Who Should I Trade?

Jesse Scholtens for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Jesse Scholtens SP,RP - TB
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 175	‐
VBR	# 387	# 979

Projections

Strikeouts	34	6
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.34	4.88
WHIP	1.38	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 176	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 154	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 241	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 230	# 129

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Jesse Scholtens SP,RP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	9

Games Started	7	2

Innings Pitched	31.0	37.2

Wins	0	5

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	35	36

Earned Runs	20	16

Home Runs Allowed	3	8

Strikeouts	33	30

Walks	14	11

ERA	5.81	3.82

WHIP	1.58	1.25

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Jesse Scholtens SP,RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	6

Games Started	6	1

Innings Pitched	32.9	6.8

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	32	7

Earned Runs	16	4

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	34	6

Walks	12	2

ERA	4.34	4.88

WHIP	1.38	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Jesse Scholtens SP,RP - TB
News
	Yusei Kikuchi threw 57 pitches over 1 2/3 innings for Triple-A Salt Lake on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	The Rays activated Jesse Scholtens from the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
	Yusei Kikuchi will make his next rehab start for Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Jesse Scholtens (wrist) will begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 7th
	Yusei Kikuchi will make his next rehab start for Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Jesse Scholtens threw a 20-pitch bullpen session on Monday and is scheduled to face hitters on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 9th
	Yusei Kikuchi will begin a rehab assignment on Thursday with Single-A Rancho Cucamonga. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Jesse Scholtens is scheduled to resume throwing next week. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 30th
	Angels left-hander Yusei Kikuchi (shoulder) is close to embarking on a rehab assignment. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd	The Rays placed Jesse Scholtens on the 15-day injured list with a right wrist strain. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
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			Jesse Scholtens SP,RP - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Thu, May 7th				@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Mon, May 25th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs DET	Ty Madden	#273
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Wed, Jul 1st				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#197
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#215
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#107	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jul 30th				vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#185
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford	#137	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ PHI
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Jesse Scholtens for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

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