Yusei Kikuchi LAA SP L 

Born: 06/17/1991 Age: 33

FanGraphs Player Page

2025 OPL OPL Player Page

Signed By

St. Clair Gorillas for $6

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

Tue 4/29 Wed 4/30 Thu 5/01
@SEA 9:40 PM EDT @SEA 4:10 PM EDT DET 9:38 PM EDT

Positions
SP
2026 Earned Positions
SP

All Leagues
Average $6.36 Median $6.00
H2H FanGraphs Points
Average $6.06 Median $6.00

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

Roster%
96.64%
Change
7Day 2.44%
30Day 2.75%

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


April 26, 2025 9:19 PM : Kikuchi (0-4) took the loss against the Twins on Saturday, allowing four runs on nine hits and four walks over two innings. He did not strike out a batter.
Analysis: Kikuchi yielded three runs in the first frame off six singles (including four straight to start the game) and a walk. The veteran southpaw gave up another run in the second inning and was lifted ahead of the third after tossing 66 pitches (37 strikes) and generating just three whiffs. Saturday's outing was a stark contrast to his previous start against the Giants on April 20, when he tossed 5.1 innings without giving up an earned run. Kikuchi is now up to a 4.31 ERA and 1.60 WHIP through 31.1 innings, and his 18 walks is tied with Carlos Rodon for second most in the American League behind Charlie Morton (20).

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
2025LAA6631.10028321804 3.24 101.47

Recent Games

Last 10 MLB Games

DateTeamOpponentGSWinSaveHoldIPTBF RERHKBBHBPHR Pts
Apr 26, 2025 LAA @MIN 1 0 0 0 2.0 19 4 4 9 0 4 0 0 -20.60
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
Totals 10 2 0 0 56.1 240 26 23 51 57 22 0 8 233.87

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 17, 2019 8:01 PM add Weeghman's Whales $13
October 4, 2019 4:53 PM increase Weeghman's Whales $15
January 22, 2020 9:01 AM cut Weeghman's Whales $0
March 22, 2020 8:43 PM add St. Clair Gorillas $8
September 30, 2020 7:10 PM increase St. Clair Gorillas $10
January 31, 2021 8:35 PM cut St. Clair Gorillas $0
March 7, 2021 11:22 PM add St. Clair Gorillas $5
October 9, 2021 4:05 AM increase St. Clair Gorillas $7
February 15, 2022 1:04 AM cut St. Clair Gorillas $0
March 23, 2022 10:13 PM add The 1:07 Train to Poundtown $6
April 30, 2022 12:57 PM cut The 1:07 Train to Poundtown $3
June 2, 2022 5:22 PM add Mr. September $5
June 15, 2022 5:32 PM cut Mr. September $3
July 20, 2022 11:39 AM add Mr. September $3
July 22, 2022 9:11 AM cut Mr. September $2
August 24, 2022 11:30 AM add Mr. September $2
August 24, 2022 11:51 AM cut Mr. September $1
April 16, 2023 3:10 PM add St. Clair Gorillas $2
October 12, 2023 11:40 AM increase St. Clair Gorillas $4
October 10, 2024 12:20 AM increase St. Clair Gorillas $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 Diggler 🦆🕺 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 Diggler 🦆🕺 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