Yusei Kikuchi
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 0" 210LBS | Age: 33
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2023 11 6 3.86 32 32 0 167.2 181 1.27
2024 9 10 4.05 32 32 0 175.2 206 1.20
2025 2 5 2.92 14 14 0 77 68 1.47
7 Seasons 43 52 4.43 180 168 1 886.2 905 1.35
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2023 32 11-6 3.86 167.2 181 1.27
2024 32 9-10 4.05 175.2 206 1.20
2025 14 2-5 2.92 77 68 1.47
7 Seasons 180 43-52 4.43 886.2 905 1.35
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2019 28 2721 549 42 7.7 5.8 89.2 115.1 12.3 32.1 .278 .477 .368 .345 .384 39.1 16.1 6.9 5.46 5.37
2020 29 795 127 5 3.9 2.6 89.4 112.1 4.3 29.1 .227 .319 .299 .282 .321 36.2 24.2 10.3 5.17 3.33
2021 30 2562 436 48 11.0 7.2 91.9 115.5 7.9 37.4 .260 .463 .325 .346 .423 47.0 24.5 9.3 4.41 5.23
2022 31 1843 263 39 14.8 8.6 91.6 117.0 10.0 38.0 .247 .463 .367 .361 .448 47.9 27.3 12.8 5.18 5.63
2023 32 2818 467 42 9.0 6.0 90.5 114.1 13.3 37.7 .248 .434 .319 .319 .401 42.4 25.9 6.9 3.87 4.30
2024 33 2923 484 47 9.7 6.4 90.1 119.2 14.2 33.5 .238 .396 .297 .298 .388 45.0 28.0 6.0 4.05 3.70
2025 34 1328 224 22 9.8 6.6 90.7 112.2 16.4 31.7 .258 .452 .316 .349 .395 40.6 20.4 12.3 2.92 4.70
Player 14990 2550 245 9.6 6.4 90.5 119.2 11.8 34.7 .254 .438 .329 .330 .399 43.1 23.8 8.5
MLB 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .369 36.7 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Kikuchi relies on 6 pitches.
Slider
(38.3%) ,
Four Seamer
(37.0%) ,
Changeup
(13.0%) ,
Curveball
(10.3%) ,
Sinker
(0.9%) ,
Sweeper
(0.5%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2019 44.8 55.2 21.9 25.1 8.2 38.1 33.5 28.4 18.8 17.7 8.4 19.3 15.8 20.0
2020 52.8 47.2 16.5 26.8 3.9 44.1 26.0 29.9 31.5 15.0 6.3 12.6 11.0 23.6
2021 49.8 50.2 22.0 25.2 3.0 35.8 42.0 22.2 24.1 20.9 4.8 11.7 21.1 17.4
2022 44.5 55.5 24.0 25.9 5.7 44.9 36.5 18.6 25.9 13.7 4.9 19.0 22.8 13.7
2023 40.0 60.0 25.5 26.1 8.4 38.1 32.8 29.1 20.6 15.4 4.1 17.6 17.3 25.1
2024 42.6 57.4 29.5 22.9 5.0 38.6 34.3 27.1 23.6 14.0 5.0 15.1 20.2 22.1
2025 39.7 60.3 28.6 22.8 8.9 35.7 35.7 28.6 20.1 12.1 7.6 15.6 23.7 21.0
Player 44.3 55.7 24.5 24.9 6.3 38.6 35.1 26.3 22.4 16.1 5.8 16.2 19.0 20.5
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.9 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.7 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2019 2.4 33.5 23.1 25.1 5.3 7.7 5.8
2020 4.7 39.4 23.6 26.0 2.4 3.9 2.6
2021 2.5 37.4 18.3 25.5 4.8 11.0 7.2
2022 2.7 33.1 15.2 27.0 6.5 14.8 8.6
