MacKenzie Gore or Yusei Kikuchi

Baseball Stats Comparison

Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

MacKenzie Gore or Yusei Kikuchi Player Statistics
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	12	7

Games Started	12	7

Innings Pitched	61.1	31.0

Wins	4	0

Losses	4	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	46	35

Earned Runs	27	20

Home Runs Allowed	6	3

Strikeouts	65	33

Walks	27	14

ERA	3.96	5.81

WHIP	1.19	1.58

MacKenzie Gore or Yusei Kikuchi Player Projections
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	29	31

Games Started	29	31

Innings Pitched	159.1	167.1

Wins	10	9

Losses	9	10

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	141	162

Earned Runs	66	76

Home Runs Allowed	20	25

Strikeouts	178	169

Walks	59	60

ERA	3.72	4.12

WHIP	1.26	1.33

MacKenzie Gore or Yusei Kikuchi Player Notes
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
News
	MacKenzie Gore allowed four hits and one walk while striking out three over 6 1/3 scoreless innings in Friday's win over the Royals. Chris Schommer Sat, May 30th	The Angels transferred Yusei Kikuchi to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	MacKenzie Gore allowed one earned run on one hit and two walks while striking out seven over six innings in Sunday's loss to the Angels. Chris Schommer Mon, May 25th	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
	MacKenzie Gore will start Sunday's series finale against the Angels. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th	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
	MacKenzie Gore’s imaging came back clean and he’s “trending” toward making his Sunday start against the Angels. Ari Koslow Wed, May 20th	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
	MacKenzie Gore said he feels fine after exiting his start early on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th	The Angels placed Yusei Kikuchi on the 15-day injured list with left shoulder inflammation. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd
Notes
	MacKenzie Gore followed up his 2024 step forward with another strikeout-heavy season in 2025, posting a career-best K-rate (27%+) while maintaining improved walk control compared to his early MLB years. Projections suggest he is a mid-rotation arm, forecasting solid strikeouts with league-average ERA and WHIP over a full workload. At age 27, Gore looks like a fantasy SP3/SP4 whose upside is tied to further command gains. The move to Texas could boost his win total, but only if the other metrics continue to improve. 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

MacKenzie Gore or Yusei Kikuchi Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	MacKenzie Gore SP - TEX			Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (6-2)	#3	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-4)	#39	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#258
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (4-4)	#10	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (2-3)	#152
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-3)	#125	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (3-2)	#70
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-4)	#107
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (2-6)	#94	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (2-1)	#40
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (2-5)	#143	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (5-3)	#6
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-3)	#206	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (4-2)	#91
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#25	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (2-5)	#46
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (3-4)	#11	vs ATL	Chris Sale (8-3)	#5
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (5-4)	#14	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (2-1)	#108
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (5-3)	#6	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (3-2)	#139
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#37	@ CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#25
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (3-1)	#42	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#370
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-3)	#131	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-3)	#99
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#146	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-1)	#60
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-6)	#111	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (2-3)	#66
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (3-3)	#127	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#249
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#202	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#33
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (3-4)	#11	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#307
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (5-4)	#14	vs SD	German Marquez (3-2)	#330
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (5-3)	#6	vs SD	Michael King (4-4)	#35
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3)	#132	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-1)	#216
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (5-2)	#47	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (2-5)	#264
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (1-6)	#122
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#146	@ KC	Noah Cameron (2-4)	#92
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-6)	#111	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)	#49
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (3-3)	#127	@ KC	Seth Lugo (2-4)	#104
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#33	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (5-1)	#182
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (7-2)	#36	@ CWS	Davis Martin (8-1)	#79
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-1)	#272	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (0-5)	#373
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (0-7)	#62	vs NYM	Christian Scott (1-0)	#90
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (2-3)	#201	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (3-4)	#29
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (0-4)	#147	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#165
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-1)	#272	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (0-5)	#373
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-1)	#60	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (2-4)	#221
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#226
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (2-2)	#52	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (3-3)	#16
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (3-2)	#70	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (2-2)	#48
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-4)	#107	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (2-1)	#133
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (7-2)	#67	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-2)	#106
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-4)	#71	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (3-5)	#105
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (2-4)	#89	@ CLE	Parker Messick (6-1)	#51
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-1)	#126	vs LAD	Will Klein
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (3-3)	#181	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (7-2)	#130
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (4-4)	#190	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-3)	#131
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (3-3)	#127
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#397	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#202
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (1-6)	#395	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-2)	#219
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (2-1)	#77	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (3-4)	#8
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (2-4)	#421	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (5-6)	#20
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (2-5)	#41	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (4-4)	#50
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (2-3)	#152
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#333	@ DET	Keider Montero (2-3)	#201
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (3-6)	#121	@ DET	Casey Mize (2-3)	#65
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-1)	#126	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (0-7)	#62
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (3-1)	#166	@ TB	Nick Martinez (5-1)	#81
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (2-4)	#104	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (4-2)	#21
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (4-3)	#78	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (6-2)	#22
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (3-4)	#86	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (1-6)	#395
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (3-6)	#85	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4)	#428
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (5-4)	#163	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (2-7)	#427
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (6-1)	#51	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-3)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (0-7)	#38	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (5-4)	#13
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-2)	#106	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (3-1)	#42
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)	#49	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-1)	#126
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (3-1)	#166	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (4-4)	#190
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS			vs TB
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS			vs TB
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS			vs TB
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN			@ ATH
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD			@ ATH
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD			@ ATH
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD			@ ATH
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA			vs BAL
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA			vs BAL
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA			vs BAL
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR			vs ATH
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR			vs ATH
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR			vs ATH
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE			@ SEA
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE			@ SEA
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET			@ SEA
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET			vs BOS
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET			vs BOS
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA			@ TEX
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA			@ TEX
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA			@ TEX
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU			@ MIN
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU			@ MIN
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU			@ MIN
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL			vs DET
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL			vs DET
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL			vs DET
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS			vs STL
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS			vs STL
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS			vs STL
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA			@ SF
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA			@ SF
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA			@ SF
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA			vs HOU
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB			vs HOU
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB			vs HOU
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ SEA
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (3-6)	#121
Mon, Apr 20th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (3-3)	#16
Mon, May 4th				vs CWS	Davis Martin (8-1)	#79
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#146
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (3-6)	#121
Wed, Jun 17th				@ ARI
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs BOS
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SEA