Lucas Giolito or Yusei Kikuchi

Baseball Stats Comparison

Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Lucas Giolito or Yusei Kikuchi Player Statistics
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Lucas Giolito SP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	5

Games Started	7	5

Innings Pitched	31.0	20.2

Wins	0	2

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	35	18

Earned Runs	20	10

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	33	14

Walks	14	18

ERA	5.81	4.35

WHIP	1.58	1.74

Lucas Giolito or Yusei Kikuchi Player Projections
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Lucas Giolito SP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	31	22

Games Started	31	20

Innings Pitched	167.1	113.6

Wins	9	7

Losses	10	7

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	162	110

Earned Runs	76	56

Home Runs Allowed	25	17

Strikeouts	169	103

Walks	60	44

ERA	4.12	4.45

WHIP	1.33	1.36

Lucas Giolito or Yusei Kikuchi Player Notes
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Lucas Giolito SP - SD
News
	The Angels transferred Yusei Kikuchi to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd	Lucas Giolito allowed two runs (one earned) on two hits over four innings with three strikeouts and five walks in a no-decision on Tuesday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 10th
	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	Lucas Giolito allowed three runs (two earned) on six hits over four innings with five strikeouts and one walk in a loss on Thursday against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
	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	Lucas Giolito allowed four runs on five hits over 2 2/3 innings with one strikeout and four walks in a no-decision on Friday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
	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	Lucas Giolito allowed four hits over five scoreless innings with two strikeouts and five walks in a win on Saturday against the Athletics. 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	Lucas Giolito allowed three runs on one hit over five innings with three strikeouts and three walks in a win on Sunday against the Mariners. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
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

Lucas Giolito or Yusei Kikuchi Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA			Lucas Giolito SP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#17	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (3-3)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (3-8)	#168	vs DET	Framber Valdez (3-5)	#28
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#232	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (1-8)	#65
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (4-3)	#71	vs SF	Landen Roupp (5-7)	#70
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#126	vs SF	Logan Webb (3-4)	#14
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (2-1)	#50	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#191
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (5-5)	#7	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (8-1)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (5-2)	#74	@ BOS	Connelly Early (5-4)	#88
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (2-6)	#45	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (8-5)	#5	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (2-7)	#123
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (3-1)	#121	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (6-5)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (4-2)	#124	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (5-4)	#102
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-1)	#257
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#24	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (6-4)	#434
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#367	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (2-2)	#425
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-4)	#97	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (1-7)	#341
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (2-5)	#77	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (5-5)	#7
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#255	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (5-2)	#74
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#36	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (2-6)	#45
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#311	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-4)	#52
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (3-2)	#326	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#139
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (4-5)	#41	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (4-4)	#345
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-3)	#246	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-1)	#257
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (2-5)	#266	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (6-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (2-2)	#425
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)	#42	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-5)	#76
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (2-4)	#107	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (2-5)	#94
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-1)	#174	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (2-1)	#50
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-2)	#67	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (4-3)	#71
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (1-5)	#375	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#126
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (2-0)	#81	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (2-4)	#216
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (3-4)	#37	vs CWS	Sean Burke (3-4)	#129
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#162	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-1)	#174
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-2)	#67	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (2-4)	#138
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (1-5)	#375	@ SF	Logan Webb (3-4)	#14
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (2-4)	#216	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#191
Thu, May 7th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (3-3)	#99
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (3-3)	#10	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (3-5)	#84
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (3-3)	#63	vs STL	Dustin May (4-6)	#66
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (3-1)	#149	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (5-3)	#136
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (3-5)	#100	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (1-4)	#150
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (6-3)	#51	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (8-2)	#8
Thu, May 14th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (7-1)	#49
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (5-2)	#74
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (7-2)	#110	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (4-4)	#13
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-4)	#104	@ SEA	George Kirby (5-6)	#16
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (4-3)	#106	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (7-4)	#12
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#236	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (3-3)	#47
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-2)	#205	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (6-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (5-4)	#6	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-6)	#119
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (5-7)	#21	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (4-3)	#106
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (4-5)	#53	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#227
Mon, May 25th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (5-4)	#11
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (3-4)	#179	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-4)	#39
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (2-3)	#54	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (8-2)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (6-2)	#90	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (6-2)	#18	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (7-2)	#79
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (6-4)	#20	@ WSH	Zack Littell (6-5)	#166
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (6-4)	#434	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-4)	#39
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (2-8)	#363	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (8-2)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (5-1)	#9
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-4)	#104	vs NYM	Christian Scott (2-0)	#81
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (7-4)	#12	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (3-4)	#37
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (3-3)	#47	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (3-1)	#200
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-1)	#122	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-4)	#97
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (3-5)	#194	vs CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#24
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (5-4)	#217	vs CIN	Brady Singer (2-6)	#151
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (6-4)	#20	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-6)	#83
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (1-5)	#60	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-2)	#310
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (3-6)	#96
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (2-5)	#94	@ STL	Dustin May (4-6)	#66
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (5-5)	#95	@ STL	Andre Pallante (7-4)	#135
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (5-2)	#116	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (5-3)	#136
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-6)	#119	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (5-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (4-3)	#106	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (5-7)	#21
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-2)	#205	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (4-5)	#53
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (3-7)	#44	vs ATL	Chris Sale (8-5)	#5
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-6)	#83	vs ATL
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL			vs ATL
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH			vs LAD
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH			vs LAD
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH			vs LAD
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA			@ CHC
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA			@ CHC
Wed, Jul 1st				@ CHC
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA			@ LAD
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS			@ LAD
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS			@ LAD
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS			@ LAD
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX			vs ARI
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX			vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX			vs ARI
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN			vs TOR
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN			vs TOR
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN			vs TOR
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET			@ KC
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET			@ KC
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET			@ KC
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL			@ ATL
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL			@ ATL
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL			@ ATL
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF			@ MIA
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF			@ MIA
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF			@ MIA
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU			vs COL
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU			vs COL
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL			vs SF
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL			vs SF
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL			vs SF
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			vs HOU
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th				@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (3-3)	#132
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-1)	#64
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (3-3)	#10
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (3-4)	#82
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (5-3)	#113
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#178
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (1-8)	#65
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (1-7)	#341
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (2-1)	#118
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU