Who Should I Trade?

Winston Santos for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 175	‐
VBR	# 332	# 897

Projections

Strikeouts	36	3
Wins	2	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.30	4.45
WHIP	1.37	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 176	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 154	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 241	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 230	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Winston Santos SP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	1

Games Started	7	0

Innings Pitched	31.0	2.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	35	2

Earned Runs	20	2

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	33	1

Walks	14	1

ERA	5.81	9.00

WHIP	1.58	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Winston Santos SP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	6

Games Started	6	0

Innings Pitched	35.5	3.4

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	34	3

Earned Runs	17	2

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	36	3

Walks	13	1

ERA	4.30	4.45

WHIP	1.37	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA	Winston Santos SP - TEX
News
	Yusei Kikuchi threw 57 pitches over 1 2/3 innings for Triple-A Salt Lake on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	The Rangers have optioned right-hander Winston Santos to Triple-A Round Rock. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 31st
	Yusei Kikuchi will make his next rehab start for Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Rangers recalled RHP Winston Santos from Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th
	Yusei Kikuchi will make his next rehab start for Triple-A Salt Lake. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Rangers optioned Winston Santos to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	Yusei Kikuchi will begin a rehab assignment on Thursday with Single-A Rancho Cucamonga. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Rangers pitching prospect Winston Santos has joined the club for Wednesday's game against the Marlins. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jun 24th
	Angels left-hander Yusei Kikuchi (shoulder) is close to embarking on a rehab assignment. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd	The Rangers optioned RHP Winston Santos to Double-A Frisco. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Yusei Kikuchi SP - LAA			Winston Santos SP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#168	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#281	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#356	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#231
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#128
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#231
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, May 7th				@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#213
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#121	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#329	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#400
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Mon, May 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#293
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#396
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Wed, Jul 1st				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#168
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#250
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#160	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#165	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#90	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#197	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#148
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#165
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#344
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ MIN
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Winston Santos for Yusei Kikuchi (2026)

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