Who Should I Trade?

Gavin Williams for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 31	# 171
VBR	# 135	# 387

Projections

Strikeouts	61	34
Wins	3	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.65	4.34
WHIP	1.27	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 32	# 163

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 36	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 23	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 34	# 154

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 22	# 241

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 30	# 230

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gavin Williams SP - CLE	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	23	7

Games Started	23	7

Innings Pitched	139.0	31.0

Wins	11	0

Losses	6	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	105	35

Earned Runs	55	20

Home Runs Allowed	21	3

Strikeouts	178	33

Walks	39	14

ERA	3.56	5.81

WHIP	1.04	1.58

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gavin Williams SP - CLE	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	6

Games Started	9	6

Innings Pitched	53.4	32.9

Wins	3	2

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	45	32

Earned Runs	22	16

Home Runs Allowed	7	5

Strikeouts	61	34

Walks	20	12

ERA	3.65	4.34

WHIP	1.27	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gavin Williams SP - CLE	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
News
	Gavin Williams allowed zero earned runs on one hit and one walk while striking out 10 over 5.2 innings in Sunday's 5-0 win over the Diamondbacks. Matthew Adam Mon, Aug 3rd	Yusei Kikuchi will make his next rehab start for Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	Gavin Williams allowed two earned runs on three hits and one walk while striking out 12 over seven innings in Tuesday's 2-0 loss to the Reds. Matthew Adam Wed, Jul 29th	Yusei Kikuchi will make his next rehab start for Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Gavin Williams was sharp but got stuck with a no-decision, allowing no earned runs on two hits and no walks while striking out 11 over seven innings in Thursday's 3-1 loss to the Twins in 12 innings. Matthew Adam Fri, Jul 24th	Yusei Kikuchi will begin a rehab assignment on Thursday with Single-A Rancho Cucamonga. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Gavin Williams allowed five runs on seven hits over six innings while striking out 11 and walking none in a 7-1 loss to the Pirates in Game 1 of a Saturday doubleheader. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 18th	Angels left-hander Yusei Kikuchi (shoulder) is close to embarking on a rehab assignment. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd
	Friday’s contest between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Cleveland Guardians has been postponed due to air quality conditions the club announced. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 17th	Yusei Kikuchi recently began his throwing program and has progressed to playing catch. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Gavin Williams SP - CLE			Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#370	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#158	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#186	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#142	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#107
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs TEX	Cody Bradford	#137
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ SEA
Sat, Apr 4th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sun, Jun 14th				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Fri, Jul 17th				vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Mon, Jul 27th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Gavin Williams for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

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