Who Should I Trade?

Shane Drohan for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Shane Drohan SP,RP - MIL	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 206	# 172
VBR	# 343	# 431

Projections

Strikeouts	48	40
Wins	3	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.27	4.36
WHIP	1.36	1.39

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	‐	# 159

Mike Maher BettingPros	‐	# 154

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 109	# 230

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 126	# 221

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shane Drohan SP,RP - MIL	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	7

Games Started	10	7

Innings Pitched	76.0	31.0

Wins	5	0

Losses	3	3

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	69	35

Earned Runs	27	20

Home Runs Allowed	6	3

Strikeouts	76	33

Walks	21	14

ERA	3.20	5.81

WHIP	1.18	1.58

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shane Drohan SP,RP - MIL	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	7

Games Started	9	7

Innings Pitched	50.1	39.6

Wins	3	2

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	47	39

Earned Runs	24	19

Home Runs Allowed	7	6

Strikeouts	48	40

Walks	19	15

ERA	4.27	4.36

WHIP	1.36	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shane Drohan SP,RP - MIL	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
News
	Shane Drohan allowed three earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out nine over six innings in Saturday's win over the Marlins. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	Yusei Kikuchi recently began his throwing program and has progressed to playing catch. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd
	Shane Drohan will start on Saturday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The Angels transferred Yusei Kikuchi to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	Shane Drohan allowed three earned runs on five hits while striking out six through 6 1/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Pirates. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	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
	Shane Drohan allowed one earned run on six hits and two walks while striking out two over six innings in Monday’s 4-3 win over the Cardinals. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 7th	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
	Shane Drohan allowed two earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out seven over 5 2/3 innings in Wednesday's 4-2 win over the Reds. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 2nd	Former Los Angeles Times writer, Mike DiGiovanna reported that sources have told him Yusei Kikuchi (shoulder) is “gonna be out for several months, if not the whole season.” Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shane Drohan SP,RP - MIL			Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#238
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#224	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#290
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#331
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#224
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#362
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#406
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#295	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#147	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#217
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#204
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#300
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#249	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#249
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs TB	Casey Legumina
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#241	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#306
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#300
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#176	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#242	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			vs KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			@ TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ SEA
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Mon, Apr 13th				@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Mon, Apr 20th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Tue, May 5th				vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#406
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Fri, Jul 10th				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Shane Drohan for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

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