Who Should I Trade?

Karson Milbrandt for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Karson Milbrandt SP - MIA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 170	‐
VBR	# 421	# 898

Projections

Strikeouts	36	11
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.34	4.74
WHIP	1.38	1.56

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 160	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 154	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 221	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 230	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Karson Milbrandt SP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	‐

Games Started	7	‐

Innings Pitched	31.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	35	‐

Earned Runs	20	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	33	‐

Walks	14	‐

ERA	5.81	‐

WHIP	1.58	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Karson Milbrandt SP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	9

Games Started	6	2

Innings Pitched	35.9	12.3

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	35	12

Earned Runs	17	6

Home Runs Allowed	5	2

Strikeouts	36	11

Walks	13	6

ERA	4.34	4.74

WHIP	1.38	1.56

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Karson Milbrandt SP - MIA
News
	Angels left-hander Yusei Kikuchi (shoulder) is close to embarking on a rehab assignment. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd	The Marlins are promoting RHP prospect Karson Milbrandt to Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Yusei Kikuchi recently began his throwing program and has progressed to playing catch. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd
	The Angels transferred Yusei Kikuchi to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	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
	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
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			Karson Milbrandt SP - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#197
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#419
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#419	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#301	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#276	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, May 7th				vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#225
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#400
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#355
Thu, May 14th				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#73
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#292
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Mon, May 25th				@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#400
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Thu, Jun 11th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#273	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#300
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#299	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#430
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#341
Wed, Jul 1st				@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#142
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Thu, Jul 30th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ NYM
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Karson Milbrandt for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

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