Who Should I Trade?

Paul Skenes for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 5	# 171
VBR	# 38	# 388

Projections

Strikeouts	69	36
Wins	4	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	2.89	4.30
WHIP	1.11	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 6	# 160

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 4	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 5	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 3	# 154

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 5	# 238

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 6	# 230

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	23	7

Games Started	23	7

Innings Pitched	124.2	31.0

Wins	9	0

Losses	9	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	109	35

Earned Runs	57	20

Home Runs Allowed	13	3

Strikeouts	156	33

Walks	32	14

ERA	4.12	5.81

WHIP	1.13	1.58

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	6

Games Started	10	6

Innings Pitched	58.4	34.5

Wins	4	2

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	47	34

Earned Runs	19	16

Home Runs Allowed	5	5

Strikeouts	69	36

Walks	15	13

ERA	2.89	4.30

WHIP	1.11	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
News
	Paul Skenes allowed five runs on seven hits over four innings with seven strikeouts and four walks in a no-decision on Friday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	Yusei Kikuchi will make his next rehab start for Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Paul Skenes allowed five runs on six hits over 5 1/3 innings with 11 strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Saturday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	Yusei Kikuchi will begin a rehab assignment on Thursday with Single-A Rancho Cucamonga. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Paul Skenes allowed one run on seven hits over seven innings with eight strikeouts and two walks in a win on Sunday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	Angels left-hander Yusei Kikuchi (shoulder) is close to embarking on a rehab assignment. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd
	Paul Skenes will start on Sunday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	Yusei Kikuchi recently began his throwing program and has progressed to playing catch. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd
	Paul Skenes allowed two runs on three hits over 5 1/3 innings with seven strikeouts and one walk in a win on Sunday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th	The Angels transferred Yusei Kikuchi to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT			Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#226	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#322	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#154	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#108
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs KC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ WSH
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)	#210
Mon, Apr 20th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, May 4th				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Mon, May 18th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Fri, Jul 10th				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, Jul 17th				vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Tue, Jul 21st				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Paul Skenes for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

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