Yusei Kikuchi

#16 - Starting Pitcher

Bats / Throws	Left / Left
Date of Birth	6/17/1991 (33)
Height, Weight	6'0", 210 lb
Hometown	Morioka, JPN

2024 Season Stats

MLB Rank MLB Average

	W-L	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%
	9-10	175.2	4.05	1.20	28.0%	6.0%

	56^th 7 W	30^th 116 IP	94^th 4.33 ERA	69^th 1.29 WHIP	15^th 21.8% K%	42^nd 7.7% BB%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	CSW%	Str-ICR	MTK%	PLV	PLA
	95.5	14.1%	30.9%	52.2%	4.7%	5.34	2.60

	38^th 93.5 FB MPH	27^th 11.7% SwStr%	16^th 28.0% CSW%	145^th - Str-ICR	26^th - MTK%	14^th 5.12 PLV	28^th - PLA

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Year	Team	G	GS	IP	W-L	QS	ERA	WHIP	xERA	FIP	xFIP	PLA	K%	BB%	H/9	HR/9	BABIP	HR/FB%	LOB%	ICR	GB%	SwStr%	CSW%	IPR	PLV
2019	SEA	32	32	161.2	6-11	12	5.46	1.52	-	5.72	-	-	16.1%	6.9%	10.9	2.00	.310	-	70.8%	-	-	9.5%	25.8%	0.39	-
2020	SEA	9	9	47.0	2-4	3	5.17	1.30	3.67	3.30	3.60	3.68	24.2%	10.3%	7.9	0.57	.306	11.5%	59.9%	30.7%	57.6%	13.8%	28.8%	0.49	5.16
2021	SEA	29	29	157.0	7-9	14	4.41	1.32	4.77	4.61	3.72	3.80	24.5%	9.3%	8.3	1.55	.289	24.8%	74.6%	40.8%	50.7%	13.4%	29.9%	0.56	5.00
2022	TOR	32	20	100.2	6-7	3	5.19	1.50	5.43	5.63	3.86	4.17	27.3%	12.8%	8.3	2.06	.293	31.1%	72.8%	47.9%	47.9%	14.7%	29.0%	0.53	4.92
2023	TOR	32	32	167.2	11-6	9	3.86	1.27	4.22	4.12	3.73	3.58	25.9%	6.9%	8.9	1.45	.315	17.4%	77.6%	41.1%	42.1%	13.6%	29.2%	0.54	5.13
2024	HOU/TOR	32	32	175.2	9-10	12	4.05	1.20	3.58	3.46	3.22	2.60	28.0%	6.0%	8.6	1.28	.312	14.9%	71.9%	39.5%	43.8%	14.1%	30.9%	0.59	5.34
SP MLB Percentile		88	88	84	65-16	69	52	62	78	83	92	84	92	78	43	41	20	33	45	40	59	86	91	10	92
SP MLB AVG		22	22	116.0	7-7	9	4.33	1.29	4.27	4.28	4.23	3.15	21.8%	7.7%	8.6	1.26	.290	14.0%	72.3%	38.6%	43.3%	11.7%	28.0%	0.49	5.12
Career		166	154	809.2	41-47	53	4.57	1.34	-	-	-	2.77	24.1%	8.1%	9.0	1.57	.305	26.5%	72.7%	31.2%	46.6%	13.0%	29.0%	0.52	5.12

Repertoire

Four-Seamer | 47%
Slider | 24%
Curveball | 18%
Changeup | 11%
Cutter | 0%
All

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 All

Hide 2024 MLB Percentile | Hide 2024 MLB Average

Year	Usage%	MPH	Zone%	O-Sw%	Str%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str-ICR	GB%	FB%	ICR	HR/FB%	AVG	BABIP	HL	HP	MTK%	PLV
2019	36.5%	92.4	-	-	64.9%	7.6%	17.6%	25.2%	-	-	-	-	-	.325	.319	-	-	-	-
2020	37.0%	95.0	47.6%	16.9%	57.1%	12.9%	14.6%	27.6%	46.9%	36.4%	27.3%	45.5%	0.0%	.255	.364	+1	1.1	4.1%	4.95
2021	36.0%	95.1	48.8%	19.2%	59.6%	12.5%	18.7%	31.2%	49.8%	29.0%	36.6%	48.4%	20.6%	.205	.279	-4	5.7	3.9%	5.01
2022	51.1%	94.9	46.7%	18.3%	57.6%	10.4%	18.3%	28.7%	46.1%	41.5%	35.8%	50.5%	28.9%	.257	.281	+8	14.3	2.4%	4.86
2023	45.1%	95.1	47.5%	24.9%	61.0%	11.7%	17.2%	29.0%	50.0%	31.5%	41.4%	43.2%	13.4%	.267	.336	+3	4.3	4.3%	5.13
2024	47.0%	95.5	56.0%	28.1%	69.4%	14.1%	18.9%	33.0%	55.9%	30.8%	44.3%	45.6%	20.2%	.274	.324	+16	16.3	3.4%	5.35
SP MLB Percentile	72	80	85	61	78	92	63	95	78	33	58	25	11	37	29	4	3	-	94
SP MLB AVG	37.6%	93.5	50.9%	26.3%	65.7%	9.6%	17.6%	27.2%	51.6%	34.0%	42.6%	42.0%	13.2%	.259	.295	+1	-	6.9%	4.96

