Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Eisert for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Brandon Eisert SP,RP - PIT
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 172	# 279
VBR	# 431	# 613

Projections

Strikeouts	40	20
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.36	4.20
WHIP	1.39	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 159	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 154	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 218	# 329

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 230	# 229

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Brandon Eisert SP,RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	28

Games Started	7	4

Innings Pitched	31.0	29.1

Wins	0	2

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	35	29

Earned Runs	20	21

Home Runs Allowed	3	6

Strikeouts	33	34

Walks	14	11

ERA	5.81	6.44

WHIP	1.58	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Brandon Eisert SP,RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	24

Games Started	7	0

Innings Pitched	39.6	21.7

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	39	21

Earned Runs	19	10

Home Runs Allowed	6	3

Strikeouts	40	20

Walks	15	8

ERA	4.36	4.20

WHIP	1.39	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Brandon Eisert SP,RP - PIT
News
	Yusei Kikuchi recently began his throwing program and has progressed to playing catch. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd	The Pittsburgh Pirates are acquiring infielder Jacob Gonzalez and left-handed reliever Brandon Eisert from the Chicago White Sox for the 34th pick in tomorrow's draft and left-handed reliever Jaden Woods. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	The Angels transferred Yusei Kikuchi to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd	Brandon Eisert will serve as the opener for the White Sox on Friday against the Tigers. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jun 19th
	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	Brandon Eisert will open for the White Sox on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th
	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	Brandon Eisert will serve as the opener on Friday for the White Sox against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	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 White Sox recalled Brandon Eisert from Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Sat, May 16th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA			Brandon Eisert SP,RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Mon, May 25th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#285
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#228
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU			vs ARI
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Eisert for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

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