Who Should I Trade?

Bubba Chandler for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Bubba Chandler SP - PIT	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 95	# 171
VBR	# 393	# 424

Projections

Strikeouts	49	38
Wins	3	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.42	4.32
WHIP	1.42	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 67	# 160

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 86	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 71	# 154

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 167	# 221

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 149	# 230

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Bubba Chandler SP - PIT	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	7

Games Started	18	7

Innings Pitched	94.1	31.0

Wins	3	0

Losses	8	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	81	35

Earned Runs	50	20

Home Runs Allowed	10	3

Strikeouts	85	33

Walks	55	14

ERA	4.77	5.81

WHIP	1.44	1.58

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Bubba Chandler SP - PIT	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	7

Games Started	9	7

Innings Pitched	53.2	36.7

Wins	3	2

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	50	36

Earned Runs	26	18

Home Runs Allowed	7	6

Strikeouts	49	38

Walks	23	14

ERA	4.42	4.32

WHIP	1.42	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Bubba Chandler SP - PIT	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
News
	Bubba Chandler allowed two runs on five hits over 4 2/3 innings with six strikeouts and three walks in a no-decision in Game 2 of Saturday's doubleheader against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	Yusei Kikuchi recently began his throwing program and has progressed to playing catch. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd
	Bubba Chandler allowed four runs on six hits over four innings with four walks in a no-decision on Sunday against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	The Angels transferred Yusei Kikuchi to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	Bubba Chandler allowed five runs on seven hits over 6 1/3 innings with six strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Tuesday against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st	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
	Bubba Chandler allowed one run on five hits over 5 1/3 innings with four strikeouts and three walks in a win on Thursday against the Mariners. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th	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
	Bubba Chandler went six innings and allowed two runs on six hits, walked two, and struck out one in a no-decision against the Rockies on Friday. David Leisering Sat, Jun 20th	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Bubba Chandler SP - PIT			Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#214
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#308
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#264
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#179
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#100
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#223
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs TB	Casey Legumina
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#162	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs KC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ SEA
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Mon, Apr 20th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Mon, May 4th				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Mon, May 18th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Fri, Jul 10th				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Fri, Jul 17th				vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
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?

Bubba Chandler for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

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