Nathan Eovaldi or Yusei Kikuchi
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| Nathan Eovaldi SP - TEX  | Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA  | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 10 | 7 |
| Games Started | 10 | 7 |
| Innings Pitched | 61.2 | 31.0 |
| Wins | 5 | 0 |
| Losses | 5 | 3 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 56 | 35 |
| Earned Runs | 25 | 20 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 11 | 3 |
| Strikeouts | 61 | 33 |
| Walks | 14 | 14 |
| ERA | 3.65 | 5.81 |
| WHIP | 1.14 | 1.58 |
| Nathan Eovaldi SP - TEX | Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 27 | 31 |
| Games Started | 26 | 31 |
| Innings Pitched | 158.6 | 167.1 |
| Wins | 11 | 9 |
| Losses | 8 | 10 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 138 | 162 |
| Earned Runs | 61 | 76 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 18 | 25 |
| Strikeouts | 151 | 169 |
| Walks | 39 | 60 |
| ERA | 3.44 | 4.12 |
| WHIP | 1.12 | 1.33 |
| Nathan Eovaldi SP - TEX | Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA | |
| News | ||
| Nathan Eovaldi allowed three earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out six over seven innings in Saturday's loss to the Angels. Chris Schommer Sun, May 24th | The Angels transferred Yusei Kikuchi to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd | |
| Nathan Eovaldi allowed five hits and two walks while striking out eight over seven scoreless innings in Sunday's 8-0 win over the Astros. Chris Schommer Sun, May 17th | 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 | |
| Nathan Eovaldi threw a bullpen session on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, May 13th | 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 | |
| Nathan Eovaldi played catch on the field on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, May 13th | 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 | |
| Rangers manager Skip Schumaker said that Nathan Eovaldi will continue to be day-to-day for now. Ari Koslow Tue, May 12th | The Angels placed Yusei Kikuchi on the 15-day injured list with left shoulder inflammation. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd | |
| Notes | ||
| Nathan Eovaldi delivered one of the most dominant seasons of his career in 2025, posting a microscopic 1.73 ERA with elite run suppression backed by a .194 opponent average and a career-best 26.0% strikeout rate. Durability remains the primary concern entering his age-36 season, but 2026 projections still view him as a high-quality rotation anchor with strong ratios and solid strikeout volume when healthy. In fantasy formats, Eovaldi profiles as an SP2 whose value hinges on workload but whose efficiency can meaningfully outperform his draft cost. 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 | |
| Nathan Eovaldi SP - TEX | Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 | @ HOU | Hunter Brown (1-0) | #17 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #40 | @ HOU | Cristian Javier (0-1) | #245 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 | @ HOU | Tatsuya Imai (2-2) | #158 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | @ BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #111 | @ CHC | Edward Cabrera (3-2) | #73 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | @ BAL | Zach Eflin (0-0) | @ CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #103 | |
| Wed, Apr 1st | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #87 | @ CHC | Matthew Boyd (2-1) | #42 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-4) | #142 | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (4-3) | #9 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #223 | vs SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #92 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #26 | vs SEA | Luis Castillo (1-5) | #46 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 | vs ATL | Chris Sale (7-3) | #5 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #15 | vs ATL | Reynaldo Lopez (2-1) | #108 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (4-3) | #9 | vs ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #124 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ LAD | Tyler Glasnow (3-0) | #39 | @ CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #26 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #43 | @ CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #367 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #130 | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ ATH | Luis Severino (2-5) | #117 | @ NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #65 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #118 | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-2) | #68 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ ATH | J.T. Ginn (2-3) | #129 | @ NYY | Luis Gil (1-2) | #252 |
| Thu, Apr 16th | @ ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-2) | #190 | @ NYY | Max Fried (4-3) | #34 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 | vs SD | Matt Waldron (1-2) | #305 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | @ SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #15 | vs SD | German Marquez (3-2) | #329 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | @ SEA | Bryan Woo (4-3) | #9 | vs SD | Michael King (4-3) | #35 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #114 | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #219 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #49 | vs TOR | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #256 |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #125 | |||
