Who Should I Trade?

Shohei Ohtani for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 1	# 171
VBR	# 1	# 390

Projections

Strikeouts	19	34
Wins	1	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.31	4.31
WHIP	1.19	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 1	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 1	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 1	# 154

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 1	# 241

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 1	# 230

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	‐	# 163

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	7

Games Started	14	7

Innings Pitched	85.2	31.0

Wins	8	0

Losses	2	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	55	35

Earned Runs	17	20

Home Runs Allowed	4	3

Strikeouts	95	33

Walks	26	14

ERA	1.79	5.81

WHIP	0.95	1.58

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	3	6

Games Started	3	6

Innings Pitched	16.4	33.1

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	13	32

Earned Runs	6	16

Home Runs Allowed	2	5

Strikeouts	19	34

Walks	6	12

ERA	3.31	4.31

WHIP	1.19	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
News
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Shohei Ohtani is scheduled to begin catch play again in Chicago this week. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Yusei Kikuchi will make his next rehab start for Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Shohei Ohtani went 2-for-5 in a loss to Boston with a home run, a double, two runs scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 1st	Yusei Kikuchi will begin a rehab assignment on Thursday with Single-A Rancho Cucamonga. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Shohei Ohtani will be back in the Dodgers lineup on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Angels left-hander Yusei Kikuchi (shoulder) is close to embarking on a rehab assignment. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Shohei Ohtani is not in Thursday's lineup due to knee soreness. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	Yusei Kikuchi recently began his throwing program and has progressed to playing catch. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd
	Shohei Ohtani is not in the Dodgers lineup on Thursday against the Mariners. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	The Angels transferred Yusei Kikuchi to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD			Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#289
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#347
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#259
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#200	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#197	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#234	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#239	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#107
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#215
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			vs TEX	Cody Bradford	#137
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs KC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ SEA
Sun, Mar 29th				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Thu, Apr 16th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Thu, Jul 9th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Jul 18th				vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Mon, Jul 27th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Thu, Aug 6th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CLE
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Shohei Ohtani for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

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