Who Should I Trade?

Nick Lodolo for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 123	# 170
VBR	# 353	# 421

Projections

Strikeouts	52	36
Wins	3	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.47	4.36
WHIP	1.38	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 103	# 160

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 83	# 154

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 130	# 221

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 112	# 230

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	12	7

Games Started	12	7

Innings Pitched	62.2	31.0

Wins	3	0

Losses	2	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	64	35

Earned Runs	32	20

Home Runs Allowed	9	3

Strikeouts	50	33

Walks	27	14

ERA	4.60	5.81

WHIP	1.45	1.58

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	6

Games Started	10	6

Innings Pitched	54.2	34.8

Wins	3	2

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	53	34

Earned Runs	27	17

Home Runs Allowed	8	5

Strikeouts	52	36

Walks	17	13

ERA	4.47	4.36

WHIP	1.38	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
News
	Nick Lodolo is expected to attempt to throw a bullpen on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Angels left-hander Yusei Kikuchi (shoulder) is close to embarking on a rehab assignment. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd
	The Reds placed Nick Lodolo on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	Yusei Kikuchi recently began his throwing program and has progressed to playing catch. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd
	Nick Lodolo exited Saturday's game against the Chicago Cubs in the sixth inning due to a blister on his left index finger. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th	The Angels transferred Yusei Kikuchi to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	Reds left-hander Nick Lodolo pitched six innings, allowing one earned run on six hits and two walks while earning the win over the Orioles on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jul 6th	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
	Reds left-hander Nick Lodolo pitched five scoreless innings but was tagged with a no-decision on Monday against the Brewers. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN			Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#316	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#419
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#301
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#276
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#350	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#250	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#110
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#238
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#110
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#339	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#250
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#273
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#20	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#299
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#38
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#111
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#260	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs KC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ SEA
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Mon, Apr 13th				@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Fri, May 22nd				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, May 24th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Nick Lodolo for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

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