Who Should I Trade?

Tanner Houck for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 171	‐
VBR	# 390	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	34	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.31	‐
WHIP	1.38	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 163	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 154	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 241	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 230	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Tanner Houck SP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	‐

Games Started	7	‐

Innings Pitched	31.0	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	35	‐

Earned Runs	20	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	33	‐

Walks	14	‐

ERA	5.81	‐

WHIP	1.58	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Tanner Houck SP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	‐

Games Started	6	‐

Innings Pitched	33.1	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	32	‐

Earned Runs	16	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	34	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	4.31	‐

WHIP	1.38	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Tanner Houck SP - BOS
News
	Yusei Kikuchi will make his next rehab start for Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Red Sox right-hander Tanner Houck (elbow) could return to pitch this season. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st
	Yusei Kikuchi will begin a rehab assignment on Thursday with Single-A Rancho Cucamonga. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Tanner Houck has begun light mound work. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 26th
	Angels left-hander Yusei Kikuchi (shoulder) is close to embarking on a rehab assignment. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd	The Red Sox sent Tanner Houck on a rehab assignment to Florida to continue his rehab. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 12th
	Yusei Kikuchi recently began his throwing program and has progressed to playing catch. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd	Tanner Houck is targeting a return to mound work in late June. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, May 15th
	The Angels transferred Yusei Kikuchi to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd	Tanner Houck began a throwing program on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Feb 16th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA			Tanner Houck SP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#289	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#347	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#289
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#302
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Thu, May 7th				vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#373
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Thu, May 14th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Thu, Jun 4th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#259	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Wed, Jul 1st				vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#193
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#107	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#325
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford	#137	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs CHC
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Tanner Houck for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

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