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HH%	Brl%	ICR	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.261	.322	.367	.379	-	3.0%	45.5%	91.0	89.5	16.4	4.4	10.9	2.1	5.7	6.8	2,208
2021	.230	.332	.317	.461	-	15.1%	48.4%	92.6	91.6	17.3	6.5	9.5	2.1	5.5	6.7	2,226
2022	.288	.421	.336	.499	-	18.9%	50.5%	93.2	91.6	14.3	7.2	10.0	1.6	5.3	6.9	2,250
2023	.244	.321	.302	.392	-	6.2%	43.2%	90.9	90.2	19.9	6.4	9.3	2.2	5.2	6.9	2,321
2024	.262	.342	.312	.448	-	11.9%	45.6%	90.2	88.9	20.2	5.3	9.8	2.4	5.3	7.0	2,284
SP MLB Percentile	45	50	28	18	-	22	25	65	49	48	59	67	96	8	87	54
SP MLB AVG	.256	.350	.286	.395	-	9.8%	42.0%	90.8	88.8	19.9	4.8	9.1	-0.7	5.7	6.5	2,260

Year	P	TBF	Strikes	Balls	1B	2B	3B	HR	H	TB	TIC	K	BB	HBP
2019	992	255	644	348	41	14	4	16	75	111	0	32	22	0
2020	294	54	168	126	7	5	0	0	12	12	15	14	7	0
2021	923	171	550	373	15	8	1	7	31	46	45	58	16	4
2022	941	186	542	399	24	3	0	11	38	60	54	43	27	9
2023	1,270	249	775	495	46	5	0	9	60	78	70	64	21	2
2024	1,374	303	954	420	49	9	1	18	77	114	93	83	15	1
SP MLB Percentile	97	92	97	7	3	26	17	1	3	-	-	95	44	39
SP MLB AVG	636	157	424	212	21	7	1	6	35	48	43	34	16	1

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	PU%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Fl&B%	Solid%	Brl%	SS%	HH%	PC%	ICR
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	36.4%	36.4%	27.3%	12.1%	42.4%	24.2%	33.3%	36.4%	6.1%	3.0%	42.4%	-	54.5%	45.5%
2021	29.0%	34.4%	36.6%	9.7%	17.2%	49.5%	33.3%	29.0%	4.3%	15.1%	52.7%	-	51.7%	48.4%
2022	41.5%	22.6%	35.8%	6.6%	31.8%	37.4%	30.8%	26.4%	5.7%	18.9%	43.4%	-	49.1%	50.5%
2023	31.5%	27.2%	41.4%	15.4%	22.8%	35.2%	42.0%	29.0%	8.0%	6.2%	40.1%	-	56.9%	43.2%
2024	30.8%	24.9%	44.3%	10.4%	27.9%	33.8%	38.2%	24.9%	9.5%	11.9%	42.3%	-	53.7%	45.6%
SP MLB Percentile	33	35	58	31	32	36	78	43	30	22	16	-	-	25
SP MLB AVG	34.0%	23.5%	42.6%	13.7%	30.8%	35.8%	33.4%	24.4%	7.9%	9.8%	37.9%	-	57.9%	42.0%

Year	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	HL	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA	HR/FB%
2019	.325	.412	.319	.373	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	.255	.320	.364	.364	+1	.261	.322	.367	.379	91.0	89.5	16.4	0.0
2021	.205	.308	.279	.333	-4	.230	.332	.317	.461	92.6	91.6	17.3	20.6
2022	.257	.392	.281	.355	+8	.288	.421	.336	.499	93.2	91.6	14.3	28.9
2023	.267	.326	.336	.373	+3	.244	.321	.302	.392	90.9	90.2	19.9	13.4
2024	.274	.348	.324	.385	+16	.262	.342	.312	.448	90.2	88.9	20.2	20.2
SP MLB Percentile	37	45	29	16	4	45	50	28	18	65	49	48	11
SP MLB AVG	.259	.345	.295	.334	+1	.256	.350	.286	.395	90.8	88.8	19.9	13.2

