Who Should I Trade?

Dane Dunning for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 171	‐
VBR	# 430	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	40	4
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.36	4.86
WHIP	1.39	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

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	Dane Dunning SP,RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	‐

Games Started	7	‐

Innings Pitched	31.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	35	‐

Earned Runs	20	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	33	‐

Walks	14	‐

ERA	5.81	‐

WHIP	1.58	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Dane Dunning SP,RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	7

Games Started	7	1

Innings Pitched	39.6	3.7

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	39	4

Earned Runs	19	2

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	40	4

Walks	15	2

ERA	4.36	4.86

WHIP	1.39	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Dane Dunning SP,RP - SEA
News
	Yusei Kikuchi recently began his throwing program and has progressed to playing catch. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd	Dane Dunning was placed on the minor league injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th
	The Angels transferred Yusei Kikuchi to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd	Veteran righthander Dane Dunning has been reassigned to minor league camp by the Seattle Mariners. David Leisering Fri, Mar 20th
	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	Dane Dunning will start the Mariners Cactus League opener on Friday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 19th
	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	The Mariners signed Dane Dunning to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Thu, Jan 22nd
	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
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA			Dane Dunning SP,RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#233	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188
Thu, May 14th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Mon, May 25th				@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Thu, Jun 11th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina		@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Thu, Jun 25th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#235
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Thu, Jul 30th				@ LAD
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			vs DET
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			vs DET
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL			vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			vs TB
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			vs TB
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Dane Dunning for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

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