Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Greene for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Hunter Greene SP - CIN	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts	33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	# 159
VBR	‐	# 321

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	22
Wins	‐	1
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.30
WHIP	‐	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 176	# 177

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 31	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 33	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 87	# 154

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 137

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 230

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Hunter Greene SP - CIN	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	5	10

Games Started	5	10

Innings Pitched	27.2	49.0

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	29	53

Earned Runs	21	27

Home Runs Allowed	4	7

Strikeouts	33	49

Walks	9	19

ERA	6.83	4.96

WHIP	1.37	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Hunter Greene SP - CIN	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	4

Games Started	‐	4

Innings Pitched	‐	21.9

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	21

Earned Runs	‐	10

Home Runs Allowed	‐	3

Strikeouts	‐	22

Walks	‐	8

ERA	‐	4.30

WHIP	‐	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Hunter Greene SP - CIN	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
News
	Hunter Greene will join the Reds in Los Angeles on Monday and do therapy at Dodger Stadium. Ari Koslow Mon, Sep 7th	Yusei Kikuchi allowed five hits and three walks while striking out six over six scoreless innings in Saturday's win over the Pirates. Chris Schommer Sun, Sep 6th
	Hunter Greene underwent Tommy John surgery on Wednesday and will be out for the next 12-18 months. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 13th	Yusei Kikuchi allowed two earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out six over seven innings in a loss to the Phillies. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 30th
	The Reds transferred Hunter Greene to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	Yusei Kikuchi allowed five earned runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out four over five innings in a loss to the Rangers. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd
	Hunter Greene will have right elbow surgery around the ligament. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	Yusei Kikuchi’s next start will be in the majors. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th
	Hunter Greene underwent an MRI on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	Yusei Kikuchi and the Angels will discuss if he needs another rehab start. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Hunter Greene SP - CIN			Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#132	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#27
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#135
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#159	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#108	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#254
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#4	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#55
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#12
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#191	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#105	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#94
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#319	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#395
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#26	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#201
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#253
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	vs SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#391
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#402
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#92	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#57
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#303	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#181	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#261
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#89	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#44
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#254	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#196	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#164	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#207
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#262	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#128
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#157	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#114
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#206
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#154	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#143
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#202
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#152
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#100	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#193	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#228	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#206
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#59
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#178	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#164
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#262
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#57	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#145
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#119	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#96	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#149	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#229
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#208	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#184
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#74	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#167
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#119
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#258	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#276
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#60
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#235	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#102	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#330
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#4	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#50	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#276
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#202
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#82	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#235	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#12
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#102
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#47
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#75
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#60	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#357	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#152
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#93
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#155	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#55	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#373	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#419	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#145
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#87
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#4	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#102
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#82
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#240
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#143	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#417	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#203
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#121	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#131	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#153
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#86
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#165
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#153	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#418
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#135
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#151
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#145
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#119	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#96	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#86
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#266	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#165
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#100	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#154
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#57	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#258
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#18
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#102	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#50
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#4
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#59	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#139
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#111
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#75
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#102	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#121
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49	@ WSH	Will Dion (1-2)	#168
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-1)	#41
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ SEA
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242
Mon, Apr 13th				@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 22nd				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Sun, May 24th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#89
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#103
Mon, Jul 27th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42

Who Should I Trade?

Hunter Greene for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

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