Mitch Keller or Yusei Kikuchi

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Mitch Keller or Yusei Kikuchi Player Statistics
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	13	7

Games Started	13	7

Innings Pitched	73.0	31.0

Wins	5	0

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	67	35

Earned Runs	39	20

Home Runs Allowed	5	3

Strikeouts	55	33

Walks	23	14

ERA	4.81	5.81

WHIP	1.23	1.58

Mitch Keller or Yusei Kikuchi Player Projections
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	31	31

Games Started	30	31

Innings Pitched	174.6	167.1

Wins	10	9

Losses	11	10

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	173	162

Earned Runs	80	76

Home Runs Allowed	22	25

Strikeouts	154	169

Walks	52	60

ERA	4.14	4.12

WHIP	1.29	1.33

Mitch Keller or Yusei Kikuchi Player Notes
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
News
	Mitch Keller was charged with six runs on seven hits over 4.2 innings on Friday as the Pirates suffered a 6-3 loss to the Braves in Atlanta. David Leisering Sat, Jun 6th	The Angels transferred Yusei Kikuchi to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	Mitch Keller was charged with seven runs on ten hits in four innings on Saturday, settling for a no-decision in the Pirates' 10-9 win over the Twins. David Leisering Sun, May 31st	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
	Mitch Keller went six innings on Sunday and allowed a run on four hits, walked three, and struck out five as the Pirates defeated the Blue Jays, 4-1. David Leisering Mon, May 25th	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
	Mitch Keller was charged for four runs on four hits over 5.2 innings on Tuesday as the Pirates lost to the Cardinals, 9-6, in 10 innings. David Leisering 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
	Mitch Keller picked up his fourth win of the season as he went six innings and allowed two runs on four hits, walked two, and struck out four on Thursday. Pittsburgh defeated Arizona, 4-2. David Leisering Fri, May 8th	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

Mitch Keller or Yusei Kikuchi Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT			Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (4-5)	#25	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#13
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (3-5)	#135	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#244
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (3-4)	#38	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (3-3)	#133
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#23	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (3-3)	#69
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#368	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#112
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-4)	#100	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (2-1)	#36
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (3-7)	#45	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (5-4)	#7
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (3-6)	#74	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (5-2)	#86
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#139	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (2-5)	#46
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (3-2)	#353	vs ATL	Chris Sale (8-5)	#5
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#145	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (3-1)	#121
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (4-5)	#41	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (4-2)	#131
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (4-6)	#27	@ CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#23
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (3-3)	#69	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#368
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#112	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-4)	#100
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (3-4)	#88	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-1)	#67
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#312	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (2-4)	#81
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#263
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (7-2)	#85	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#37
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (6-2)	#95	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#318
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (6-2)	#19	vs SD	German Marquez (3-2)	#353
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (6-3)	#22	vs SD	Michael King (4-5)	#41
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#98	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-3)	#270
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-5)	#79	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (2-5)	#250
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (5-4)	#6
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-1)	#47	@ KC	Noah Cameron (3-4)	#84
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (7-2)	#10	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)	#44
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (7-1)	#54	@ KC	Seth Lugo (2-4)	#109
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (4-6)	#66	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (5-1)	#198
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (5-3)	#141	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-2)	#80
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (7-4)	#140	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (1-5)	#379
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-0)	#170
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (2-6)	#160	vs NYM	Christian Scott (2-0)	#83
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-3)	#185	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (3-4)	#38
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#23	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#162
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (5-2)	#118	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (1-5)	#379
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#58	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (2-4)	#212
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-5)	#82
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (4-6)	#78	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (3-3)	#9
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (5-6)	#73	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (2-3)	#59
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (1-7)	#132	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (3-1)	#157
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (2-8)	#421	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (3-5)	#105
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ CLE	Parker Messick (6-3)	#53
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)	#294
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-4)	#42	vs LAD	Will Klein
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (8-2)	#4	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (7-2)	#110
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (5-1)	#8	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-3)	#99
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (3-3)	#102	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#232
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (3-5)	#93	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-2)	#205
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (4-6)	#66	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#158
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-4)	#20	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (5-4)	#6
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-3)	#270	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (5-7)	#21
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (3-3)	#9	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (4-5)	#50
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (2-2)	#30
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#256	@ DET	Keider Montero (2-4)	#188
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#112	@ DET	Casey Mize (2-3)	#60
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (5-4)	#153	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (1-7)	#64
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (5-3)	#71	@ TB	Nick Martinez (6-2)	#95
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#107	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (6-2)	#19
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (2-3)	#75	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (6-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (3-8)	#136	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (6-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-1)	#122	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (2-8)	#421
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (3-5)	#189
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (4-3)	#195	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-3)	#99
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-1)	#32	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (6-4)	#11
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-3)	#113	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (3-3)	#49
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (2-5)	#250	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (3-5)	#189
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (6-2)	#1	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (5-4)	#219
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (7-2)	#110
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (5-4)	#62	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (6-3)	#22
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#127	vs TB	Griffin Jax (1-4)	#63
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (6-0)	#61	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-3)	#144
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH			@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (2-5)	#94
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-3)	#103	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (5-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (2-1)	#129	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (5-2)	#118
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (1-6)	#354	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (4-3)	#115
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (6-4)	#434	@ ATH
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL			@ ATH
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA			vs BAL
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN			vs ATH
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN			vs ATH
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN			vs ATH
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI			@ SEA
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH			vs BOS
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH			vs BOS
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH			vs BOS
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL			@ TEX
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL			@ TEX
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL			@ TEX
Fri, Jul 10th	vs MIL			@ MIN
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL			@ MIN
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL			@ MIN
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CLE			vs DET
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE			vs DET
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE			vs DET
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY			vs STL
Tue, Jul 21st	@ NYY			vs STL
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY			vs STL
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC			@ SF
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC			@ SF
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC			@ SF
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI			vs HOU
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI			vs HOU
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI			vs HOU
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs KC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ SEA
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (3-8)	#136
Mon, Apr 20th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (3-3)	#9
Mon, May 4th				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-2)	#80
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-3)	#114
Mon, May 18th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (4-3)	#115
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (1-6)	#354
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-1)	#122
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-6)	#123
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TEX
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SEA