Who Should I Trade?

Drew Rasmussen for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Drew Rasmussen SP - TB	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 25	# 171
VBR	# 123	# 430

Projections

Strikeouts	65	40
Wins	4	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.66	4.36
WHIP	1.18	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 32	# 160

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 21	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 21	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 39	# 154

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 27	# 221

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 33	# 230

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Drew Rasmussen SP - TB	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	7

Games Started	18	7

Innings Pitched	99.1	31.0

Wins	7	0

Losses	5	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	76	35

Earned Runs	36	20

Home Runs Allowed	12	3

Strikeouts	98	33

Walks	17	14

ERA	3.26	5.81

WHIP	0.94	1.58

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Drew Rasmussen SP - TB	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	7

Games Started	13	7

Innings Pitched	67.5	39.6

Wins	4	2

Losses	4	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	60	39

Earned Runs	27	19

Home Runs Allowed	8	6

Strikeouts	65	40

Walks	17	15

ERA	3.66	4.36

WHIP	1.18	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Drew Rasmussen SP - TB	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
News
	Drew Rasmussen allowed six runs on seven hits and no walks while striking out two across 2.1 innings in Thursday's 12-4 loss to the New York Yankees. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th	Yusei Kikuchi recently began his throwing program and has progressed to playing catch. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd
	Drew Rasmussen allowed five runs on six hits and one walk while striking out two across five innings in Saturday's 10-8 loss against the Houston Astros. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 5th	The Angels transferred Yusei Kikuchi to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	Drew Rasmussen tossed six scoreless innings in Sunday's 5-1 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks, allowing three hits and one walk while striking out five. 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
	Drew Rasmussen allowed two runs on four hits and two walks while striking out five over six innings in Monday's 2-1 loss to the Kansas City Royals. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 23rd	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
	Drew Rasmussen allowed one run on six hits and no walks while striking out seven across seven in Tuesday's 1-0 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 17th	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
	Drew Rasmussen SP - TB			Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#233
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#287	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#186	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs TB	Casey Legumina
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#248	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#195	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			vs KC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Mon, Apr 13th				@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, May 9th				@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, May 23rd				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Mon, Jun 29th				@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Mon, Jul 27th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BAL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Drew Rasmussen for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

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