2023 3.2 30.4 24.4 25.9 6.9 9.0 6.0
2024 4.8 28.5 26.4 24.0 6.6 9.7 6.4
2025 4.5 26.8 28.6 24.1 5.8 9.8 6.6
Player 3.3 32.3 22.9 25.3 5.8 9.6 6.4
MLB 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.1 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. AvgHorizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2025 Curveball LAA L 137 79.9 47.8 -4.4 6.1GLV -4.0 -4.9 -4.6 6.1GLV -2.0
2025 Sinker LAA L 12 92.0 23.5 -1.7 15.5ARM -0.3 9.0 -1.3 15.5ARM 0.1
2025 Changeup LAA L 173 85.2 32.5 -1.8 13.7ARM -0.7 5.1 0.2 13.7ARM -0.7
2025 Slider LAA L 509 87.3 30.6 -3.4 2.0GLV -2.3 5.4 -3.6 2.0GLV -2.2
2025 Sweeper LAA L 6 80.8 39.7 0.2 13.9GLV -0.4 2.7 -1.8 13.9GLV 0.7
2025 4-Seam Fastball LAA L 491 94.6 15.4 0.1 10.6ARM 1.9 15.4 -0.5 10.6ARM 2.4
2024 Changeup HOU L 325 86.8 27.7 -4.2 12.7ARM -1.5 8.6 -2.7 12.7ARM -1.4
2024 Slider HOU L 698 88.3 31.9 -1.0 2.7GLV -1.1 3.3 -1.8 2.7GLV -2.1
2024 Curveball HOU L 523 82.4 45.1 -4.2 4.9GLV -3.0 -4.7 -3.8 4.9GLV -2.2
2024 4-Seam Fastball HOU L 1374 95.5 13.2 1.6 7.9ARM -0.5 16.9 1.2 7.9ARM -0.2
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2025 Slider 0.6 3 509 38.3 137 .239 .385 .355 21.9 19.0 19.8 .272 .520 .406 41.2
2025 4-Seam Fastball -0.4 -2 491 37.0 100 .293 .402 .344 20.6 26.0 16.9 .258 .423 .323 47.0
2025 Changeup -1.0 -2 173 13.0 51 .240 .340 .261 25.3 25.5 18.1 .257 .441 .305 35.1
2025 Curveball 1.1 2 137 10.3 36 .182 .303 .249 20.0 2.8 2.9 .238 .379 .300 31.3
2025 Sinker 2.4 0 12 0.9 4 .250 .250 .225 16.7 25.0 100.0 .172 .208 .168 66.7
2025 Sweeper 5.9 0 6 0.5 2 .000 .000 .000 66.7 50.0 33.3 .053 .062 .051 0.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball -0.1 -2 1,374 47.0 303 .274 .505 .351 28.0 27.4 22.0 .251 .463 .325 49.0
2024 Slider 1.3 9 701 24.0 230 .207 .276 .284 29.7 27.8 23.4 .240 .351 .309 45.0
2024 Curveball 0.4 2 523 17.9 129 .270 .405 .308 27.4 25.6 22.9 .232 .377 .270 45.2
2024 Changeup -0.3 -1 325 11.1 73 .194 .250 .214 35.8 34.2 19.4 .198 .299 .221 27.7
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2025 Changeup 169 85.2 91 15.1 10:15 9:30 45
2025 Curveball 137 79.9 44 9.9 4:00 4:30 -30
2025 4-Seam Fastball 489 94.6 93 18.5 10:30 10:45 -15
2025 Sinker 12 92.0 91 18.1 10:30 9:45 45
2025 Slider 509 87.3 32 5.4 11:45 1:00 -75
2024 Changeup 322 86.8 89 15.4 10:45 10:00 45
2024 Curveball 522 82.4 43 8.6 4:15 4:45 -30
2024 4-Seam Fastball 1,339 95.5 90 18.3 10:45 11:00 -15
2024 Slider 701 88.3 27 4.3 1:00 1:45 -45
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2019 702 2,628 3 -7 -17 -11 -32
2020 194 795 8 2 -5 -4 2
