Who Should I Trade?

Austin Gomber for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Austin Gomber SP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 172	‐
VBR	# 431	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	40	15
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.36	5.90
WHIP	1.39	1.52

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 159	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 154	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 218	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 230	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Austin Gomber SP - ATL
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	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Austin Gomber SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	19

Games Started	7	4

Innings Pitched	39.6	22.1

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	39	28

Earned Runs	19	15

Home Runs Allowed	6	5

Strikeouts	40	15

Walks	15	6

ERA	4.36	5.90

WHIP	1.39	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Austin Gomber SP - ATL
News
	Yusei Kikuchi recently began his throwing program and has progressed to playing catch. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd	Austin Gomber has signed a minor league deal with the Atlanta Braves. He was released by the Texas Rangers on their minor league pact earlier in the day. David Leisering Sat, May 16th
	The Angels transferred Yusei Kikuchi to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd	The Rangers reassigned LHP Austin Gomber to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	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	Left-hander Austin Gomber will not make the Rangers Opening Day roster, according to general manager Chris Young. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 24th
	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	Austin Gomber has signed a minor league deal with the Texas Rangers. Gomber's contract includes an invitation to Spring Training next month. David Leisering Sun, Jan 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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA			Austin Gomber SP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#340
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#45
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Thu, May 14th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#188
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Thu, Jun 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Jul 1st				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU			@ NYM
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU			@ NYM
Thu, Jul 30th				vs WSH
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th				@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU			@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Gomber for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

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