Walbert Urena or Yusei Kikuchi

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Walbert Urena or Yusei Kikuchi Player Statistics
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Walbert Urena SP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	25

Games Started	9	23

Innings Pitched	43.0	123.1

Wins	0	9

Losses	5	9

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	48	91

Earned Runs	27	39

Home Runs Allowed	7	8

Strikeouts	43	120

Walks	16	64

ERA	5.65	2.85

WHIP	1.49	1.26

Walbert Urena or Yusei Kikuchi Player Projections
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Walbert Urena SP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	31	33

Games Started	31	1

Innings Pitched	167.1	37.4

Wins	9	2

Losses	10	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	162	39

Earned Runs	76	20

Home Runs Allowed	25	5

Strikeouts	169	28

Walks	60	19

ERA	4.12	4.90

WHIP	1.33	1.57

Walbert Urena or Yusei Kikuchi Player Notes
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Walbert Urena SP - LAA
News
	Yusei Kikuchi allowed two earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out six over seven innings in a loss to the Phillies. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 30th	Walbert Urena allowed one earned run on five hits while striking out eight over seven innings in Monday's win over the Yankees. Chris Schommer Tue, Sep 1st
	Yusei Kikuchi allowed five earned runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out four over five innings in a loss to the Rangers. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd	Walbert Urena allowed three earned runs on five hits and five walks while striking out three over 3 2/3 innings in Tuesday's loss to the Guardians. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 26th
	Yusei Kikuchi’s next start will be in the majors. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th	Walbert Urena allowed three earned runs on three hits and two walks while striking out seven over five innings in Wednesday's 3-2 loss to the Astros. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 20th
	Yusei Kikuchi and the Angels will discuss if he needs another rehab start. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th	Walbert Urena allowed two hits and two walks while striking out five over six scoreless innings in Thursday’s 7-0 win over the Rangers. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 14th
	Yusei Kikuchi threw 57 pitches over 1 2/3 innings for Triple-A Salt Lake on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	Walbert Urena allowed four earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out two over 2 1/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Marlins. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 9th
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

Walbert Urena or Yusei Kikuchi Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA			Walbert Urena SP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#21	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#21
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#233	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#233
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#155	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#155
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#125	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#125
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#109	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#109
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#130	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#130
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#57	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#57
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#102	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#102
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#167	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#167
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#36	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#36
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#391	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#391
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#43	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#43
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#207	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#207
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#313	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#313
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#390	vs SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#390
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#386	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#386
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#336	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#336
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#140	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#140
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#412	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#412
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#26	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#26
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#38	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#38
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#412	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#412
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#331	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#331
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#228	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#228
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#134	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#134
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#75	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#75
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#179	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#179
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#34	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#34
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)		vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#123	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#123
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#197	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#197
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#161	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#161
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#133	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#133
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#203	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#203
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#137	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#137
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#44	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#44
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#126	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#126
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#95	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#95
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#40	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#40
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#405	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#405
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#423	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#423
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#154	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#154
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#197	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#197
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#6	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#6
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#67	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#67
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#176	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#176
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#239	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#239
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#40	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#40
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#41	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#41
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#251	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#251
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#172	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#172
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#173	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#173
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#117	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#117
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#106	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#106
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#224	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#224
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#161	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#161
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#147	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#147
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#59	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#59
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#73	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#73
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#295	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#295
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#161	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#161
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#147	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#147
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#203	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#203
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#22	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#22
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#13
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#37	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#37
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#44	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#44
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#137	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#137
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#82	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#82
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#53	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#53
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)		vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#135	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#135
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#125	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#125
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#91	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#91
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#103	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#103
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#86	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#86
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#223	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#223
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#51	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#51
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#200	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#200
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#76	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#76
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#146	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#146
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#44	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#44
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#97	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#97
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#164	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#164
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#421	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#421
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#155	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#155
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#148	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#148
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#44	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#44
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#97	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#97
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#164	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#164
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#34	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#34
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#75	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#75
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#156	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#156
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#10	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#10
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#230	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#230
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#16	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#16
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#56	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#56
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#111	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#111
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#132
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH	Will Dion (1-1)	#118	@ WSH	Will Dion (1-1)	#118
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-1)	#45	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-1)	#45
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ SEA