Patrick Sandoval or Yusei Kikuchi
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| Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA  | Patrick Sandoval SP - BOS  | |
| 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 | ‐ |
| Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA | Patrick Sandoval SP - BOS | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 31 | 35 |
| Games Started | 31 | 9 |
| Innings Pitched | 167.1 | 75.8 |
| Wins | 9 | 4 |
| Losses | 10 | 4 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 1 |
| Hits Allowed | 162 | 73 |
| Earned Runs | 76 | 35 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 25 | 8 |
| Strikeouts | 169 | 68 |
| Walks | 60 | 31 |
| ERA | 4.12 | 4.20 |
| WHIP | 1.33 | 1.38 |
| Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA | Patrick Sandoval SP - BOS | |
| News | ||
| The Angels transferred Yusei Kikuchi to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd | Patrick Sandoval is scheduled to throw a live batting practice session on Saturday. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th | |
| 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 | Patrick Sandoval threw a side session on Friday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th | |
| 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 | Patrick Sandoval is hopeful to throw off a mound by the end of the week Nicholas Rodriguez 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 | Red Sox manager Alex Cora said Patrick Sandoval “is not likely to have imaging.” Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 20th | |
| The Angels placed Yusei Kikuchi on the 15-day injured list with left shoulder inflammation. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd | Patrick Sandoval will be re-evaluated in Boston after experiencing tightness in his biceps following his latest rehab start. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th | |
| 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 | ||
| Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA | Patrick Sandoval SP - BOS | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ HOU | Hunter Brown (1-0) | #17 | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #102 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ HOU | Cristian Javier (0-1) | #246 | @ CIN | Brady Singer (2-4) | #145 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ HOU | Tatsuya Imai (2-2) | #159 | @ CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #230 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | @ CHC | Edward Cabrera (3-2) | #73 | @ HOU | Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3) | #209 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | @ CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #103 | @ HOU | Hunter Brown (1-0) | #17 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | @ CHC | Matthew Boyd (2-1) | #42 | @ HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #129 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (4-3) | #9 | vs SD | Michael King (4-3) | #35 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #93 | vs SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #199 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs SEA | Luis Castillo (1-5) | #46 | vs SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #214 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | vs ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 | vs MIL | Brandon Woodruff (2-1) | #59 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | vs ATL | Reynaldo Lopez (2-1) | #106 | vs MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #18 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | vs ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #124 | vs MIL | Shane Drohan (2-1) | #147 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #26 | @ STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #101 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #371 | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #163 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #102 | @ STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #143 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #65 | @ MIN | Bailey Ober (6-2) | #76 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-2) | #67 | @ MIN | Mick Abel (1-2) | #208 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ NYY | Luis Gil (1-2) | #264 | @ MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7) | #223 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs SD | Matt Waldron (1-2) | #300 | vs DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #54 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs SD | German Marquez (3-2) | #335 | vs DET | Tarik Skubal (3-2) | #4 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs SD | Michael King (4-3) | #35 | vs DET | Framber Valdez (2-3) | #25 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 | vs DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #70 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #225 | vs NYY | Luis Gil (1-2) | #264 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs TOR | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #263 | vs NYY | Max Fried (4-3) | #33 |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 | |||
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #97 | @ BAL | Brandon Young (3-1) | #195 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #47 | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #88 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #108 | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #50 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (4-1) | #182 | @ TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 | @ TOR | Trey Yesavage (2-2) | #41 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #357 | @ TOR | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #263 |
| Fri, May 1st | vs NYM | Christian Scott (0-0) | #105 | vs HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #129 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs NYM | Nolan McLean (2-4) | #30 | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #122 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #167 | vs HOU | Cody Bolton (0-1) | #369 |
| Mon, May 4th | vs CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 | @ DET | Tyler Holton (0-4) | #152 |
| Tue, May 5th | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #357 | @ DET | Framber Valdez (2-3) | #25 |
| Wed, May 6th | vs CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #220 | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #70 |
| Thu, May 7th | vs TB | Griffin Jax (1-3) | #48 | |||
| Fri, May 8th | @ TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 | vs TB | Jesse Scholtens (5-3) | #274 |
| Sun, May 10th | @ TOR | Spencer Miles (2-0) | #130 | vs TB | Nick Martinez (4-1) | #75 |
| Tue, May 12th | @ CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #110 | vs PHI | Zack Wheeler (4-0) | #8 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #52 | vs PHI | Andrew Painter (1-5) | #166 |
| Thu, May 14th | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 | |||
| Fri, May 15th | vs LAD | Will Klein | @ ATL | Spencer Strider (3-0) | #32 | |
| Sat, May 16th | vs LAD | Justin Wrobleski (6-2) | #141 | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #114 |
| Sun, May 17th | vs LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #128 | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #124 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs ATH | J.T. Ginn (2-3) | #131 | @ KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #108 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-2) | #193 | @ KC | Bailey Falter (0-2) | #258 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #221 | @ KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #82 |
| Fri, May 22nd | vs TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #7 | vs MIN | Connor Prielipp (1-3) | #123 |
| Sat, May 23rd | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #19 | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (5-1) | #68 |
| Sun, May 24th | vs TEX | MacKenzie Gore (3-4) | #51 | vs MIN | Bailey Ober (6-2) | #76 |
| Tue, May 26th | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #205 | vs ATL | Spencer Strider (3-0) | #32 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #54 | vs ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #114 |
