Who Should I Trade?

Ryne Nelson for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 161	# 178
VBR	# 402	# 472

Projections

Strikeouts	28	12
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.32	4.30
WHIP	1.39	1.30

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 177	# 179

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 146	# 222

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 230	# 292

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 154	# 125

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	8	15

Games Started	8	15

Innings Pitched	36.0	83.1

Wins	0	3

Losses	4	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	42	81

Earned Runs	25	46

Home Runs Allowed	5	18

Strikeouts	37	62

Walks	15	22

ERA	6.25	4.97

WHIP	1.58	1.24

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	6

Games Started	5	2

Innings Pitched	27.3	14.3

Wins	1	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	27	14

Earned Runs	13	7

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	28	12

Walks	10	4

ERA	4.32	4.30

WHIP	1.39	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI
News
	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	The Diamondbacks are hopeful to activate Ryne Nelson the first week of September. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th
	Yusei Kikuchi’s next start will be in the majors. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th	Ryne Nelson was cleared to begin a throwing program last week. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Yusei Kikuchi and the Angels will discuss if he needs another rehab start. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Ryne Nelson will begin a throwing program in the coming days. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Yusei Kikuchi threw 57 pitches over 1 2/3 innings for Triple-A Salt Lake on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	Ryne Nelson is scheduled to undergo an MRI on July 17 to evaluate the progress of his elbow recovery. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
	Yusei Kikuchi will make his next rehab start for Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Ryne Nelson (elbow) was transferred to the 60-day IL on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 25th
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			Ryne Nelson SP,RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#135	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#206
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#88	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#347	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#214	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#148
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#120
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Thu, May 7th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#102	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#289
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#244	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434
Mon, May 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#295
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71
Wed, Jul 1st				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#377
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#79	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#200	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#99	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#167	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#99	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#171
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#79
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#226
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Ryne Nelson for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

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