Who Should I Trade?

Blake Snell for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Blake Snell SP - LAD	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 66	# 171
VBR	# 220	# 430

Projections

Strikeouts	53	40
Wins	3	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.48	4.36
WHIP	1.26	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 81	# 160

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 71	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 80	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 74	# 154

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 48	# 221

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 412	# 230

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Blake Snell SP - LAD	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	1	7

Games Started	1	7

Innings Pitched	3.0	31.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	1	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	6	35

Earned Runs	4	20

Home Runs Allowed	0	3

Strikeouts	5	33

Walks	2	14

ERA	12.00	5.81

WHIP	2.67	1.58

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Blake Snell SP - LAD	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	7

Games Started	8	7

Innings Pitched	43.4	39.6

Wins	3	2

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	34	39

Earned Runs	17	19

Home Runs Allowed	5	6

Strikeouts	53	40

Walks	19	15

ERA	3.48	4.36

WHIP	1.26	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Blake Snell SP - LAD	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
News
	Blake Snell will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Oklahoma City on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Yusei Kikuchi recently began his throwing program and has progressed to playing catch. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd
	Blake Snell will begin a rehab assignment next week. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th	The Angels transferred Yusei Kikuchi to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	Blake Snell will face hitters on Saturday in a live batting practice session. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	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
	Blake Snell is scheduled to throw another bullpen. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	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
	Blake Snell threw 15 pitches during a successful bullpen session on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	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
	Blake Snell SP - LAD			Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#233
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#418
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	vs TB	Casey Legumina
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#228	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#237	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#213	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#173	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#283	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#199	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#264	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs KC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ SEA
Sun, Mar 29th				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Thu, Apr 16th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Thu, Jul 9th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Jul 18th				vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Mon, Jul 27th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CLE
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Blake Snell for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

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