Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Williamson for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 172	‐
VBR	# 431	# 1112

Projections

Strikeouts	40	11
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.36	4.94
WHIP	1.39	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 159	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 154	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 218	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 230	# 256

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Brandon Williamson SP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	6

Games Started	7	6

Innings Pitched	31.0	28.0

Wins	0	2

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	35	26

Earned Runs	20	19

Home Runs Allowed	3	4

Strikeouts	33	19

Walks	14	20

ERA	5.81	6.11

WHIP	1.58	1.64

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Brandon Williamson SP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	8

Games Started	7	2

Innings Pitched	39.6	13.2

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	39	13

Earned Runs	19	7

Home Runs Allowed	6	2

Strikeouts	40	11

Walks	15	6

ERA	4.36	4.94

WHIP	1.39	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Brandon Williamson SP - CIN
News
	Yusei Kikuchi recently began his throwing program and has progressed to playing catch. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd	Brandon Williamson is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Sunday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th
	The Angels transferred Yusei Kikuchi to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd	Brandon Williamson has paused his throwing program after suffering a finger injury during a workout. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 28th
	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 Williamson threw his first bullpen on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	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 Williamson has been cleared to begin a throwing program. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, May 31st
	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	Brandon Williamson will be examined by doctors this weekend to determine whether he is cleared to begin a throwing program. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 30th
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			Brandon Williamson SP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, May 7th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Thu, May 14th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Mon, May 25th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Wed, Jul 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#288
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ STL
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU			vs CLE
Thu, Jul 30th				vs PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Williamson for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

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