Who Should I Trade?

Shane Baz for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 123	# 161
VBR	# 290	# 383

Projections

Strikeouts	30	28
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.24	4.22
WHIP	1.34	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 139	# 177

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 134	# 154

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 89	# 146

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 104	# 230

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	8

Games Started	26	8

Innings Pitched	151.1	36.0

Wins	4	0

Losses	14	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	151	42

Earned Runs	67	25

Home Runs Allowed	11	5

Strikeouts	135	37

Walks	52	15

ERA	3.98	6.25

WHIP	1.34	1.58

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	5

Games Started	6	5

Innings Pitched	33.2	27.5

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	31	27

Earned Runs	16	13

Home Runs Allowed	4	4

Strikeouts	30	28

Walks	12	11

ERA	4.24	4.22

WHIP	1.34	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shane Baz SP - BAL	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
News
	Shane Baz allowed three earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out three over 5.2 innings in Sunday's 3-1 loss to the Rays. Jesse Garcia Mon, Aug 24th	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
	Shane Baz allowed three earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out 10 over 6.1 innings in Tuesday's loss to the Yankees. Jesse Garcia Wed, Aug 19th	Yusei Kikuchi’s next start will be in the majors. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th
	Shane Baz allowed five earned runs on nine hits and one walk while striking out two over three innings in Wednesday's loss to the Twins. Jesse Garcia Thu, Aug 13th	Yusei Kikuchi and the Angels will discuss if he needs another rehab start. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th
	Shane Baz allowed two earned runs on three hits and one walk while striking out nine over eight innings in Friday's loss to the Rangers. Jesse Garcia Sat, Aug 8th	Yusei Kikuchi threw 57 pitches over 1 2/3 innings for Triple-A Salt Lake on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th
	Shane Baz allowed one earned run on six hits and one walk while striking out four over 6.1 innings in Saturday's loss to the Phillies. Jesse Garcia Sun, Aug 2nd	Yusei Kikuchi will make his next rehab start for Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shane Baz SP - BAL			Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#277	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#205
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#104
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#243
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)		vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#339	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#104	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#182	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#156	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#258	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#51	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#159
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs SEA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs MIN
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ SEA
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Wed, Apr 29th				@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, May 23rd				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Tue, Jul 21st				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th				@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Shane Baz for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

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