| Fri, Apr 24th | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-5) | #117 | @ KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #95 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #118 | @ KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #47 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | vs ATH | J.T. Ginn (2-3) | #129 | @ KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #106 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | vs NYY | Max Fried (4-3) | #34 | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (4-1) | #179 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 | @ CWS | Davis Martin (7-1) | #76 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | vs NYY | Elmer Rodriguez (0-1) | #279 | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #347 |
| Fri, May 1st | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (0-6) | #69 | vs NYM | Christian Scott (0-0) | #107 |
| Sat, May 2nd | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #199 | vs NYM | Nolan McLean (2-4) | #30 |
| Sun, May 3rd | @ DET | Tyler Holton (0-4) | #153 | vs NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #170 |
| Tue, May 5th | @ NYY | Elmer Rodriguez (0-1) | #279 | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #347 |
| Wed, May 6th | @ NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #65 | vs CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #222 |
| Thu, May 7th | @ NYY | Paul Blackburn (2-1) | #221 | |||
| Fri, May 8th | vs CHC | Ben Brown (1-2) | #56 | @ TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 |
| Sat, May 9th | vs CHC | Edward Cabrera (3-2) | #73 | @ TOR | Trey Yesavage (2-2) | #41 |
| Sun, May 10th | vs CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #103 | @ TOR | Spencer Miles (2-0) | #131 |
| Mon, May 11th | vs ARI | Michael Soroka (7-2) | #72 | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #96 |
| Tue, May 12th | vs ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #60 | @ CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #110 |
| Wed, May 13th | vs ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-3) | #91 | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #52 |
| Fri, May 15th | @ HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (6-1) | #122 | vs LAD | Will Klein | |
| Sat, May 16th | @ HOU | Kai-Wei Teng (3-3) | #178 | vs LAD | Justin Wrobleski (6-2) | #140 |
| Sun, May 17th | @ HOU | Peter Lambert (3-4) | #186 | vs LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #130 |
| Mon, May 18th | @ COL | Jose Quintana (2-3) | #424 | vs ATH | J.T. Ginn (2-3) | #129 |
| Tue, May 19th | @ COL | Sammy Peralta | #380 | vs ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-2) | #190 |
| Wed, May 20th | @ COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #362 | vs ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #213 |
| Fri, May 22nd | @ LAA | Grayson Rodriguez (1-1) | #79 | vs TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #7 |
| Sat, May 23rd | @ LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #369 | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-5) | #21 |
| Sun, May 24th | @ LAA | Reid Detmers (1-5) | #44 | vs TEX | MacKenzie Gore (3-4) | #51 |
| Mon, May 25th | vs HOU | Tatsuya Imai (2-2) | #158 | |||
| Tue, May 26th | vs HOU | Jason Alexander (1-1) | #331 | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #199 |
| Wed, May 27th | vs HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #126 | @ DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #53 |
| Thu, May 28th | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (6-1) | #122 | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (0-6) | #69 |
| Fri, May 29th | vs KC | Stephen Kolek (3-0) | #167 | @ TB | Nick Martinez (4-1) | #74 |
| Sat, May 30th | vs KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #106 | @ TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-1) | #19 |
| Sun, May 31st | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #82 | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (5-2) | #23 |
| Mon, Jun 1st | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #84 | vs COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #362 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | @ STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #101 | vs COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #425 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #161 | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #421 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #52 | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #130 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #37 | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4) | #12 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs CLE | @ LAD | ||||
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ KC | vs HOU | ||||
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ KC | vs HOU | ||||
| 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) | #126 | |||
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 | |||
| Mon, May 4th | vs CWS | Davis Martin (7-1) | #76 | |||
| Thu, May 21st | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-5) | #117 | |||
| Mon, Jun 8th | vs HOU | |||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ ARI | |||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs BOS | |||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | @ BAL | |||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ BOS | |||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs SEA | |||||
