Kumar Rocker or Yusei Kikuchi

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Kumar Rocker or Yusei Kikuchi Player Statistics
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	13

Games Started	7	12

Innings Pitched	31.0	65.2

Wins	0	2

Losses	3	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	35	59

Earned Runs	20	26

Home Runs Allowed	3	6

Strikeouts	33	52

Walks	14	28

ERA	5.81	3.56

WHIP	1.58	1.32

Kumar Rocker or Yusei Kikuchi Player Projections
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	31	28

Games Started	31	16

Innings Pitched	167.1	95.7

Wins	9	5

Losses	10	6

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	162	94

Earned Runs	76	46

Home Runs Allowed	25	13

Strikeouts	169	86

Walks	60	31

ERA	4.12	4.29

WHIP	1.33	1.31

Kumar Rocker or Yusei Kikuchi Player Notes
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX
News
	The Angels transferred Yusei Kikuchi to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd	Rocker has a 3.56 ERA, 1.34 WHIP, and 52:28 K:BB across 65.2 innings over 13 appearances this season. Thursday marked the first time since May 8 that he failed to complete five innings, ending a stretch of consistent length. Bruno Mulé Fri, Jun 12th
	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	Rocker has a 1.88 ERA and 1.12 WHIP across 28.2 innings over his last five starts, allowing two earned runs or fewer in four of them. He faces Kansas City on the road next week — the last time he pitched against the Royals, on May 30, he threw six scoreless innings. Bruno Mulé Sat, Jun 6th
	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	Rocker has a 3.54 ERA, 1.32 WHIP, and 44:25 K:BB across 56 innings this season and lines up for a home start against Cleveland next weekend. Saturday marked his fourth quality start of 2026, though he didn't get credit for the win after leaving with a 3-0 lead that the bullpen couldn't protect. Bruno Mulé Sun, May 31st
	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	Kumar Rocker allowed four earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out five over five innings in Monday's 9-0 loss to the Astros. Chris Schommer Tue, May 26th
	The Angels placed Yusei Kikuchi on the 15-day injured list with left shoulder inflammation. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd	Kumar Rocker three hits and three walks while striking out seven over 7 2/3 scoreless innings in Tuesday's win over the Rockies. Chris Schommer Wed, May 20th
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

Kumar Rocker or Yusei Kikuchi Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA			Kumar Rocker SP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#17	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (8-2)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-4)	#39
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (3-3)	#132	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (5-4)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (4-3)	#71	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#163
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#126	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (2-1)	#50	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (3-6)	#96
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (5-5)	#7	vs CIN	Brady Singer (2-6)	#151
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (5-2)	#74	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-3)	#184
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (2-6)	#45	vs CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#24
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (8-5)	#5	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (4-4)	#13
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (3-1)	#121	vs SEA	George Kirby (5-6)	#16
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (4-2)	#124	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (5-5)	#7
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#24	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#38
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#366	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (3-3)	#47
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-4)	#97	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-4)	#104
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-1)	#64	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#178
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (2-5)	#77	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-6)	#119
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#254	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (4-3)	#106
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#36	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#235
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#310	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (4-4)	#13
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (3-2)	#325	@ SEA	George Kirby (5-6)	#16
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (4-5)	#41	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (5-5)	#7
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-3)	#245	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3)	#130
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (2-5)	#265	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (5-3)	#31
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (2-7)	#123
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (3-4)	#82	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#178
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)	#42	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-6)	#119
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (2-4)	#107	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (4-3)	#106
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-1)	#174	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#36
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-2)	#67	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (7-3)	#35
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (1-5)	#374	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-1)	#285
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (2-0)	#81	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (1-8)	#65
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (3-4)	#37	@ DET	Keider Montero (3-4)	#179
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#162	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#137
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (1-5)	#374	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-1)	#285
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (2-4)	#216	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-1)	#64
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#214
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (3-3)	#10	vs CHC	Ben Brown (3-2)	#30
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (3-3)	#63	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (4-3)	#71
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (3-1)	#149	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#126
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (5-3)	#113	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#58
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (3-5)	#100	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-5)	#76
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (6-3)	#51	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (2-5)	#94
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein		@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-1)	#122
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (7-2)	#110	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (3-5)	#194
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-4)	#104	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (5-4)	#217
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (4-3)	#106	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#235	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#401
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-2)	#205	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (1-7)	#340
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (5-4)	#6	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (2-2)	#85
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (5-7)	#21	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (4-4)	#344
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (4-5)	#53	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (2-5)	#33
Mon, May 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (3-3)	#132
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (3-4)	#179	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#338
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (2-3)	#54	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (3-8)	#168
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (1-8)	#65	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-1)	#122
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (6-2)	#90	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (3-1)	#157
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (6-2)	#18	vs KC	Seth Lugo (2-4)	#107
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (6-4)	#20	vs KC	Michael Wacha (4-5)	#89
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (1-7)	#340	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (3-5)	#84
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (6-4)	#433	@ STL	Dustin May (4-6)	#66
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (2-8)	#362	@ STL	Andre Pallante (7-4)	#135
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-4)	#104	vs CLE	Parker Messick (6-3)	#51
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (7-4)	#12	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (2-7)	#40
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (3-3)	#47	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (5-3)	#113
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (3-5)	#194	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (3-1)	#157
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (5-4)	#217	@ KC	Seth Lugo (2-4)	#107
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (4-5)	#89
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (6-4)	#20	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (8-1)	#32
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (1-5)	#60	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#22
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina		@ BOS	Connelly Early (5-4)	#88
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (2-5)	#94	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-0)	#288
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (5-5)	#95	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (2-4)	#87
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH			vs MIN	Joe Ryan (4-3)	#15
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-6)	#119	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-4)	#207
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (4-3)	#106	vs SD	Walker Buehler (3-3)	#212
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-2)	#205	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-1)	#197
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (3-7)	#44	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (6-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL			@ MIA
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL			@ MIA
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH			@ TOR
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH			@ TOR
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH			@ TOR
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA			@ CLE
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA			@ CLE
Wed, Jul 1st				@ CLE
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA			vs DET
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS			vs DET
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS			vs DET
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX			vs LAA
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX			vs LAA
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX			vs LAA
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN			vs HOU
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN			vs HOU
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN			vs HOU
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET			@ ATL
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET			@ ATL
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET			@ ATL
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL			vs CWS
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL			vs CWS
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL			vs CWS
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF			vs SEA
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF			vs SEA
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF			vs SEA
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU			vs SEA
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU			@ TB
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU			@ TB
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			vs SF
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ MIN
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (3-8)	#168
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (3-3)	#10
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-2)	#67
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
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA