Vince Velasquez or Yusei Kikuchi
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| Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA  | Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC  | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 7 | 1 |
| Games Started | 7 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 31.0 | 2.1 |
| Wins | 0 | 0 |
| Losses | 3 | 0 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 35 | 1 |
| Earned Runs | 20 | 0 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 3 | 0 |
| Strikeouts | 33 | 1 |
| Walks | 14 | 0 |
| ERA | 5.81 | 0.00 |
| WHIP | 1.58 | 0.43 |
| Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA | Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 31 | 8 |
| Games Started | 31 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 167.1 | 8.7 |
| Wins | 9 | 0 |
| Losses | 10 | 0 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 1 |
| Hits Allowed | 162 | 8 |
| Earned Runs | 76 | 4 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 25 | 1 |
| Strikeouts | 169 | 9 |
| Walks | 60 | 5 |
| ERA | 4.12 | 4.58 |
| WHIP | 1.33 | 1.45 |
| Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA | Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC | |
| News | ||
| The Angels transferred Yusei Kikuchi to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd | The Cubs sent RHP Vince Velasquez outright to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th | |
| 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 | The Cubs designated RHP Vince Velasquez for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 26th | |
| 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 | The Cubs reassigned RHP Vince Velasquez to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th | |
| 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 | Velasquez agreed to a minor-league contract with Chicago on Tuesday. He posted a 3.42 ERA with 95 strikeouts and 50 walks across 81.2 innings at Triple-A Columbus last season before finishing the year with the Lotte Giants in Korea. Bruno Mulé Wed, Feb 4th | |
| 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 | ||
| Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA | Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ HOU | Hunter Brown (1-0) | #16 | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #86 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ HOU | Cristian Javier (0-1) | #245 | vs WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-5) | #257 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ HOU | Tatsuya Imai (3-3) | #145 | vs WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #205 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | @ CHC | Edward Cabrera (3-3) | #62 | vs LAA | Ryan Johnson | |
| Tue, Mar 31st | @ CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-5) | #99 | vs LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #52 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | @ CHC | Matthew Boyd (2-1) | #41 | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #142 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (5-4) | #6 | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #107 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs SEA | Luis Castillo (2-5) | #44 | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-2) | #53 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | vs ATL | Chris Sale (8-4) | #5 | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (6-3) | #22 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | vs ATL | Reynaldo Lopez (2-1) | #119 | @ TB | Mason Englert | |
| Wed, Apr 8th | vs ATL | Grant Holmes (4-2) | #130 | @ TB | Joe Boyle (0-1) | #149 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #24 | vs PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #127 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #373 | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (5-3) | #36 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #97 | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler (2-6) | #120 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ NYY | Will Warren (7-1) | #70 | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (7-2) | #3 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-4) | #77 | @ PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #34 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ NYY | Luis Gil (1-2) | #248 | @ PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #8 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs SD | Matt Waldron (1-2) | #294 | vs NYM | Kodai Senga (0-4) | #125 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs SD | German Marquez (3-2) | #350 | vs NYM | Freddy Peralta (4-4) | #25 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs SD | Michael King (4-5) | #42 | vs NYM | Tobias Myers (0-1) | #191 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #10 | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #34 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-2) | #251 | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #8 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs TOR | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #266 | vs PHI | Kyle Backhus | |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | vs PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (7-2) | #3 | |||
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #94 | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-2) | #51 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #39 | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #114 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #102 | @ LAD | Justin Wrobleski (7-2) | #113 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (5-1) | #193 | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #192 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ CWS | Davis Martin (8-2) | #84 | @ SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #207 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (1-5) | #421 | @ SD | Matt Waldron (1-2) | #294 |
| Fri, May 1st | vs NYM | Christian Scott (2-0) | #87 | vs ARI | Zac Gallen (3-5) | #71 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs NYM | Nolan McLean (3-4) | #33 | vs ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-4) | #95 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #164 | vs ARI | Merrill Kelly (5-4) | #96 |
| Mon, May 4th | vs CWS | Davis Martin (8-2) | #84 | vs CIN | Chase Petty (0-0) | #408 |
| Tue, May 5th | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (1-5) | #421 | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #97 |
| Wed, May 6th | vs CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #220 | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-6) | #170 |
| Thu, May 7th | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #188 | |||
| Fri, May 8th | @ TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #10 | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #104 |
| Sat, May 9th | @ TOR | Trey Yesavage (2-3) | #58 | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (3-5) | #65 |
| Sun, May 10th | @ TOR | Spencer Miles (3-1) | #161 | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (4-4) | #7 |
| Tue, May 12th | @ CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #100 | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (4-2) | #130 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-2) | #53 | @ ATL | JR Ritchie (1-1) | #236 |
| Thu, May 14th | @ ATL | Chris Sale (8-4) | #5 | |||
| Fri, May 15th | vs LAD | Will Klein | @ CWS | Sean Burke (3-3) | #126 | |
| Sat, May 16th | vs LAD | Justin Wrobleski (7-2) | #113 | @ CWS | Davis Martin (8-2) | #84 |
| Sun, May 17th | vs LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #114 | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (1-5) | #421 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs ATH | J.T. Ginn (3-3) | #121 | vs MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-4) | #154 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-3) | #211 | vs MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (7-2) | #12 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #213 | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison (7-1) | #48 |
| Fri, May 22nd | vs TEX | Jacob deGrom (4-4) | #7 | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #132 |
| Sat, May 23rd | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #19 | vs HOU | Kai-Wei Teng (3-4) | #187 |
| Sun, May 24th | vs TEX | MacKenzie Gore (4-5) | #55 | vs HOU | Peter Lambert (5-4) | #217 |
| Mon, May 25th | @ PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #127 | |||
| Tue, May 26th | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-4) | #195 | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (5-3) | #36 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #68 | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (2-6) | #120 |
| Thu, May 28th | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (1-7) | #60 | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 |
| Fri, May 29th | @ TB | Nick Martinez (5-2) | #85 | @ STL | Andre Pallante (6-4) | #152 |
| Sat, May 30th | @ TB | Drew Rasmussen (5-2) | #21 | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #140 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (6-3) | #22 | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (3-3) | #103 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (5-4) | #430 | vs ATH | Gage Jump (1-1) | #129 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-8) | #426 | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #122 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | vs ATH | J.T. Ginn (3-3) | #121 | |||
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #114 | vs SF | Robbie Ray (4-6) | #78 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (6-4) | #13 | vs SF | Landen Roupp (5-6) | #74 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-2) | #51 | vs SF | Trevor McDonald (2-3) | #144 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs HOU | Kai-Wei Teng (3-4) | #187 | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (5-4) | #430 |
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs HOU | Peter Lambert (5-4) | #217 | @ COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-8) | #426 |
| Thu, Jun 11th | @ COL | Ryan Feltner (2-1) | #427 | |||
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs TB | Shane McClanahan (6-3) | #22 | @ SF | Landen Roupp (5-6) | #74 |
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs TB | Griffin Jax (1-4) | #61 | @ SF | Trevor McDonald (2-3) | #144 |
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs TB | Steven Matz (4-3) | #101 | @ SF | Logan Webb (3-4) | #11 |
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-4) | #95 | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-8) | #426 |
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ ARI | vs COL | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ ARI | vs COL | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ ATH | vs TOR | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ ATH | vs TOR | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | @ ATH | vs TOR | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | vs BAL | @ NYM | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs BAL | @ NYM | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs BAL | @ NYM | ||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ NYM | |||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs ATH | @ MIL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs ATH | @ MIL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs ATH | @ MIL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | @ SEA | vs SD | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ SEA | vs SD | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs SD | |||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs BOS | vs STL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs BOS | vs STL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs BOS | vs STL | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ TEX | @ BAL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ TEX | @ BAL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ TEX | @ BAL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ MIN | @ CIN | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ MIN | @ CIN | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ MIN | @ CIN | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs DET | vs MIN | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs DET | vs MIN | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs DET | vs MIN | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs STL | vs DET | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs STL | vs DET | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs STL | vs DET | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ SF | @ PIT | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ SF | @ PIT | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ SF | @ PIT | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | vs HOU | @ STL | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs HOU | @ STL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs HOU | @ STL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ STL | |||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | vs MIL | vs NYY | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | vs MIL | vs NYY | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | vs MIL | vs NYY | ||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | vs LAD | |||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ BAL | vs LAD | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ BAL | vs LAD | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | @ MIA | @ KC | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | @ MIA | @ KC | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | @ MIA | @ KC | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | vs TEX | @ WSH | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | vs TEX | @ WSH | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | vs TEX | @ WSH | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs KC | vs STL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs KC | vs STL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs KC | vs STL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs CWS | |||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | @ HOU | vs CWS | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | @ HOU | vs CWS | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ TEX | @ SEA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ TEX | @ SEA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ TEX | @ SEA | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | vs CLE | @ ARI | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | vs CLE | @ ARI | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | vs CLE | @ ARI | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs PHI | vs CIN | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs PHI | vs CIN | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs PHI | vs CIN | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs NYY | vs MIL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs NYY | vs MIL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs NYY | vs MIL | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs MIL | |||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | @ PIT | @ MIA | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | @ PIT | @ MIA | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | @ PIT | @ MIA | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ BOS | @ MIL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ BOS | @ MIL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ BOS | @ MIL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ WSH | vs PIT | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ WSH | vs PIT | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ WSH | vs PIT | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs SEA | vs ATL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs SEA | vs ATL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs SEA | vs ATL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs MIN | @ CIN | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs MIN | @ CIN | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs MIN | @ CIN | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ ATH | vs MIA | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ ATH | vs MIA | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ SEA | vs MIA | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ SEA | @ BOS | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ SEA | @ BOS | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ SEA | @ BOS | ||||
| Fri, Mar 27th | @ HOU | Mike Burrows (3-7) | #139 | |||
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #89 | |||
| Thu, Apr 16th | @ NYY | Max Fried (4-3) | #32 | |||
| Mon, May 11th | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #107 | |||
| Thu, May 21st | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #163 | |||
| Mon, Jun 1st | vs COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #380 | |||
| Mon, Jun 8th | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #132 | |||
| Thu, Jun 18th | @ ATH | |||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | @ SEA | |||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | @ BAL | |||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | vs TEX | |||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | @ HOU | |||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | vs MIN | |||||