2021 666 2,561 15 4 -13 -10 -5
2022 453 1,843 -7 -3 -10 -10 -29
2023 700 2,817 6 16 -11 -12 -1
2024 735 2,923 14 19 -15 -9 9
2025 330 1,328 7 11 -13 -4 2
Player 3,780 14,895 45 43 -84 45 -54
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2019 2,721 51.8 67.3 86.4 26.8 61.8 43.6 59.2 47.7 19.9 8.1 83.1
2020 795 51.2 66.1 75.8 26.0 52.5 41.5 50.5 46.5 29.7 8.7 81.2
2021 2,562 51.6 66.7 81.3 29.1 48.3 42.9 62.9 48.5 27.7 8.7 82.5
2022 1,843 48.3 68.6 75.6 27.7 52.7 41.8 57.3 47.5 31.0 7.2 75.0
2023 2,818 51.0 67.0 81.4 29.6 49.4 43.5 59.4 48.7 28.0 8.4 78.5
2024 2,923 51.5 67.8 78.4 27.9 50.3 41.4 65.4 48.4 29.0 8.4 80.0
2025 1,328 53.2 64.3 82.8 23.3 62.8 45.5 62.7 45.1 21.9 9.2 73.0
Player 14,990 51.2 67.0 80.8 27.7 53.0 42.9 60.7 47.9 26.6 8.3 79.5
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 42.6 61.1 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA
xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
FB
Velo
FB
Spin
CB
Spin
Extension
2019 17 11 15 23 28 4 34 34 27 7 70 10 22 37 17 50 82
2020 77 62 83 94 61 56 86 29 55 54 32 71 32 78 32 87
2021 17 22 16 14 22 2 8 1 3 57 35 63 62 75 46 82
2022 3 36 7 2 3 8 1 1 1 77 3 84 29 68 63 90
2023 44 43 30 26 65 9 29 12 24 69 73 64 61 68 76 59 87
2024 62 51 44 39 79 2 14 18 6 84 81 76 41 73 61 43 90
2025 20 38 27 25 17 6 29 23 54 38 9 24 7 55 29 32 79
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2019 23.17 36 32.7 3 11 18 18 50.0
2020 27.18 3 2.1 1 2 0 2 66.7
2021 23.76 27 27.1 0 7 21 10 37.0
2022 23.89 23 19.5 4 4 16 6 26.1
2023 23.17 27 25.5 2 12 18 12 44.4
2024 24.36 25 20.4 5 8 17 9 36.0
2025 25.22 8 8.6 -1 4 3 7 87.5
Player 23.78 149 135.9 13 48 93 64 43.0
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2019 36 37 28 35 35 35 37 34 31 25 31 39 34 30 34 32 30 29 30 36 33 36 39 38 28 27 32 37 37 28 24
2020 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
2021 27 31 22 24 29 25 31 31 15 20 24 23 32 27 28 30 27 28 29 28 29 26 32 29 28 25 29 28 30 27 26
2022 23 16 17 18 20 23 23 17 17 18 19 21 17 18 22 22 18 21 20 22 19 17 23 21 13 20 21 23 20 20 18
2023 27 21 22 25 26 25 29 21 24 21 24 29 25 22 29 28 31 21 28 33 25 27 35 32 21 20 26 24 26 24 21
2024 25 17 23 20 19 24 24 20 16 14 19 27 22 18 19 21 16 16 20 28 21 16 29 20 19 18 18 23 22 22 20
2025 8 10 8 7 8 8 8 9 8 7 8 8 10 11 9 7 9 8 8 9 10 10 10 10 8 7 8 8 11 8 8
Player 149 134 123 131 139 142 154 134 113 107 127 149 143 128 144 142 133 125 137 158 139 134 171 152 119 119 136 145 148 131 119
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-   2025
