Who Should I Trade?

Luis Medina for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 171	# 347
VBR	# 388	# 646

Projections

Strikeouts	36	24
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	4.30	4.57
WHIP	1.39	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 160	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 154	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 238	# 436

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 230	# 310

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	38

Games Started	7	1

Innings Pitched	31.0	50.2

Wins	0	2

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	4

Holds	0	6

Hits Allowed	35	51

Earned Runs	20	22

Home Runs Allowed	3	6

Strikeouts	33	60

Walks	14	26

ERA	5.81	3.91

WHIP	1.58	1.52

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	21

Games Started	6	1

Innings Pitched	34.5	23.6

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	34	22

Earned Runs	16	12

Home Runs Allowed	5	3

Strikeouts	36	24

Walks	13	11

ERA	4.30	4.57

WHIP	1.39	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH
News
	Yusei Kikuchi will make his next rehab start for Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Luis Medina will start for the Athletics on Sunday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	Yusei Kikuchi will begin a rehab assignment on Thursday with Single-A Rancho Cucamonga. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	The Athletics have announced that right-hander Luis Medina has made the Opening Day roster and will operate out of the bullpen to begin the season. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 23rd
	Angels left-hander Yusei Kikuchi (shoulder) is close to embarking on a rehab assignment. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd	Medina missed the second half of 2024 and all of 2025 following Tommy John surgery. He made his Cactus League debut on Tuesday against San Diego, allowing one run on two hits and one walk over one inning. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 3rd
	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
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			Luis Medina SP,RP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#178
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, May 7th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Thu, May 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, May 25th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jun 4th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Wed, Jul 1st				vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#156
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#108	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Luis Medina for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

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