Max Meyer or Yusei Kikuchi

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Max Meyer or Yusei Kikuchi Player Statistics
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Max Meyer SP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	12

Games Started	7	12

Innings Pitched	31.0	66.2

Wins	0	5

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	35	48

Earned Runs	20	22

Home Runs Allowed	3	5

Strikeouts	33	74

Walks	14	25

ERA	5.81	2.97

WHIP	1.58	1.10

Max Meyer or Yusei Kikuchi Player Projections
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Max Meyer SP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	31	27

Games Started	31	22

Innings Pitched	167.1	122.5

Wins	9	7

Losses	10	8

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	162	121

Earned Runs	76	59

Home Runs Allowed	25	17

Strikeouts	169	113

Walks	60	40

ERA	4.12	4.31

WHIP	1.33	1.32

Max Meyer or Yusei Kikuchi Player Notes
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Max Meyer SP - MIA
News
	The Angels transferred Yusei Kikuchi to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd	Max Meyer gave up five earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out six across six innings in Friday's 9-7 loss to the New York Mets. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 30th
	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	Max Meyer was dominant on Saturday against the New York Mets, allowing just one hit and three walks while striking out eight across seven scoreless innings to earn the win. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 23rd
	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	Max Meyer turned in a dominant outing on Monday, allowing just three hits and two walks while striking out six across six shutout innings in a 12-0 victory over the Atlanta Braves. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, May 19th
	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	Max Meyer allowed four earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out nine over 5.2 innings in Wednesday's 9-5 win over the Minnesota Twins. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, May 14th
	The Angels placed Yusei Kikuchi on the 15-day injured list with left shoulder inflammation. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd	Max Meyer allowed two runs on six hits and two walks while fanning five hitters in Thursday's 4-3 win over the Baltimore Orioles. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, May 8th
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

Max Meyer or Yusei Kikuchi Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA			Max Meyer SP - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (3-6)	#121	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (1-6)	#395
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#258	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (2-7)	#427
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (2-3)	#152	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (3-2)	#70	vs CWS	Davis Martin (8-1)	#79
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-4)	#107	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (0-5)	#373
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (2-1)	#40	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#205
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (5-3)	#6	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-1)	#60
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (4-2)	#91	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (2-3)	#66
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (2-5)	#46	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#33
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (8-3)	#5	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#370
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (2-1)	#108	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-3)	#99
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (3-2)	#139	vs CIN	Brady Singer (2-5)	#143
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-3)	#206
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#25	@ DET	Keider Montero (2-3)	#201
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#370	@ DET	Casey Mize (2-3)	#65
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-3)	#99	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (3-2)	#4
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-1)	#60	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (3-2)	#139
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (2-3)	#66	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (2-1)	#108
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#249	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (4-3)	#113
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#307	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-0)	#197
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (3-2)	#330	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-1)	#56
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (4-4)	#35	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (6-2)	#18
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (3-3)	#16	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (3-4)	#86
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-1)	#216	vs STL	Dustin May (3-6)	#85
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (2-5)	#264	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (5-3)	#162
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (2-4)	#92	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-5)	#189
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)	#49	@ SF	Robbie Ray (3-6)	#83
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (2-4)	#104	@ SF	Landen Roupp (5-5)	#61
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (5-1)	#182	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (5-4)	#13
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (8-1)	#79	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (5-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (0-5)	#373	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#37
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (1-0)	#90	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (4-1)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (3-4)	#29	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-6)	#170
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#165	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (4-4)	#10
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (8-1)	#79	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-4)	#39
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (0-5)	#373	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-3)	#125
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (2-4)	#221	vs BAL	Brandon Young (3-1)	#194
Thu, May 7th				vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#240
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (3-3)	#16	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (6-2)	#88
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (2-2)	#48	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-2)	#204
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (2-1)	#133	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (3-3)	#87
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (3-5)	#105	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#72
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (6-1)	#51	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7)	#222
Thu, May 14th				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (1-3)	#82
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein		@ TB	Ian Seymour (3-0)	#100
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (7-2)	#130	@ TB	Nick Martinez (5-1)	#81
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-3)	#131	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (4-2)	#21
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (3-3)	#127	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-1)	#236
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#202	vs ATL	Martin Perez (3-3)	#200
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-2)	#219	vs ATL	Chris Sale (8-3)	#5
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#146	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (3-1)	#31
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (3-4)	#8	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-1)	#188
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (5-6)	#20	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (3-4)	#28
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (4-4)	#50	vs NYM	Christian Scott (1-0)	#90
Mon, May 25th				@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (2-2)	#48
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (2-3)	#201	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (2-1)	#156
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (2-3)	#65	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-3)	#19
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (5-1)	#81	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (3-4)	#28
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (4-2)	#21	@ NYM	Christian Scott (1-0)	#90
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (6-2)	#22	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (3-4)	#29
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (1-6)	#395	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (3-3)	#87
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4)	#428	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (1-4)	#215
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (2-7)	#427	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (1-0)	#178
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-3)	#131	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (4-2)	#21
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (5-4)	#13	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (6-2)	#22
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (3-1)	#42	vs TB	Griffin Jax (1-3)	#59
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-1)	#126	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-4)	#71
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (4-4)	#190	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (2-4)	#89
Thu, Jun 11th				vs ARI
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB			@ PIT
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB			@ PIT
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB			@ PIT
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI			@ PHI
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI			@ PHI
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI			@ PHI
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH			vs SF
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH			vs SF
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH			vs SF
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL			vs TEX
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL			vs TEX
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH			@ STL
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH			@ STL
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH			@ STL
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA			@ COL
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA			@ COL
Wed, Jul 1st				@ COL
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA			@ COL
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS			@ ATH
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS			@ ATH
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS			@ ATH
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX			vs SEA
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX			vs SEA
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX			vs SEA
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN			vs CLE
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN			vs CLE
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN			vs CLE
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET			@ MIL
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET			@ MIL
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET			@ MIL
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL			@ HOU
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL			@ HOU
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL			@ HOU
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF			vs SD
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF			vs SD
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF			vs SD
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU			vs PHI
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU			vs PHI
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU			vs PHI
Thu, Jul 30th				@ NYM
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#17
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#33
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-2)	#106
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (0-7)	#62
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (3-6)	#121
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN