McCade Brown or Yusei Kikuchi

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News & Notes
Schedule

McCade Brown or Yusei Kikuchi Player Statistics
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	McCade Brown SP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	‐

Games Started	7	‐

Innings Pitched	31.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	35	‐

Earned Runs	20	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	33	‐

Walks	14	‐

ERA	5.81	‐

WHIP	1.58	‐

McCade Brown or Yusei Kikuchi Player Projections
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	McCade Brown SP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	31	10

Games Started	31	5

Innings Pitched	167.1	29.6

Wins	9	1

Losses	10	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	162	31

Earned Runs	76	18

Home Runs Allowed	25	5

Strikeouts	169	27

Walks	60	13

ERA	4.12	5.57

WHIP	1.33	1.51

McCade Brown or Yusei Kikuchi Player Notes
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	McCade Brown SP - COL
News
	The Angels transferred Yusei Kikuchi to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd	McCade Brown has joined the Colorado Rockies in Denver to resume his throwing program. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, May 20th
	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	Brown has been dealing with a shoulder issue throughout spring training and threw a 20-fastball bullpen session Friday. He looks likely to begin the regular season on the injured list. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st
	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	Brown (shoulder) has dealt with right shoulder inflammation. Colorado has taken a gradual approach with him during the early portion of camp. Bruno Mulé Thu, Feb 26th
	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	McCade Brown has begun throwing and hopes to resume mound work within a week. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Feb 24th
	The Angels placed Yusei Kikuchi on the 15-day injured list with left shoulder inflammation. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd
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

McCade Brown or Yusei Kikuchi Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA			McCade Brown SP - COL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (3-6)	#121	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (3-4)	#73
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#258	@ MIA	Eury Perez (3-6)	#109
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (2-3)	#152	@ MIA	Max Meyer (5-0)	#68
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (3-2)	#70	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-4)	#107	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-3)	#149
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (2-1)	#40	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-3)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (5-3)	#6	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-4)	#39
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (4-2)	#91	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (4-4)	#10
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (2-5)	#46	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)	#413
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (8-3)	#5	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#396
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (2-1)	#108	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (3-6)	#121
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (3-2)	#139	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#258
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (5-3)	#199
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#25	@ SD	Walker Buehler (3-3)	#220
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#370	@ SD	German Marquez (3-2)	#330
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-3)	#99	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#138
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (2-3)	#66	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#295
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#249	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-1)	#126
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#33	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#293
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#307	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#37
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (3-2)	#330	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (3-1)	#42
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (4-4)	#35	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-3)	#131
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (3-3)	#16	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (7-2)	#130
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-1)	#216	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (5-3)	#199
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (2-5)	#264	vs SD	Walker Buehler (3-3)	#220
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#307
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (2-4)	#92	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (3-4)	#28
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (2-4)	#104	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-4)	#129
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (8-1)	#79	@ CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#25
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (0-5)	#373	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#370
Thu, Apr 30th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-3)	#99
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (1-0)	#90	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (3-2)	#139
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (3-4)	#29	vs ATL	Chris Sale (8-3)	#5
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#165	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (3-1)	#31
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (8-1)	#79	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (3-1)	#192
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (2-4)	#221	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (3-4)	#28
Thu, May 7th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (1-0)	#90
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (3-3)	#16	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (4-4)	#10
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (2-2)	#48	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-4)	#39
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (2-1)	#133	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (6-2)	#3
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (3-5)	#105	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (6-5)	#2
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (6-1)	#51	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (5-2)	#95
Thu, May 14th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (1-1)	#151
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (5-3)	#93
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (7-2)	#130	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1)	#112
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-3)	#131	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (7-2)	#67
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (3-3)	#127	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (4-4)	#50
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#202	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#164
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-2)	#219	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-4)	#76
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#146	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1)	#112
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (3-4)	#8	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (7-2)	#67
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (5-6)	#20	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-4)	#71
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (4-4)	#50	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (2-4)	#89
Mon, May 25th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (3-1)	#42
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (2-3)	#201	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (2-5)	#264
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (2-3)	#65	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (5-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (5-1)	#81	vs SF	Logan Webb (2-4)	#12
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (4-2)	#21	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-5)	#189
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (6-2)	#22	vs SF	Robbie Ray (3-6)	#83
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (1-6)	#395	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (6-4)	#45
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4)	#428	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (2-1)	#77
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (2-7)	#427	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (2-4)	#421
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-3)	#131	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (6-2)	#18
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (5-4)	#13	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (6-1)	#63
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (3-1)	#42	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (2-2)	#148
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-1)	#126	vs CHC	Colin Rea (5-3)	#140
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (4-4)	#190	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (2-1)	#40
Thu, Jun 11th				vs CHC
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB			@ ATH
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB			@ ATH
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB			@ ATH
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI			@ CHC
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI			@ CHC
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI			@ CHC
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH			vs PIT
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH			vs PIT
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL			vs BOS
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL			vs BOS
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL			vs BOS
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH			@ MIN
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH			@ MIN
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH			@ MIN
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA			vs MIA
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA			vs MIA
Wed, Jul 1st				vs MIA
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA			vs MIA
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS			vs SF
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS			vs SF
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS			vs SF
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX			@ LAD
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX			@ LAD
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX			@ SF
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN			@ SF
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN			@ SF
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN			@ SF
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET			vs CIN
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET			vs CIN
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET			vs CIN
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL			vs WSH
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL			vs WSH
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL			vs WSH
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF			@ MIL
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF			@ MIL
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF			@ MIL
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU			@ SD
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU			@ SD
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL			vs KC
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL			vs KC
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL			vs KC
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TB
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			vs TB
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			vs TB
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			@ STL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th				vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#17
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-1)	#60
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)	#49
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (5-1)	#182
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (0-5)	#373
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, Jul 27th	vs HOU
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS