Who Should I Trade?

Lazaro Estrada for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Lazaro Estrada SP,RP - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 175	‐
VBR	# 332	# 681

Projections

Strikeouts	36	11
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.30	4.65
WHIP	1.37	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 177	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 154	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 241	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 230	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Lazaro Estrada SP,RP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	4

Games Started	7	0

Innings Pitched	31.0	9.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	35	4

Earned Runs	20	5

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	33	6

Walks	14	5

ERA	5.81	4.82

WHIP	1.58	0.96

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Lazaro Estrada SP,RP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	15

Games Started	6	0

Innings Pitched	35.5	12.6

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	34	12

Earned Runs	17	6

Home Runs Allowed	5	2

Strikeouts	36	11

Walks	13	4

ERA	4.30	4.65

WHIP	1.37	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Lazaro Estrada SP,RP - TOR
News
	Yusei Kikuchi threw 57 pitches over 1 2/3 innings for Triple-A Salt Lake on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	The Blue Jays recalled RHP Lazaro Estrada from Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th
	Yusei Kikuchi will make his next rehab start for Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Lazaro Estrada was optioned back to Triple-A on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Aug 4th
	Yusei Kikuchi will make his next rehab start for Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Blue Jays optioned Lazaro Estrada to Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	Yusei Kikuchi will begin a rehab assignment on Thursday with Single-A Rancho Cucamonga. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	The Blue Jays recalled Lazaro Estrada from Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Angels left-hander Yusei Kikuchi (shoulder) is close to embarking on a rehab assignment. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd	The Blue Jays are expected to recall Lazaro Estrada from Triple-A on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA			Lazaro Estrada SP,RP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#168	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#311
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#41
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#281	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#155
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#356	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#121	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#329	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Mon, May 25th				vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 1st				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#160	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#165	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#289
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#90	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#206
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#168
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#197	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#90
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#437	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Lazaro Estrada for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

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