Who Should I Trade?

Blas Castano for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 171	‐
VBR	# 424	# 1119

Projections

Strikeouts	38	6
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.32	5.40
WHIP	1.39	1.62

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 160	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 154	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 221	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 230	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	10

Games Started	7	0

Innings Pitched	31.0	20.2

Wins	0	1

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	35	22

Earned Runs	20	9

Home Runs Allowed	3	4

Strikeouts	33	17

Walks	14	6

ERA	5.81	3.92

WHIP	1.58	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	10

Games Started	7	0

Innings Pitched	36.7	8.5

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	36	10

Earned Runs	18	5

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	38	6

Walks	14	3

ERA	4.32	5.40

WHIP	1.39	1.62

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
News
	Yusei Kikuchi recently began his throwing program and has progressed to playing catch. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd	Blas Castano is continuing his throwing program. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	The Angels transferred Yusei Kikuchi to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd	Blas Castano has begun playing catch. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th
	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	Blas Castano is hopeful to begin throwing by Sunday. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 3rd
	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	Rockies left-hander Blas Castano (pec) has yet to resume throwing. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
	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	The Rockies recalled RHP Blas Castaño from Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
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			Blas Castano SP,RP - COL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#233	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#233
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#90	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#254
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#341
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#10	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428
Thu, Apr 30th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#90
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#35
Thu, May 7th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#10	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Thu, May 14th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#9	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Mon, May 25th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#88	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#275	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Thu, Jun 11th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#427
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#18	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Wed, Jul 1st				vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#9	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#271
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL			vs KC
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL			vs KC
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL			vs KC
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TB
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			vs TB
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			vs TB
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			@ STL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th				vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
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
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Blas Castano for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

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