Who Should I Trade?

Sandy Alcantara for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 58	# 171
VBR	# 246	# 399

Projections

Strikeouts	53	36
Wins	4	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.34	4.33
WHIP	1.33	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 58	# 160

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 98	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 52	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 53	# 154

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 152	# 238

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 34	# 230

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	23	7

Games Started	23	7

Innings Pitched	150.2	31.0

Wins	11	0

Losses	6	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	144	35

Earned Runs	65	20

Home Runs Allowed	17	3

Strikeouts	115	33

Walks	39	14

ERA	3.88	5.81

WHIP	1.21	1.58

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	7

Games Started	11	7

Innings Pitched	65.1	35.6

Wins	4	2

Losses	4	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	64	35

Earned Runs	31	17

Home Runs Allowed	8	5

Strikeouts	53	36

Walks	19	13

ERA	4.34	4.33

WHIP	1.33	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
News
	Sandy Alcantara allowed four hits and one walk while striking out five across seven scoreless innings in Tuesday's 1-0 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 29th	Yusei Kikuchi will begin a rehab assignment on Thursday with Single-A Rancho Cucamonga. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Sandy Alcantara will start Wednesday's series finale against the Astros. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Angels left-hander Yusei Kikuchi (shoulder) is close to embarking on a rehab assignment. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd
	Sandy Alcantara allowed one run on three hits and four walks while striking out seven across six innings in Friday's 2-1 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 18th	Yusei Kikuchi recently began his throwing program and has progressed to playing catch. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd
	Sandy Alcantara will start on Friday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The Angels transferred Yusei Kikuchi to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	Sandy Alcantara allowed three runs on five hits and no walks while striking out eight across seven innings in Friday's 3-2 loss against the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Sandy Alcantara SP - MIA			Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#182
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#214	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#358
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#284	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#217
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#341	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#89
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#69	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#181
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#281	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#294	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#341	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#204	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#272
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#104
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#159	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#312	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#291
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#119	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#104
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#104	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#92
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#110
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#177
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski	#147
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#149	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#82
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			vs KC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs SEA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ SEA
Thu, Mar 26th				@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#20
Thu, Apr 16th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TEX
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Sandy Alcantara for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

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