Fastball Velocity 92.5 1.0 93.5 -0.2 93.3 1.3 94.6 0.4 95.0 0.5 95.5 -0.9 94.6
Offspeed Velocity 84.5 2.3 86.8 -0.4 86.4 0.6 87.0 1.6 88.6 -1.8 86.8 -1.6 85.2
Breaking Velocity 82.1 1.2 83.3 -0.1 83.2 3.3 86.5 -0.2 86.3 -0.6 85.7 0.0 85.7
Exit Velocity 89.2 0.2 89.4 2.5 91.9 -0.3 91.6 -1.1 90.5 -0.4 90.1 0.6 90.7
Launch Angle 12.3 -8.0 4.3 3.6 7.9 2.1 10.0 3.3 13.3 0.9 14.2 2.2 16.4
Barrel % 7.7 -3.8 3.9 7.1 11.0 3.8 14.8 -5.8 9.0 0.7 9.7 0.1 9.8
Hard Hit % 39.1 -2.9 36.2 10.8 47.0 0.9 47.9 -5.5 42.4 2.6 45.0 -4.4 40.6
LA Sweet-Spot % 32.1 -3.0 29.1 8.3 37.4 0.6 38.0 -0.3 37.7 -4.2 33.5 -1.8 31.7
xBA .278 -0.051 .227 0.033 .260 -0.013 .247 0.001 .248 -0.010 .238 0.020 .258
BA .295 -0.057 .238 0.005 .243 0.000 .243 0.012 .255 -0.010 .245 0.003 .248
xwOBA .345 -0.063 .282 0.064 .346 0.015 .361 -0.042 .319 -0.021 .298 0.051 .349
wOBA .368 -0.069 .299 0.026 .325 0.042 .367 -0.048 .319 -0.022 .297 0.019 .316
xSLG .477 -0.158 .319 0.144 .463 0.000 .463 -0.029 .434 -0.038 .396 0.056 .452
SLG .539 -0.173 .366 0.066 .432 0.061 .493 -0.067 .426 -0.035 .391 -0.022 .369
K% 16.1 8.1 24.2 0.3 24.5 2.8 27.3 -1.4 25.9 2.1 28.0 -7.6 20.4
BB% 6.9 3.4 10.3 -1.0 9.3 3.5 12.8 -5.9 6.9 -0.9 6.0 6.3 12.3
Swing % 47.7 -1.2 46.5 2.0 48.5 -1.0 47.5 1.2 48.7 -0.3 48.4 -3.3 45.1
Whiff% 19.9 9.8 29.7 -2.0 27.7 3.3 31.0 -3.0 28.0 1.0 29.0 -7.1 21.9
In Zone % 51.8 -0.6 51.2 0.4 51.6 -3.3 48.3 2.7 51.0 0.5 51.5 1.7 53.2
Out of Zone % 48.2 0.6 48.8 -0.4 48.4 3.3 51.7 -2.7 49.0 -0.5 48.5 -1.7 46.8
Out of Zone Swing % 26.8 -0.8 26.0 3.1 29.1 -1.4 27.7 1.9 29.6 -1.7 27.9 -4.6 23.3
First Pitch Swing % 26.1 -1.9 24.2 8.5 32.7 -2.1 30.6 -0.3 30.3 4.5 34.8 -5.6 29.2
First Pitch Strike % 59.2 -8.7 50.5 12.4 62.9 -5.6 57.3 2.1 59.4 6.0 65.4 -2.7 62.7
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2019 Shifts 702 .372 563 32 5.7 139 57 41.0
2020 Shifts 194 .299 137 7 5.1 57 37 64.9
2021 Shifts 666 .325 520 93 17.9 146 83 56.8
2022 Shifts 453 .366 354 181 51.1 99 29 29.3
2023 Shades 699 .319 559 39 7.0 140 20 14.3
2024 Shades 735 .298 590 148 25.1 145 74 51.0
2025 Shades 331 .316 253 117 46.2 78 43 55.1
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2019 778 18.2 14.8% 2.7% 421 24.6 0.0% 15.4%
2020 247 18.9 10.9% 3.2% 114 24.2 0.0% 12.3%
2021 744 19.7 2.0% 3.4% 399 25.1 0.0% 16.3%
2022 481 19.9 4.6% 5.6% 329 24.3 0.0% 8.5%
2023 818 16.0 30.4% 0.5% 420 20.3 0.5% 0.5%
2024 872 16.5 20.0% 0.8% 354 20.2 0.0% 1.7%
2025 342 15.7 35.1% 0.3% 198 18.5 3.5% 0.5%

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Pitch Distribution