Who Should I Trade?

Ryan Watson for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 170	‐
VBR	# 436	# 712

Projections

Strikeouts	36	14
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.36	4.51
WHIP	1.40	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 160	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 154	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 221	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 230	# 294

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	33

Games Started	7	0

Innings Pitched	31.0	52.2

Wins	0	1

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	35	49

Earned Runs	20	26

Home Runs Allowed	3	8

Strikeouts	33	42

Walks	14	19

ERA	5.81	4.44

WHIP	1.58	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	21

Games Started	6	0

Innings Pitched	34.8	16.6

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	34	17

Earned Runs	17	8

Home Runs Allowed	5	2

Strikeouts	36	14

Walks	13	6

ERA	4.36	4.51

WHIP	1.40	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
News
	Angels left-hander Yusei Kikuchi (shoulder) is close to embarking on a rehab assignment. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd
	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
	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
	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
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA			Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#295	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#295
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#310
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#133
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Thu, May 7th				vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#353
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Thu, May 14th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#219	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Thu, Jun 4th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Wed, Jul 1st				vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#198
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#184	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-0)	#359
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs CHC
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Ryan Watson for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

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