Luis Castillo or Yusei Kikuchi

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News & Notes
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Luis Castillo or Yusei Kikuchi Player Statistics
	Luis Castillo SP - CWS	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	7

Games Started	17	7

Innings Pitched	99.2	31.0

Wins	3	0

Losses	9	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	106	35

Earned Runs	56	20

Home Runs Allowed	16	3

Strikeouts	86	33

Walks	32	14

ERA	5.06	5.81

WHIP	1.38	1.58

Luis Castillo or Yusei Kikuchi Player Projections
	Luis Castillo SP - CWS	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	30	31

Games Started	30	31

Innings Pitched	175.5	167.1

Wins	11	9

Losses	9	10

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	159	162

Earned Runs	73	76

Home Runs Allowed	24	25

Strikeouts	165	169

Walks	49	60

ERA	3.72	4.12

WHIP	1.19	1.33

Luis Castillo or Yusei Kikuchi Player Notes
	Luis Castillo SP - CWS	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
News
	Luis Castillo will make his White Sox debut in Thursday’s series finale against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Yusei Kikuchi threw 57 pitches over 1 2/3 innings for Triple-A Salt Lake on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th
	Luis Castillo will make his White Sox debut in Boston this week. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Yusei Kikuchi will make his next rehab start for Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	The Chicago White Sox are acquiring right-hander Luis Castillo in a trade with the Seattle Mariners for reliever Seranthony Dominguez, outfielder Nolan Jones and catching prospect Boston Smith. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	Yusei Kikuchi will make his next rehab start for Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Luis Castillo allowed five runs on 11 hits over five innings with two strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Tuesday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	Yusei Kikuchi will begin a rehab assignment on Thursday with Single-A Rancho Cucamonga. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Luis Castillo will start Tuesday’s series opener against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Angels left-hander Yusei Kikuchi (shoulder) is close to embarking on a rehab assignment. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd
Notes
	Luis Castillo remains a reliable innings-eater, but his 2025 profile showed continued erosion in strikeout rate (21.7% K%) and rising hard contact (46.5% HardHit), limiting his fantasy ceiling. Projections reflect more of the same: solid ratios and workload, but middling strikeout totals compared to the top fantasy arms. Castillo is still a dependable rotation anchor in deeper formats, though fantasy managers should no longer pay for peak-era upside. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros	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
	His age is increasing and his strikeout rate is plummeting - a disastrous combination for a pitcher. There are more talented, lively, and exciting arms being drafted behind him with more upside that I strongly prefer. Anthony Gambale - Roto Street Journal

Luis Castillo or Yusei Kikuchi Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Luis Castillo SP - CWS			Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#155	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#168
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#162	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#281
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#356
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#121
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#329
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#121	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (2-2)	#171	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#160
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#165
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#90
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#197
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe	#234	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#437
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs KC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ SEA
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Mon, Apr 13th				@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Mon, Apr 20th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BOS