Yusei Kikuchi LAA SP L 

Born: 06/17/1991 Age: 33

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2025 OPL OPL Player Page

Signed By

Skin Tag Warehouse: The Musical for $6

On MLB 40-man: YES
Acquired: Free Agent (HOU) Nov'24

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Starting @MIN 1-5 F @MIN 1:40 PM EDT ---

Positions
SP
2026 Earned Positions
SP

All Leagues
Average $6.36 Median $6.00
H2H FanGraphs Points
Average $6.14 Median $6.00

All Leagues
Average $5.90 Median $5.00
H2H FanGraphs Points
Average $5.40 Median $5.00

Roster%
99.39%
Change
7Day 0.3%
30Day 0%

2025 OPL 2025 OPL Round 1
OPL Roster%
16.25%
OPL Average Salary
$6.54


April 21, 2025 12:02 AM : Kikuchi allowed one run (zero earned) on five hits and four walks while striking out six in 5.1 innings Sunday against the Giants. He did not factor into the decision.
Analysis: Kikuchi was unable to reach six innings for the first time this season but had another solid outing. He was able to escape a scoring threat in the fourth and struck out the side in the fifth despite allowing an unearned run. Kikuchi has not won a game yet, but he's been solid thus far with a 3.38 ERA through five starts. Kikuchi lines up to face the Twins on the road in his upcoming start over the weekend.

MLB Stats

Pitching

YearTeamGGSIP SV HLD K H BB HBP HR P/IP Pts
2019SEA3232161.20011619550636 1.92 310.54
2020SEA9947.00047412003 5.07 238.30
2021SEA2929157.00016314562527 3.68 577.70
2022TOR3220100.2101249358923 2.7 272.24
2023TOR3232167.20018116548427 4.09 685.64
2024TOR2222115.20013012530217 4.2 485.84
2024HOU101060.00076421408 5.77 346.40
2025LAA5529.10028231404 4.16 122.07

Recent Games

Last 10 MLB Games

DateTeamOpponentGSWinSaveHoldIPTBF RERHKBBHBPHR Pts
Apr 20, 2025 LAA SFG 1 0 0 0 5.1 25 1 0 5 6 4 0 0 26.47
Apr 15, 2025 LAA @TEX 1 0 0 0 6.0 22 1 1 3 6 2 0 0 42.60
Apr 9, 2025 LAA @TBR 1 0 0 0 6.0 25 4 4 6 5 3 0 1 17.50
Apr 2, 2025 LAA @STL 1 0 0 0 6.0 26 3 3 4 6 5 0 2 6.40
Mar 27, 2025 LAA @CHW 1 0 0 0 6.0 23 3 3 5 5 0 0 1 29.10
Sep 25, 2024 HOU SEA 1 0 0 0 6.0 24 2 0 4 8 1 0 0 47.00
Sep 19, 2024 HOU LAA 1 0 0 0 6.0 24 1 1 5 9 1 0 1 34.10
Sep 13, 2024 HOU @LAA 1 1 0 0 7.0 26 3 3 3 6 2 0 1 37.70
Sep 7, 2024 HOU ARI 1 1 0 0 6.0 26 4 4 7 6 0 0 2 13.60
Aug 31, 2024 HOU KCR 1 1 0 0 7.0 26 1 1 5 12 0 0 0 62.80
Totals 10 3 0 0 61.1 247 23 20 47 69 18 0 8 317.27

Avg Salary & Roster%

Last 30 days

2026 Position Eligibility Progress

To gain eligibility, a player must have 5 GS or 10 G at a position in the majors, or 20 G at a position in the minors.

