack Littell (4-4) | #172 |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #90 | |||
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #97 | vs PHI | Andrew Painter (1-5) | #166 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #47 | vs PHI | Zack Wheeler (4-0) | #8 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #108 | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #40 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 | vs DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #54 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #357 | vs DET | Tarik Skubal (3-2) | #4 |
| Thu, Apr 30th | vs DET | Framber Valdez (2-3) | #25 | |||
| Fri, May 1st | vs NYM | Christian Scott (0-0) | #105 | @ COL | Jose Quintana (2-3) | #425 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs NYM | Nolan McLean (2-4) | #30 | @ COL | Brennan Bernardino (2-3) | #250 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #167 | @ COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #395 |
| Mon, May 4th | vs CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 |
| Tue, May 5th | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #357 | @ SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #15 |
| Wed, May 6th | vs CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #220 | @ SEA | Bryan Woo (4-3) | #9 |
| Fri, May 8th | @ TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #43 |
| Sat, May 9th | @ TOR | Trey Yesavage (2-2) | #41 | @ LAD | Blake Snell (0-1) | #57 |
| Sun, May 10th | @ TOR | Spencer Miles (2-0) | #130 | @ LAD | Justin Wrobleski (6-2) | #141 |
| Tue, May 12th | @ CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #110 | vs CHC | Colin Rea (5-3) | #139 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #52 | vs CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-5) | #22 |
| Thu, May 14th | vs CHC | Ben Brown (1-2) | #53 | |||
| Fri, May 15th | vs LAD | Will Klein | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #99 | |
| Sat, May 16th | vs LAD | Justin Wrobleski (6-2) | #141 | vs BOS | Payton Tolle (2-2) | #89 |
| Sun, May 17th | vs LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #128 | vs BOS | Brayan Bello (2-5) | #148 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs ATH | J.T. Ginn (2-3) | #131 | @ MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #71 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-2) | #193 | @ MIA | Braxton Garrett (0-1) | #149 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #221 | @ MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #121 |
| Thu, May 21st | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-5) | #118 | @ MIA | Sandy Alcantara (3-4) | #64 |
| Fri, May 22nd | vs TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #7 | vs WSH | Richard Lovelady (2-2) | #203 |
| Sat, May 23rd | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #19 | vs WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #198 |
| Sun, May 24th | vs TEX | MacKenzie Gore (3-4) | #51 | vs WSH | Foster Griffin (6-2) | #85 |
| Tue, May 26th | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #205 | @ BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #28 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #54 | @ BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #99 |
| Thu, May 28th | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #70 | @ BOS | Payton Tolle (2-2) | #89 |
| Fri, May 29th | @ TB | Nick Martinez (4-1) | #75 | @ CIN | Chris Paddack (0-6) | #325 |
| Sat, May 30th | @ TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-1) | #21 | @ CIN | Brady Singer (2-4) | #145 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (5-2) | #23 | @ CIN | Nick Lodolo (1-1) | #62 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #426 | vs TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #20 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #423 | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #225 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | vs TOR | Austin Voth | ||||
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #128 | vs PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #98 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4) | #12 | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #49 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #43 | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #127 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs HOU | @ CWS | ||||
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs HOU | @ CWS | ||||
| Thu, Jun 11th | @ CWS | |||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs TB | @ NYM | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs TB | @ NYM | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs TB | @ NYM | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ ARI | vs SF | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ ARI | vs SF | ||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | @ ATH | vs SF | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ ATH | vs MIL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ ATH | vs MIL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | @ ATH | vs MIL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | vs BAL | @ SD | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs BAL | @ SD | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs BAL | @ SD | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs ATH | @ SF | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs ATH | @ SF | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs ATH | @ SF | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ SEA | vs STL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs STL | |||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | @ SEA | vs STL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs BOS | vs NYM | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs BOS | vs NYM | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs BOS | vs NYM | ||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs NYM | |||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ TEX | @ PIT | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ TEX | @ PIT | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ TEX | @ PIT | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ MIN | @ STL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ MIN | @ STL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ MIN | @ STL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs DET | vs TEX | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs DET | vs TEX | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs DET | vs TEX | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs STL | vs SD | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs STL | vs SD | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs STL | vs SD | ||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | vs SD | |||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ SF | @ BAL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ SF | @ BAL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ SF | @ BAL | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | vs HOU | @ NYM | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs HOU | @ NYM | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs HOU | @ NYM | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | vs WSH | |||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | vs MIL | vs WSH | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | vs MIL | vs WSH | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | vs MIL | vs WSH | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ BAL | vs MIA | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ BAL | vs MIA | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | @ BAL | vs MIA | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | @ MIA | @ NYY | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | @ MIA | @ NYY | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | @ MIA | @ NYY | ||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | vs TEX | vs NYM | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | vs TEX | vs NYM | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | vs TEX | vs NYM | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs KC | vs ARI | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs KC | vs ARI | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs KC | vs ARI | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | @ MIN | |||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | @ HOU | @ MIN | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | @ HOU | @ MIN | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ TEX | @ MIL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ TEX | @ MIL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ TEX | @ MIL | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | vs CLE | vs LAD | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | vs CLE | vs LAD | ||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | vs LAD | |||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs PHI | vs COL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs PHI | vs COL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs PHI | vs COL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs NYY | @ WSH | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs NYY | @ WSH | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | @ PIT | @ PHI | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | @ PIT | @ PHI | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | @ PIT | @ PHI | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ BOS | @ PHI | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ BOS | vs TB | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ BOS | vs TB | ||||
| Thu, Sep 10th | vs TB | |||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ WSH | vs PHI | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ WSH | vs PHI | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ WSH | vs PHI | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs SEA | @ CHC | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs SEA | @ CHC | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs SEA | @ CHC | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs MIN | @ HOU | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs MIN | @ HOU | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs MIN | @ HOU | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ ATH | vs CIN | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ ATH | vs CIN | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ SEA | vs CIN | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ SEA | @ MIA | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ SEA | @ MIA | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ SEA | @ MIA | ||||
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ HOU | Hunter Brown (1-0) | #17 | |||
| Thu, Apr 16th | @ NYY | Max Fried (4-3) | #33 | |||
| Mon, Apr 27th | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (4-1) | #182 | |||
| Mon, May 11th | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #95 | |||
| Mon, Jun 1st | vs COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #395 | |||
| Mon, Jun 8th | vs HOU | |||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ ARI | |||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | @ SEA | |||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | vs TEX | |||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | @ HOU | |||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | vs CLE | |||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs NYY | |||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | vs MIN | |||||