| Thu, May 28th | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #70 | vs ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 |
| Fri, May 29th | @ TB | Nick Martinez (4-1) | #75 | @ CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #110 |
| Sat, May 30th | @ TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-1) | #21 | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #52 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (5-2) | #23 | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #37 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #426 | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #83 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #423 | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #113 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | vs BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #88 | |||
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #128 | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-2) | #67 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4) | #12 | @ NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #65 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #43 | @ NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 |
| Mon, Jun 8th | vs HOU | @ TB | ||||
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs HOU | @ TB | ||||
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs HOU | @ TB | ||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs TB | vs TEX | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs TB | vs TEX | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs TB | vs TEX | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ ARI | vs TOR | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ ARI | vs TOR | ||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | @ ATH | vs TOR | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ ATH | @ SEA | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ ATH | @ SEA | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | @ ATH | @ SEA | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | vs BAL | @ COL | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs BAL | @ COL | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs BAL | @ COL | ||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | vs NYY | |||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs ATH | vs NYY | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs ATH | vs NYY | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs ATH | vs NYY | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | @ SEA | vs WSH | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ SEA | vs WSH | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs WSH | |||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs BOS | @ LAA | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs BOS | @ LAA | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs BOS | @ LAA | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ TEX | @ CWS | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ TEX | @ CWS | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ TEX | @ CWS | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ MIN | @ NYM | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ MIN | @ NYM | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ MIN | @ NYM | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs DET | vs TB | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs DET | vs TB | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs DET | vs TB | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs STL | vs BAL | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs STL | vs BAL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs STL | vs BAL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ SF | vs TOR | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ SF | vs TOR | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ SF | vs TOR | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | vs HOU | @ ATH | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs HOU | @ ATH | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs HOU | @ ATH | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ ATH | |||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | vs MIL | @ LAD | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | vs MIL | @ LAD | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | vs MIL | @ LAD | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ BAL | vs CWS | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ BAL | vs CWS | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | @ BAL | vs CWS | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | @ MIA | vs ATH | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | @ MIA | vs ATH | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | @ MIA | vs ATH | ||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | vs TEX | @ TOR | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | vs TEX | @ TOR | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | vs TEX | @ TOR | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | vs TEX | @ TOR | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs KC | @ PIT | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs KC | @ PIT | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs KC | @ PIT | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs ARI | |||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | @ HOU | vs ARI | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | @ HOU | vs ARI | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ TEX | vs SF | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ TEX | vs SF | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ TEX | vs SF | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | vs CLE | @ MIA | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | vs CLE | @ MIA | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | vs CLE | @ MIA | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs PHI | @ NYY | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs PHI | @ NYY | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs PHI | @ NYY | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs NYY | vs SEA | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs NYY | vs SEA | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs NYY | vs SEA | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | @ BAL | |||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | @ PIT | @ BAL | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | @ PIT | @ BAL | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | @ PIT | @ BAL | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ BOS | vs LAA | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ BOS | vs LAA | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ BOS | vs LAA | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ WSH | vs KC | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ WSH | vs KC | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ WSH | vs KC | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs SEA | @ TEX | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs SEA | @ TEX | ||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | vs MIN | @ TEX | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs MIN | @ TB | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs MIN | @ TB | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs MIN | @ TB | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ ATH | vs CLE | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ ATH | vs CLE | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ SEA | vs CLE | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ SEA | vs CHC | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ SEA | vs CHC | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ SEA | vs CHC | ||||
| Fri, Mar 27th | @ HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #129 | |||
| Thu, Apr 16th | @ NYY | Max Fried (4-3) | #33 | |||
| Sat, May 9th | @ TOR | Trey Yesavage (2-2) | #41 | |||
| Mon, May 11th | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #95 | |||
| Thu, May 21st | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-5) | #118 | |||
| Mon, Jun 1st | vs COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #395 | |||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ ARI | |||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | @ SEA | |||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | @ HOU | |||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs SEA | |||||
