Kris Bubic or Yusei Kikuchi
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| Kris Bubic SP - KC  | Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA  | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 9 | 7 |
| Games Started | 9 | 7 |
| Innings Pitched | 50.1 | 31.0 |
| Wins | 3 | 0 |
| Losses | 2 | 3 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 36 | 35 |
| Earned Runs | 23 | 20 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 4 | 3 |
| Strikeouts | 51 | 33 |
| Walks | 26 | 14 |
| ERA | 4.11 | 5.81 |
| WHIP | 1.23 | 1.58 |
| Kris Bubic SP - KC | Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 31 | 31 |
| Games Started | 24 | 31 |
| Innings Pitched | 140.8 | 167.1 |
| Wins | 9 | 9 |
| Losses | 8 | 10 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 1 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 130 | 162 |
| Earned Runs | 57 | 76 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 14 | 25 |
| Strikeouts | 135 | 169 |
| Walks | 46 | 60 |
| ERA | 3.67 | 4.12 |
| WHIP | 1.25 | 1.33 |
| Kris Bubic SP - KC | Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA | |
| News | ||
| Royals left-hander Kris Bubic (elbow) has begun throwing, but it still dealing with general arm fatigue. Brenton Kemp Thu, May 28th | The Angels transferred Yusei Kikuchi to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd | |
| Kris Bubic said he is hopeful to have a short stint on the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th | 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 Royals placed Kris Bubic on the 15-day injured list with left elbow soreness. Ari Koslow Mon, May 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 | |
| Kris Bubic allowed five earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out four over four innings in Thursday's loss to the White Sox. Chase Davis Fri, May 15th | 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 | |
| Kris Bubic allowed three earned runs on four hits and four walks while striking out five over 5.2 innings in Friday's 4-3 win over the Tigers. Chase Davis Sat, May 9th | The Angels placed Yusei Kikuchi on the 15-day injured list with left shoulder inflammation. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd | |
| Notes | ||
| Bubic is going under the radar despite his rather impressive injury-shortened 2025 season. Over 20 starts, Bubic posted a 2.55 ERA (2.89 FIP) and 8.97 K9. This Spring, he is picking up right where he left off, with an 11.25 K9 over his 8 innings pitched. Anthony Gambale - Roto Street Journal | 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 | |
| Kris Bubic SP - KC | Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Mar 27th | @ ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 | @ HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #121 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ ATL | Reynaldo Lopez (2-1) | #108 | @ HOU | Cristian Javier (0-1) | #258 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #139 | @ HOU | Tatsuya Imai (2-3) | #152 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7) | #222 | @ CHC | Edward Cabrera (3-2) | #70 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #15 | @ CHC | Matthew Boyd (2-1) | #40 |
| Thu, Apr 2nd | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (5-1) | #74 | |||
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs MIL | Logan Henderson (2-1) | #57 | vs SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #91 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #63 | vs SEA | Luis Castillo (2-5) | #46 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 | vs ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | vs ATL | Reynaldo Lopez (2-1) | #108 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #106 | vs ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #139 |
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #182 | |||
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 | @ CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #25 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #373 | @ CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #370 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs CWS | Grant Taylor (1-0) | #53 | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ DET | Framber Valdez (2-4) | #26 | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-3) | #66 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 | @ NYY | Luis Gil (1-2) | #249 |
| Thu, Apr 16th | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #201 | @ NYY | Max Fried (4-3) | #33 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | @ NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 | vs SD | Matt Waldron (1-2) | #307 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | @ NYY | Will Warren (7-1) | #60 | vs SD | German Marquez (3-2) | #330 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-3) | #66 | vs SD | Michael King (4-4) | #35 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish (3-6) | #43 | vs TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #84 | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #216 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #125 | vs TOR | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #264 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #155 | @ KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #92 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | vs LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #421 | @ KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #49 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (2-5) | #41 | @ KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #104 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #219 | @ CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #146 | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #373 |
| Thu, Apr 30th | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #111 | |||
| Fri, May 1st | @ SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 | vs NYM | Christian Scott (1-0) | #90 |
| Sat, May 2nd | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #91 | vs NYM | Nolan McLean (3-4) | #29 |
| Sun, May 3rd | @ SEA | Luis Castillo (2-5) | #46 | vs NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #165 |
| Mon, May 4th | vs CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 | vs CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 |
| Tue, May 5th | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #373 |
| Wed, May 6th | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #106 | vs CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #221 |
| Thu, May 7th | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #105 | |||
| Fri, May 8th | vs DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #201 | @ TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 |
| Sat, May 9th | vs DET | Burch Smith | @ TOR | Trey Yesavage (2-2) | #48 | |
| Sun, May 10th | vs DET | Brenan Hanifee | @ TOR | Spencer Miles (2-1) | #133 | |
| Tue, May 12th | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #373 | @ CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #105 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #221 | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #51 |
| Thu, May 14th | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #182 | |||
| Fri, May 15th | @ STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #85 | vs LAD | Will Klein | |
| Sat, May 16th | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #162 | vs LAD | Justin Wrobleski (7-2) | #130 |
| Sun, May 17th | @ STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #163 | vs LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #131 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (6-1) | #30 | vs ATH | J.T. Ginn (3-3) | #127 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #32 | vs ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-3) | #202 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #97 | vs ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #219 |
| Fri, May 22nd | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 | vs TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #8 |
| Sat, May 23rd | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #14 | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #20 |
| Sun, May 24th | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 | vs TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-4) | #50 |
| Mon, May 25th | vs NYY | Will Warren (7-1) | #60 | |||
| Tue, May 26th | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #201 |
| Wed, May 27th | vs NYY | Gerrit Cole (1-0) | #23 | @ DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #65 |
| Fri, May 29th | @ TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-4) | #50 | @ TB | Nick Martinez (5-1) | #81 |