Year	Zone%	Str%	Swing%	O-Sw%	Whiff%	Foul Str%	Con%	Z-Con%	O-Con%	CS%	SwStr%	CSW%	SIP%	BIP%	PLUS%	IPR	Str-ICR
2019	-	64.9%	47.3%	-	16.0%	19.5%	84.0%	-	-	17.6%	7.6%	25.2%	31.2%	20.3%	57.4%	0.40	-
2020	47.6%	57.1%	42.5%	16.9%	30.4%	18.4%	69.6%	70.7%	65.4%	14.6%	12.9%	27.6%	19.6%	11.2%	53.1%	0.47	46.9%
2021	48.8%	59.6%	40.8%	19.2%	30.5%	18.3%	69.5%	71.0%	64.8%	18.7%	12.5%	31.2%	16.9%	10.1%	56.2%	0.61	49.8%
2022	46.7%	57.6%	39.3%	18.3%	26.5%	17.5%	73.5%	75.2%	68.5%	18.3%	10.4%	28.7%	19.7%	11.4%	53.6%	0.50	46.1%
2023	47.5%	61.0%	43.8%	24.9%	26.8%	19.3%	73.2%	78.5%	60.8%	17.2%	11.7%	29.0%	20.9%	12.8%	56.3%	0.55	50.0%
2024	56.0%	69.4%	50.5%	28.1%	28.0%	21.5%	72.0%	76.9%	57.1%	18.9%	14.1%	33.0%	21.4%	14.8%	63.8%	0.75	55.9%
SP MLB Percentile	85	78	66	61	92	47	92	94	89	63	92	95	82	72	78	4	78
SP MLB AVG	50.9%	65.7%	48.1%	26.3%	19.7%	21.7%	80.3%	84.1%	70.1%	17.6%	9.6%	27.2%	-	-	60.1%	0.52	-

Year	Zone%	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	mmLoc%
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	47.6%	45.2%	27.2%	27.6%	28.2%	31.0%	40.8%	33.3%	39.5%	10.2%
2021	48.8%	41.0%	27.5%	31.5%	39.0%	26.2%	34.8%	30.4%	42.0%	7.3%
2022	46.7%	43.0%	21.5%	35.5%	36.2%	27.8%	35.9%	34.3%	44.2%	5.6%
2023	47.5%	39.2%	28.8%	32.0%	46.0%	25.5%	28.5%	28.9%	42.3%	8.2%
2024	56.0%	42.8%	29.2%	28.0%	44.8%	31.6%	23.6%	29.3%	41.5%	9.6%
SP MLB Percentile	85	85	54	12	23	92	62	61	40	87
SP MLB AVG	50.9%	34.8%	28.8%	36.4%	51.8%	26.6%	21.6%	28.3%	42.9%	7.7%

Year	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Early BIP%	F-Str%	TF-Str%	ECS%	2-Str O Sw%	PAR%
2019	62.9%	15.6%	21.5%	16.3%	59.5%	46.3%	20.5%	-	15.0%
2020	65.0%	9.2%	25.9%	9.4%	51.1%	44.6%	18.8%	11.8%	18.4%
2021	65.3%	6.0%	28.7%	7.3%	59.7%	53.7%	24.2%	18.1%	21.9%
2022	66.7%	11.4%	21.9%	10.7%	54.9%	47.3%	21.2%	15.5%	20.9%
2023	64.6%	9.1%	26.4%	10.6%	57.3%	49.6%	20.4%	21.8%	19.1%
2024	62.7%	9.9%	27.4%	11.5%	68.4%	59.6%	22.9%	21.0%	22.0%
SP MLB Percentile	85	83	38	20	77	90	54	44	88
SP MLB AVG	57.3%	13.2%	29.5%	13.8%	63.6%	52.2%	22.7%	21.6%	16.8%

Year	MPH	Ext	iHB	iVB	Total Break	VAA	Height Adj. VAA	Spin	PLV
2019	92.4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	95.0	6.8	6.8	17.7	19.0	-5.1	1.4	2,208	4.95
2021	95.1	6.7	9.8	15.7	18.8	-4.7	1.4	2,226	5.01
2022	94.9	6.9	11.4	15.7	19.6	-4.5	1.6	2,250	4.86
2023	95.1	6.9	10.0	15.2	18.3	-4.3	1.6	2,321	5.13
2024	95.5	7.0	8.0	15.9	17.9	-4.2	1.6	2,284	5.35
SP MLB Percentile	80	87	55	67	57	90	97	54	94
SP MLB AVG	93.5	6.5	-	-	-	-	-	2,260	4.96

Year	P	PLV	PLA	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	HL
2019	992	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	294	4.95	4.33	45.9%	13.9%	40.1%	5.8%	1.1	+1
2021	923	5.01	3.79	46.3%	17.2%	36.5%	9.8%	5.7	-4
2022	941	4.86	4.36	45.6%	14.6%	39.9%	5.7%	14.3	+8
2023	1,270	5.13	3.57	48.7%	14.8%	36.5%	12.1%	4.3	+3
2024	1,374	5.35	2.55	55.7%	15.2%	29.1%