Who Should I Trade?

Jack Kochanowicz for Yoshinobu Yamamoto (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD	Jack Kochanowicz SP - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 6	‐
VBR	# 74	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	51	‐
Wins	4	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.41	‐
WHIP	1.15	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 4	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 9	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 8	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 6	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 15	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 5	# 466

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD	Jack Kochanowicz SP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	13

Games Started	20	13

Innings Pitched	133.2	64.0

Wins	11	2

Losses	7	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	89	65

Earned Runs	41	44

Home Runs Allowed	15	7

Strikeouts	121	47

Walks	29	36

ERA	2.76	6.19

WHIP	0.88	1.58

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD	Jack Kochanowicz SP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	‐

Games Started	8	‐

Innings Pitched	49.2	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	41	‐

Earned Runs	19	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	51	‐

Walks	14	‐

ERA	3.41	‐

WHIP	1.15	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD	Jack Kochanowicz SP - LAA
News
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed three earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out three over eight innings in Saturday's 3-2 loss to the Red Sox. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 2nd	Jack Kochanowicz will undergo Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed one earned run on five hits and three walks while striking out five over six innings in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Mets. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 26th	The Angels placed Jack Kochanowicz on the 15-day injured list with right elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed two runs on four hits and no walks while striking out seven in the complete-game win against the Yankees on Sunday. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 20th	Jack Kochanowicz lasted just 2.1 innings on Sunday and surrendered three runs on five hits, walked four, and struck out one as the Angels lost to the Rays, 5-2. David Leisering Sun, May 31st
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto will start Game 1 of Sunday's doubleheader against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Jack Kochanowicz allowed three runs on three hits over six innings with seven strikeouts and four walks in a no-decision on Wednesday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto will start for the Dodgers on Sunday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Jack Kochanowicz served up three home runs in six innings and was charged with six runs on seven hits in a 6-0 loss to the Dodgers on Friday. David Leisering Sat, May 16th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP - LAD			Jack Kochanowicz SP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#168
Sun, Mar 29th				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#281
Thu, Apr 16th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#356
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#121
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#329
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#218	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#201	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jul 9th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Sat, Jul 18th				vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#243	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#160
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#165
Mon, Jul 27th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#90
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#197
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ SEA
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#420
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Jack Kochanowicz for Yoshinobu Yamamoto (2026)

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