Troy Melton or Yusei Kikuchi

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Troy Melton or Yusei Kikuchi Player Statistics
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	3

Games Started	7	3

Innings Pitched	31.0	20.2

Wins	0	2

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	35	12

Earned Runs	20	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	33	9

Walks	14	6

ERA	5.81	1.74

WHIP	1.58	0.87

Troy Melton or Yusei Kikuchi Player Projections
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	31	31

Games Started	31	5

Innings Pitched	167.1	57.2

Wins	9	3

Losses	10	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	162	53

Earned Runs	76	27

Home Runs Allowed	25	8

Strikeouts	169	52

Walks	60	18

ERA	4.12	4.26

WHIP	1.33	1.24

Troy Melton or Yusei Kikuchi Player Notes
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Troy Melton SP,RP - DET
News
	The Angels transferred Yusei Kikuchi to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd	Tigers right-hander Troy Melton allowed two earned runs across eight innings while earning the win over the Rays on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jun 3rd
	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	Troy Melton allowed one earned run on six hits and one walk while striking out one over seven innings in Friday's loss to the White Sox. Chris Schommer Sat, May 30th
	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	Tigers right-hander Troy Melton allowed just one earned run across 5 2/3 innings in Game 2 of Sunday's doubleheader against the Orioles, earning his first win of the season in the process. Brenton Kemp Mon, May 25th
	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	Troy Melton will start Game 2 of Sunday's doubleheader against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	The Angels placed Yusei Kikuchi on the 15-day injured list with left shoulder inflammation. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd	Troy Melton could be activated from the injured list on Sunday. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
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

Troy Melton or Yusei Kikuchi Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA			Troy Melton SP,RP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#138
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (3-7)	#130	@ SD	Michael King (4-4)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#247	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (5-3)	#199
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (3-2)	#64	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (7-3)	#65
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (0-1)	#115
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (2-1)	#41	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-5)	#71
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (5-3)	#6	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (3-5)	#86
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (4-2)	#88	vs STL	Dustin May (3-6)	#84
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (2-5)	#46	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (5-3)	#157
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (8-4)	#5	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (4-3)	#14
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (2-1)	#108	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (5-2)	#72
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (4-2)	#134	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#93
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#202
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#25	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)	#347
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#361	vs MIA	Janson Junk (3-5)	#137
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-3)	#98	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (4-4)	#70
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (2-3)	#63	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)	#42
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#248	vs KC	Seth Lugo (2-4)	#100
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#33	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#78
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#300	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#31
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (3-2)	#338	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#133
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (4-4)	#36	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#11
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (3-3)	#16	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (6-1)	#29
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-2)	#223	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (7-1)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (2-5)	#259	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#191
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (1-4)	#165
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (2-4)	#99	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-3)	#98
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)	#42	@ CIN	Brady Singer (2-5)	#148
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (2-4)	#100	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-3)	#218
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (8-2)	#82	@ ATL	Martin Perez (3-3)	#208
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (1-5)	#374	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-1)	#239
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-3)	#111
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (1-0)	#87	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (4-5)	#49
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (3-4)	#32	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#104
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#172	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-4)	#73
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (8-2)	#82	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (3-2)	#69
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (1-5)	#374	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (1-2)	#177
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (2-4)	#222	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (6-1)	#29
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (3-3)	#16	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#78
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (2-2)	#55	@ KC	Michael Wacha (4-3)	#81
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (2-1)	#159	@ KC	Noah Cameron (2-4)	#99
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (3-5)	#102	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (4-4)	#27
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (6-1)	#53	@ NYM	Christian Scott (1-0)	#87
Thu, May 14th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (3-4)	#32
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (2-2)	#55
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (7-2)	#116	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (3-0)	#166
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-3)	#117	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-4)	#19
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (3-3)	#126	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (3-5)	#102
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#216	vs CLE	Parker Messick (6-1)	#53
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-2)	#213	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (0-7)	#44
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#147	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-2)	#106
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (4-4)	#7	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-0)	#186
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (4-5)	#49	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (3-6)	#91
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (2-3)	#203	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-4)	#420
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (2-3)	#67	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (6-4)	#43
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (1-7)	#61	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (2-2)	#75
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (5-2)	#79	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (1-0)	#206
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (4-2)	#21	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (5-1)	#181
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (6-2)	#23	@ CWS	Sean Burke (2-3)	#132
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (1-6)	#385	@ TB	Griffin Jax (1-4)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (5-4)	#429	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-3)	#94
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (2-8)	#427	@ TB	Nick Martinez (5-2)	#79
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-3)	#117	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (5-3)	#6
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (5-4)	#10	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (1-0)	#51
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (3-2)	#48	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (2-5)	#46
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (3-4)	#179	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (5-2)	#72
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (4-4)	#196	vs MIN
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (1-3)	#76
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (6-2)	#23	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (0-7)	#44
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (1-4)	#58	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-2)	#106
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-3)	#94	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (9-3)	#26
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI			@ HOU
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI			@ HOU
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI			@ HOU
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH			vs CWS
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH			vs CWS
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH			vs CWS
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL			vs NYY
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL			vs NYY
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL			vs NYY
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH			vs HOU
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH			vs HOU
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH			vs HOU
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA			@ NYY
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA			@ NYY
Wed, Jul 1st				@ NYY
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA			@ TEX
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS			@ TEX
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS			@ TEX
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET			@ LAA
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET			@ LAA
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET			@ LAA
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL			@ CHC
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL			@ CHC
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL			@ CHC
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF			vs KC
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF			vs KC
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF			vs KC
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs PIT
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (2-3)	#150
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-1)	#59
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (5-1)	#181
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-2)	#106
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (5-6)	#20
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-1)	#119
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA