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Yusei Kikuchi LAA SP L 

Born: 06/17/1991 Age: 33

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2025 OPL OPL Player Page

Signed By

The Brain Slug(ger)s 🦠 for $6

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

Sun 6/15 Mon 6/16 Tue 6/17
Starting @BAL 1:35 PM EDT @NYY 7:05 PM EDT @NYY 7:05 PM EDT

Positions
SP
2026 Earned Positions
SP

All Leagues
Average $5.98 Median $6.00
SABR Points
Average $6.38 Median $6.00

All Leagues
Average $5.20 Median $4.00
SABR Points
Average $4.30 Median $4.00

Roster%
87.42%
Change
7Day 2.14%
30Day 0.62%

2025 OPL 2025 OPL Round 3
OPL Roster%
15.00%
OPL Average Salary
$6.00


June 10, 2025 12:46 AM : Kikuchi (2-5) allowed one hit and one walk while striking out five over 7.1 scoreless innings to earn the win over the Athletics on Monday.
Analysis: Kikuchi retired the first 13 batters he faced. While he allowed both baserunners in the fifth inning, he was able to keep runs off the board in what was easily his best performance of the year. This is the first time he's completed seven innings all season, and it was his first quality start since May 12 versus the Padres since he had failed to finish six frames in each of his last four outings. Kikuchi had also walked at least four batters in those contests before showing better control Monday. He's at a 2.92 ERA, 1.47 WHIP and 68:41 K:BB through 77 innings over 14 starts this season. Kikuchi is lined up for a road start in Baltimore this weekend.

MLB Stats

Pitching

YearTeamGGSIP SV HLD K BB HBP HR P/IP Pts
2019SEA3232161.20011650636 2.5 404.34
2020SEA9947.000472003 4.89 230.00
2021SEA2929157.00016362527 3.56 559.00
2022TOR3220100.21012458923 2.55 256.34
2023TOR3232167.20018148427 4.14 693.34
2024TOR2222115.20013030217 4.51 521.34
2024HOU101060.000761408 5.1 306.00
2025LAA141477.000684118 3.78 291.00

Recent Games

Last 10 MLB Games

DateTeamOpponentGSWinSaveHoldIPTBF RERHKBBHBPHR Pts
Jun 9, 2025 LAA ATH 1 1 0 0 7.1 24 0 0 1 5 1 0 0 43.67
Jun 3, 2025 LAA @BOS 1 0 0 0 5.0 26 3 3 8 5 5 0 1 7.00
May 28, 2025 LAA NYY 1 0 0 0 5.0 23 1 1 4 4 5 0 0 18.00
May 23, 2025 LAA MIA 1 1 0 0 5.2 26 0 0 7 4 4 0 0 24.33
May 18, 2025 LAA @LAD 1 0 0 0 5.2 24 1 1 3 7 4 0 0 30.33
May 12, 2025 LAA @SDP 1 0 0 0 6.0 26 4 2 7 4 2 0 1 19.00
May 7, 2025 LAA TOR 1 0 0 0 6.0 23 1 1 5 6 1 0 0 39.00
May 1, 2025 LAA DET 1 0 0 0 5.0 22 2 2 5 5 1 1 2 3.00
Apr 26, 2025 LAA @MIN 1 0 0 0 2.0 19 4 4 9 0 4 0 0 -2.00
Apr 20, 2025 LAA SFG 1 0 0 0 5.1 25 1 0 5 6 4 0 0 26.67
Totals 10 2 0 0 53.0 238 17 14 54 46 31 1 4 209.00

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
February 12, 2019 6:40 PM add Main Street Bandwagons $9
June 9, 2019 7:55 PM cut Main Street Bandwagons $5
July 14, 2019 9:26 PM add Main Street Bandwagons $5
July 14, 2019 10:01 PM cut Main Street Bandwagons $3
August 17, 2019 1:33 PM add Main Street Bandwagons $3
August 17, 2019 4:04 PM cut Main Street Bandwagons $2
September 19, 2019 10:06 AM add Main Street Bandwagons $2
September 19, 2019 11:24 AM cut Main Street Bandwagons $1
August 7, 2020 5:58 AM add wRutschman Comes+ $6
September 30, 2020 7:27 PM increase wRutschman Comes+ $8
October 9, 2021 3:48 AM increase wRutschman Comes+ $10
February 1, 2022 4:55 PM cut wRutschman Comes+ $0
February 23, 2022 9:40 PM add The Brain Slug(ger)s 🦠 $4
June 3, 2022 3:01 PM cut The Brain Slug(ger)s 🦠 $2
July 25, 2022 7:19 AM add The Brain Slug(ger)s 🦠 $2
August 9, 2022 9:07 PM cut The Brain Slug(ger)s 🦠 $1
July 16, 2023 3:25 PM add Pass the Popcorn $1
October 12, 2023 11:59 AM increase Pass the Popcorn $3
October 10, 2024 12:23 AM increase Pass the Popcorn $5
November 15, 2024 12:11 AM increase Pass the Popcorn $6
November 22, 2024 7:45 AM move The Brain Slug(ger)s 🦠 (from Pass the Popcorn) $6

Recent Trades for Yusei Kikuchi in SABR Points

Date Proposing Team Proposing Team Gives Accepting Team Accepting Team Gives
May 25, 2025 7:01 PM Red Altoids Marcus Semien TEX 2B R $27 
Lars Nootbaar STL OF L $1 
Tanner Bibee CLE SP R $8 
Spencer Schwellenbach ATL SP R $7 
 Bingo DeMoss Chris Bassitt TOR SP R $3 
Luis Arraez SDP 1B/2B L $13 
Shohei Ohtani LAD Util/SP R $73 
Yusei Kikuchi LAA SP L $4 
$50 loan
April 22, 2025 6:04 AM LT Titans ⚂ Griffin Jax MIN RP R $9
Yusei Kikuchi LAA SP L $6 
$8 loan 		Coastal Empire Lucas Erceg KCR RP R $7 
January 23, 2025 10:37 AM The Blumpkin Spice Boys Nolan Jones COL OF L $8 
Yusei Kikuchi LAA SP L $6 
Tyler Fitzgerald SFG 2B/SS/OF R $5 
 LT Titans ⚂ Andre Pallante STL SP/RP R $5 
Zach Neto LAA SS R $4 
December 8, 2024 9:32 PM The Blumpkin Spice Boys Eduardo Rodriguez ARI SP L $7 
 Nashville Numbers Yusei Kikuchi LAA SP L $6 
November 21, 2024 7:44 AM Pass the Popcorn Luis Gil NYY SP R $7 60IL 
Yusei Kikuchi HOU SP L $6 
 The Brain Slug(ger)s 🦠 Bryan Reynolds PIT OF S $25 
Anthony Volpe NYY SS R $9 
November 16, 2024 1:51 PM The Sod Poodles William Contreras MIL C R $20 
Yusei Kikuchi HOU SP L $4 
Tyler Black MIL AAA 1B L $8 
 🐤 Bo Heisman Voters 🐤 Fernando Cruz CIN RP R $3
Josh Naylor CLE 1B L $11 
Alec Burleson STL 1B/OF L $7 
Chandler Simpson TBR AAA OF L $4
Cade Horton CHC SP R $6 
July 22, 2024 10:37 PM Dipoto's Doppelganger Bryce Miller SEA SP R $3 15IL 
Gavin Williams CLE SP R $9 
 HUF! Yusei Kikuchi TOR SP L $7 
January 30, 2024 11:44 PM Yellow Ledbetters Nelson Velazquez KCR AAA OF R $3
Yusei Kikuchi TOR SP L $3 
 LIMA.JOML Christopher Morel CHC 2B/3B/OF R $6
January 28, 2024 4:08 PM HUF! Keibert Ruiz WSN C S $11 
Michael King SDP SP R $7 15IL 
Reid Detmers LAA SP/RP L $8 
Masataka Yoshida BOS Util L $32 60IL 
 MLB the Sho Freddie Freeman LAD 1B L $52 
Kyle Schwarber PHI OF L $28 
Yusei Kikuchi TOR SP L $7 
Brayan Bello BOS SP R $8 
April 17, 2022 10:04 AM Sugarless Vladdy Maikel Franco WSN Util R $1
Justin Verlander DET SP R $3 15IL 
Yusei Kikuchi TOR SP L $6 
 🐮The Milkman Delivers 🐮 Jose Miranda MIN AAA 1B/3B R $3
Anthony Volpe NYY SS R $5 
Reid Detmers LAA SP/RP L $4 
$2 loan