Who Should I Trade?

Mitch Keller for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 138	# 161
VBR	‐	# 337

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	25
Wins	‐	1
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.28
WHIP	‐	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 152	# 177

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 114	# 154

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 115	# 230

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 177	# 146

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	9

Games Started	22	9

Innings Pitched	115.2	43.0

Wins	6	0

Losses	8	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	118	48

Earned Runs	71	27

Home Runs Allowed	15	7

Strikeouts	89	43

Walks	42	16

ERA	5.52	5.65

WHIP	1.38	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	4

Games Started	‐	4

Innings Pitched	‐	25.0

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	24

Earned Runs	‐	12

Home Runs Allowed	‐	3

Strikeouts	‐	25

Walks	‐	10

ERA	‐	4.28

WHIP	‐	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
News
	The Pirates placed Mitch Keller on the 60-day injured list with a right arm teres major muscle injury. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	Yusei Kikuchi allowed two earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out six over seven innings in a loss to the Phillies. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 30th
	Mitch Keller allowed seven runs on six hits over two innings with two strikeouts and four walks in a loss on Sunday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	Yusei Kikuchi allowed five earned runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out four over five innings in a loss to the Rangers. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd
	Mitch Keller allowed two runs on six hits over 5 1/3 innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision on Monday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Yusei Kikuchi’s next start will be in the majors. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th
	Mitch Keller allowed three hits over five scoreless innings with six strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Wednesday against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	Yusei Kikuchi and the Angels will discuss if he needs another rehab start. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th
	Mitch Keller will start Game 1 of Wednesday's doubleheader against the Yankees. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Yusei Kikuchi threw 57 pitches over 1 2/3 innings for Triple-A Salt Lake on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mitch Keller SP - PIT			Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#37	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#103	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#153
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#134
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#107
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#390	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#157	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#374	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#178	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#118
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#107	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#390
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#53
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#166	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#386
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#55	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#19
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	vs SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)	#402
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#374
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#249	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#277
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#296	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#163
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#52
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#51
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#329
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#160
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#87
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#311
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#116
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#193
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#78
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#180
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#299	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#152	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#90
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#94	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#95	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#238
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#187	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#256	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#13
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#84
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#277	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#238
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#116
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#306	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#68
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#255
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#139	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#171
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#193	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#395	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#139
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#335
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#139
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#193
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#391	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#55	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#262	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#78
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#110	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#92	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#243	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#19	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#163
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#22
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#171	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#134
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#119	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#82
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#110
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#92
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#223
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#27	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#244
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#115	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#219
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#173	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#70	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#142
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#88
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#106	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#185
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#219	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#429
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#109	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#153
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#183	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#155
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#13	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#88
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#185
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#209	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#151	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#168
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#22	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#174
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#236	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#59
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#83	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#51	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#136
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ SEA
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297
Mon, Apr 20th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8
Mon, May 4th				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79
Mon, May 18th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#395
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#105
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41
Fri, Jul 10th				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#95
Fri, Jul 17th				vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69
Tue, Jul 21st				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#196
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#109
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Mitch Keller for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

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