Who Should I Trade?

Spencer Miles for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 216	# 171
VBR	# 340	# 408

Projections

Strikeouts	28	36
Wins	2	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.89	4.33
WHIP	1.30	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	‐	# 160

Mike Maher BettingPros	‐	# 154

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 147	# 230

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 170	# 238

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Spencer Miles SP,RP - TOR	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	29	7

Games Started	4	7

Innings Pitched	69.0	31.0

Wins	4	0

Losses	2	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	0

Hits Allowed	57	35

Earned Runs	25	20

Home Runs Allowed	5	3

Strikeouts	66	33

Walks	19	14

ERA	3.26	5.81

WHIP	1.10	1.58

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Spencer Miles SP,RP - TOR	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	7

Games Started	3	7

Innings Pitched	29.9	35.2

Wins	2	2

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	28	34

Earned Runs	13	17

Home Runs Allowed	3	5

Strikeouts	28	36

Walks	10	13

ERA	3.89	4.33

WHIP	1.30	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Spencer Miles SP,RP - TOR	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
News
	Spencer Miles will move back to the Blue Jays bullpen. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	Yusei Kikuchi will begin a rehab assignment on Thursday with Single-A Rancho Cucamonga. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Spencer Miles will pitch in a bulk relief role on Wednesday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	Angels left-hander Yusei Kikuchi (shoulder) is close to embarking on a rehab assignment. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd
	Spencer Miles allowed six earned runs on six hits while striking out four over four innings in Friday's loss to the White Sox. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	Yusei Kikuchi recently began his throwing program and has progressed to playing catch. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd
	Blue Jays right-hander Spencer Miles pitched four innings, allowing two runs on seven hits in a no-decision against the Giants on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	The Angels transferred Yusei Kikuchi to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	Spencer Miles will start on Tuesday against the Giants. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	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
	Spencer Miles SP,RP - TOR			Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#190
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#365	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#303
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#295
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#93
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#184
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#274
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#274
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#259	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski	#149	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			vs KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs SEA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs MIN
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ SEA
Thu, Mar 26th				@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21
Mon, Apr 13th				@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Sun, Jun 21st				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Thu, Jul 9th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CLE
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th				@ SEA

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Spencer Miles for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

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