| Sat, May 30th | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #103 | @ TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-2) | #21 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (3-4) | #76 | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (6-2) | #22 |
| Mon, Jun 1st | @ CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #25 | vs COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #395 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 | vs COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #428 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | @ CIN | Chris Paddack (0-7) | #324 | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #427 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | @ MIN | Bailey Ober (6-3) | #72 | |||
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ MIN | Zebby Matthews (1-3) | #82 | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #131 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #15 | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (5-4) | #13 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ MIN | Connor Prielipp (1-3) | #124 | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #42 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #20 | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #126 |
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-4) | #50 | vs HOU | Peter Lambert (4-4) | #190 |
| Thu, Jun 11th | vs TEX | |||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs HOU | vs TB | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs HOU | vs TB | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs HOU | vs TB | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ WSH | @ ARI | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ WSH | @ ARI | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ WSH | @ ARI | ||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | vs STL | @ ATH | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs STL | @ ATH | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs STL | @ ATH | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ TB | vs BAL | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ TB | vs BAL | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ TB | vs BAL | ||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ TB | |||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ CWS | vs ATH | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ CWS | vs ATH | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ CWS | vs ATH | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs TB | @ SEA | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs TB | |||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | vs TB | @ SEA | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs PHI | vs BOS | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs PHI | vs BOS | ||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs PHI | |||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ NYM | @ TEX | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ NYM | @ TEX | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ NYM | @ TEX | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ BAL | @ MIN | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ BAL | @ MIN | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ BAL | @ MIN | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs SD | vs DET | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs SD | vs DET | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs SD | vs DET | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs SF | vs STL | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs SF | vs STL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs SF | vs STL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | @ DET | |||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ DET | @ SF | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ DET | @ SF | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ DET | @ SF | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ MIN | vs HOU | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ MIN | vs HOU | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ MIN | |||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ COL | vs MIL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ COL | vs MIL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ COL | vs MIL | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs MIN | @ BAL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs MIN | @ BAL | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | vs MIN | @ BAL | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs CHC | @ MIA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs CHC | @ MIA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs CHC | @ MIA | ||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | @ LAD | vs TEX | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ LAD | vs TEX | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ LAD | vs TEX | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | @ LAA | vs KC | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | @ LAA | vs KC | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | @ LAA | vs KC | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs ATH | |||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs ATH | @ HOU | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs ATH | @ HOU | ||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | vs ATH | @ HOU | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | vs DET | @ TEX | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | vs DET | @ TEX | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | vs DET | @ TEX | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ TOR | vs CLE | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ TOR | vs CLE | ||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | @ TOR | |||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ CLE | vs PHI | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ CLE | vs PHI | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | @ CLE | vs PHI | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs MIA | vs NYY | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs MIA | vs NYY | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs MIA | |||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs TOR | @ PIT | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs TOR | @ PIT | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs TOR | @ PIT | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | vs ARI | @ BOS | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | vs ARI | @ BOS | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | vs ARI | @ BOS | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ BOS | @ WSH | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ BOS | @ WSH | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ BOS | @ WSH | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | @ HOU | vs SEA | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | @ HOU | vs SEA | ||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | @ HOU | vs MIN | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | @ PIT | vs MIN | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | @ PIT | vs MIN | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | @ PIT | vs MIN | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | vs CWS | @ ATH | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | vs CWS | @ ATH | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | vs CWS | @ SEA | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | vs CLE | @ SEA | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | vs CLE | @ SEA | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | vs CLE | @ SEA | ||||
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ HOU | Hunter Brown (1-0) | #17 | |||
| Tue, Mar 31st | @ CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #107 | |||
| Fri, Apr 3rd | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 | |||
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ NYY | Will Warren (7-1) | #60 | |||
| Mon, Apr 27th | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #182 | |||
| Mon, May 11th | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #106 | |||
| Thu, May 21st | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #146 | |||
| Thu, May 28th | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 | |||
| Mon, Jun 8th | vs HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #121 | |||
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ ATH | |||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | @ SEA | |||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs BOS | |||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | vs HOU | |||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | vs TEX | |||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | vs CLE | |||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs NYY | |||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs SEA | |||||
