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Yusei Kikuchi LAA SP L 

Born: 06/17/1991 Age: 34

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

Sun 8/10 Mon 8/11 Tue 8/12
@DET 1:40 PM EDT LAD 9:38 PM EDT LAD 9:38 PM EDT

Positions
SP
2026 Earned Positions
SP

All Leagues
Average $5.82 Median $5.00
SABR Points
Average $6.59 Median $6.00

All Leagues
Average $5.70 Median $4.50
SABR Points
Average $4.90 Median $4.50

Roster%
97.25%
Change
7Day 0.61%
30Day 0.92%

2025 OPL 2025 OPL Round 5
OPL Roster%
25.00%
OPL Average Salary
$4.75


August 10, 2025 9:10 AM : Kikuchi (6-7) picked up the win in Saturday's 7-4 victory over the Tigers, giving up four runs on eight hits and two walks over five innings. He struck out seven.
Analysis: The southpaw wasn't at his sharpest, but he generated 30 called or swinging strikes on his 102 pitches (64 total strikes) and got backed by three homers from the Angels. Kikuchi has completed six innings only once since the beginning of July, compiling a 4.68 ERA, 1.56 WHIP and 47:14 K:BB through 42.1 innings over that stretch. He'll try to tighten things up in his next outing, which is scheduled to come on the road next weekend against the A's.

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
2025LAA2525139.00014658217 4.22 586.00

Recent Games

Last 10 MLB Games

DateTeamOpponentGSWinSaveHoldIPTBF RERHKBBHBPHR Pts
Aug 9, 2025 LAA @DET 1 1 0 0 5.0 24 4 4 8 7 2 0 0 33.00
Aug 4, 2025 LAA TBR 1 1 0 0 6.0 24 1 1 4 7 2 0 0 38.00
Jul 29, 2025 LAA TEX 1 0 0 0 5.1 26 4 3 10 5 0 1 1 20.67
Jul 24, 2025 LAA SEA 1 0 0 0 4.2 23 3 3 7 4 2 0 2 -0.67
Jul 19, 2025 LAA @PHI 1 0 0 0 5.0 22 2 2 5 8 3 0 0 32.00
Jul 12, 2025 LAA ARI 1 1 0 0 5.2 24 3 3 6 5 1 0 2 9.33
Jul 7, 2025 LAA TEX 1 0 0 0 5.0 23 4 4 6 4 2 0 1 14.00
Jul 2, 2025 LAA @ATL 1 0 0 0 5.2 24 2 2 6 7 2 0 0 36.33
Jun 25, 2025 LAA BOS 1 1 0 0 7.0 26 2 0 3 12 1 0 0 56.00
Jun 20, 2025 LAA HOU 1 0 0 0 7.0 26 2 2 6 9 0 0 2 27.00
Totals 10 4 0 0 56.1 242 27 24 61 68 15 1 8 265.67

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 22, 2019 11:03 PM add Ingrid Deserves Redemption $16
May 27, 2019 11:05 AM move Nefarious Disengagement (from Ingrid Deserves Redemption) $16
August 19, 2019 7:04 PM cut Nefarious Disengagement $8
March 18, 2020 9:26 PM add Ingrid Deserves Redemption $4
September 30, 2020 7:07 PM increase Ingrid Deserves Redemption $6
November 21, 2020 2:21 PM move Brandon Pfaadt $45M (from Ingrid Deserves Redemption) $6
June 10, 2021 1:58 PM cut Brandon Pfaadt $45M $3
June 21, 2021 10:46 PM add Lords of Lumber $3
October 9, 2021 4:35 AM increase Lords of Lumber $5
November 17, 2021 8:29 AM cut Lords of Lumber $0
March 30, 2022 9:00 PM add Nefarious Disengagement $7
July 16, 2022 3:26 PM cut Nefarious Disengagement $4
May 10, 2023 2:48 PM add Nefarious Disengagement $2
May 30, 2023 11:59 AM cut Nefarious Disengagement $1
March 12, 2024 9:20 PM add Cape Cod All Stars $2
October 10, 2024 12:39 AM increase Cape Cod All Stars $4
November 15, 2024 12:11 AM increase Cape Cod All Stars $5
July 25, 2025 11:10 AM cut Cape Cod All Stars $3

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 60IL 
 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 HOU SP L $6 
Tyler Fitzgerald SFG AAA 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 HOU SP L $6 
November 21, 2024 7:44 AM Pass the Popcorn Luis Gil NYY SP R $7 
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/OF L $8
 🐤 Bo Heisman Voters 🐤 Fernando Cruz CIN RP R $3 15IL 
Josh Naylor CLE 1B L $11 
Alec Burleson STL 1B/OF L $7
Chandler Simpson TBR OF L $4 
Cade Horton CHC SP R $6 
July 22, 2024 10:37 PM Dipoto's Doppelganger Bryce Miller SEA AAA 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 7IL
Michael King NYY SP R $7 
Reid Detmers LAA SP/RP L $8 
Masataka Yoshida BOS Util L $32 
 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 HOU SP R $3 
Yusei Kikuchi TOR SP L $6 
 Kurtzalicious Jose Miranda MIN AAA 1B/3B R $3
Anthony Volpe NYY SS R $5
Reid Detmers LAA SP/RP L $4 
$2 loan