Who Should I Trade?

Ricky Tiedemann for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 171	‐
VBR	# 408	# 851

Projections

Strikeouts	36	6
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.33	3.71
WHIP	1.38	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 160	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 154	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 238	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 230	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Ricky Tiedemann SP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	‐

Games Started	7	‐

Innings Pitched	31.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	35	‐

Earned Runs	20	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	33	‐

Walks	14	‐

ERA	5.81	‐

WHIP	1.58	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Ricky Tiedemann SP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	7

Games Started	7	0

Innings Pitched	35.2	5.5

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	34	5

Earned Runs	17	2

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	36	6

Walks	13	2

ERA	4.33	3.71

WHIP	1.38	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Ricky Tiedemann SP - TOR
News
	Yusei Kikuchi will begin a rehab assignment on Thursday with Single-A Rancho Cucamonga. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Ricky Tiedemann returned to the mound for Low-A Dunedin on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	Angels left-hander Yusei Kikuchi (shoulder) is close to embarking on a rehab assignment. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd	Blue Jays pitching prospect Ricky Tiedemann is getting some injections in his neck. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	Yusei Kikuchi recently began his throwing program and has progressed to playing catch. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd	Ricky Tiedemann did not pitch in Tuesday's rehab game due to a sore neck. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	The Angels transferred Yusei Kikuchi to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd	Ricky Tiedemann will make an appearance on his rehab assignment on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	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	Ricky Tiedemann allowed one run over one inning on Tuesday in a rehab appearance in the Rookie-level Florida Complex League. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
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			Ricky Tiedemann SP - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#190	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#365
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#303	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#295	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#93	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#184	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Mon, May 25th				vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#274	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Wed, Jul 1st				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#274
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#259
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski	#149
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	@ HOU
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			vs NYY
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 (2-1)	#21
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA

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Ricky Tiedemann for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

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