Who Should I Trade?

Blade Tidwell for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 171	‐
VBR	# 387	# 471

Projections

Strikeouts	34	23
Wins	2	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.34	4.41
WHIP	1.38	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 163	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 154	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 241	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 230	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	9

Games Started	7	1

Innings Pitched	31.0	17.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	35	16

Earned Runs	20	6

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	33	13

Walks	14	4

ERA	5.81	3.18

WHIP	1.58	1.18

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	10

Games Started	6	4

Innings Pitched	32.9	26.4

Wins	2	2

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	32	26

Earned Runs	16	13

Home Runs Allowed	5	3

Strikeouts	34	23

Walks	12	11

ERA	4.34	4.41

WHIP	1.38	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF
News
	Yusei Kikuchi will make his next rehab start for Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Giants recalled Blade Tidwell from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	Yusei Kikuchi will make his next rehab start for Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Giants optioned Blade Tidwell to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 29th
	Yusei Kikuchi will begin a rehab assignment on Thursday with Single-A Rancho Cucamonga. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	The Giants called up Blade Tidwell from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd
	Angels left-hander Yusei Kikuchi (shoulder) is close to embarking on a rehab assignment. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd
	Yusei Kikuchi recently began his throwing program and has progressed to playing catch. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA			Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Mon, May 25th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Jul 1st				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Mon, Jul 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#107	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#375
Thu, Jul 30th				@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ TEX	Cody Bradford	#137
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs DET	Jackson Jobe	#198
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#107
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford	#137	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA

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Blade Tidwell for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

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