Transaction History

Date Transaction Type Team Salary
March 16, 2019 10:05 PM add Pop Dat Kikuchi $14
May 31, 2019 7:47 AM cut Pop Dat Kikuchi $7
July 3, 2019 11:47 AM add Pop Dat Kikuchi $7
July 3, 2019 11:51 AM cut Pop Dat Kikuchi $4
August 6, 2019 4:55 PM add Pop Dat Kikuchi $4
August 6, 2019 5:52 PM cut Pop Dat Kikuchi $2
September 16, 2019 12:36 PM add Pop Dat Kikuchi $2
September 16, 2019 2:54 PM cut Pop Dat Kikuchi $1
August 5, 2020 10:10 PM add Carolina Courage $6
September 30, 2020 7:27 PM increase Carolina Courage $8
October 9, 2021 3:48 AM increase Carolina Courage $10
January 13, 2022 1:10 PM cut Carolina Courage $0
April 4, 2022 9:47 PM add Gorrman’s Flaming Farts $4
May 2, 2022 9:03 AM cut Gorrman’s Flaming Farts $2
May 20, 2022 11:24 PM add LIMA.RFOL $3
June 28, 2022 9:32 AM cut LIMA.RFOL $2
August 13, 2022 10:28 PM add LIMA.RFOL $2
August 14, 2022 10:08 AM cut LIMA.RFOL $1
March 30, 2023 11:48 PM add Pop Dat Kikuchi $2
May 26, 2023 12:14 PM cut Pop Dat Kikuchi $1
August 17, 2023 8:28 AM add Duck Dingler 🦆🕺 $6
October 12, 2023 12:07 PM increase Duck Dingler 🦆🕺 $8
January 31, 2024 1:55 PM cut Duck Dingler 🦆🕺 $0
March 10, 2024 10:21 PM add LIMA.RFOL $8
June 24, 2024 2:04 AM cut LIMA.RFOL $4
June 29, 2024 10:41 PM add Big Papi memories $4
October 10, 2024 12:56 AM increase Big Papi memories $6
December 15, 2024 10:03 AM move Duck Dingler 🦆🕺 (from Big Papi memories) $6
December 24, 2024 8:01 PM move Skin Tag Warehouse: The Musical (from Duck Dingler 🦆🕺) $6

Recent Trades for Yusei Kikuchi in H2H FanGraphs Points

Date Proposing Team Proposing Team Gives Accepting Team Accepting Team Gives
March 17, 2025 3:48 PM here comes the pizza Zack Wheeler PHI SP R $41 
Yusei Kikuchi LAA SP L $6 
$26 loan 		Rhode Island Rohirrim Cole Ragans KCR SP L $19 
Kyle Teel CHW AAA C L $2
March 11, 2025 10:34 AM Profar so Good Corbin Burnes ARI SP R $34 
$12 loan 		Sierra Jake Yusei Kikuchi LAA SP L $6 
Lars Nootbaar STL OF L $7 
Bubba Chandler PIT AAA SP R $2
Andrew Painter PHI A SP R $3
January 30, 2025 9:11 AM Old Haus Radburn Ceddanne Rafaela BOS 2B/SS/OF R $5 
 L7 Weenies Yusei Kikuchi LAA SP L $3 
January 18, 2025 2:35 PM Bump Bailey Yusei Kikuchi LAA SP L $6 
 Glosta 108s A.J. Puk ARI RP L $4 15IL 
Jeremiah Estrada SDP RP R $3
January 8, 2025 3:06 PM E-lectrics Randy Arozarena SEA OF R $22 
Yusei Kikuchi LAA SP L $8 
Jackson Jobe DET SP/RP R $6
 Wondo Nation Corbin Carroll ARI OF L $36 
December 23, 2024 8:01 PM Duck Dingler 🦆🕺 Kirby Yates TEX RP R $7 
Yusei Kikuchi LAA SP L $6 
 Skin Tag Warehouse: The Musical Trevor Larnach MIN OF L $4 
Brendan Donovan STL 2B/SS/3B/OF L $6 
December 23, 2024 11:02 AM Frozen Pop Tarts Ryan Jeffers MIN C R $3 
Mason Miller OAK RP R $11 
 Asheville Tourists Yusei Kikuchi LAA SP L $4 
December 15, 2024 8:47 PM LA Deferrals Brandon Lowe TBR 1B/2B L $14 
Ceddanne Rafaela BOS 2B/SS/OF R $4 
Heston Kjerstad BAL OF L $6 
 Maine Lobsters Jhoan Duran MIN RP R $10 
Yusei Kikuchi LAA SP L $5 
JJ Bleday OAK OF L $4
December 14, 2024 10:02 AM Duck Dingler 🦆🕺 Colby Thomas ATH AAA OF R $4
Bryce Eldridge SFG AA 1B L $5
 Big Papi memories Yusei Kikuchi LAA SP L $6 
December 3, 2024 6:39 PM Oakland Baller$ Michael Kopech LAD RP R $5 15IL 
LaMonte Wade Jr. SFG 1B/OF L $5 
Yusei Kikuchi LAA SP L $8 
 New England Swamp Donkeys🫎 Zach Eflin BAL SP R $9 15IL 
Shane Baz TBR SP R $12 
Ronel Blanco HOU SP R $8 
Jonathan India KCR 2B/3B/OF R $12