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Yusei Kikuchi or Jordan Hicks

Who Should I Start? - Week 8 • Start New
Yusei Kikuchi

Yusei Kikuchi

SPToronto Blue Jays TOR
Jordan Hicks

Jordan Hicks

SPSan Francisco Giants SF
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Kikuchi over Hicks

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Yusei Kikuchi
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Hicks over Kikuchi

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Jordan Hicks
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Performance Yusei Kikuchi
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
2.230-1001210.912
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
1.990-1001920.993
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Jordan Hicks
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
3.600-000401.401
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
4.501-1001261.713
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Yusei Kikuchi
OWN
88%
+2.37 compared to last week
START
56%
-26.21 compared to last week
OWN/START Jordan Hicks
OWN
83%
-0.6 compared to last week
START
43%
-12.15 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Yusei Kikuchi
46th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Jordan Hicks
45th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Yusei Kikuchi

    Overview

  • He is eligible to play multiple positions including: P RP . However, he plays P most often.
  • Experts rank this player at 46th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 30th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Mason Miller
  • He is doing better than most people thought he would.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 100 in WHIP and is currently ranked 86th
  • Top 50 in ERA and is currently ranked 43rd with 3.32
  • Top 100 in walks and is currently ranked 79th with 32
  • Top 50 in strikeouts and is currently ranked 37th with 144
  • Top 100 in wins and is currently ranked 76th
  • Top 50 in innings pitched and is currently ranked 49th with 130.2
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.2 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -9, L: -3, WHIP: -0.216, ERA: -1.384, K's: -126, Walks: -39
Breakdown Jordan Hicks

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 46th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 49th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Mason Miller
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Currently ranked 148th in wins with 4
  • Top 50 in saves and is currently ranked 39th with 7
  • Decline in numbers lately by 3.2 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: +1, L: -7, WHIP: -0.406, ERA: -1.098, K's: -43, Walks: -18
Next Up Health Check
Injury Yusei Kikuchi

No Injury Reported

Injury Jordan Hicks

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Yusei Kikuchi
DateOpponentResult
May 13@BALJordan RomanoW 2-3
May 14@BAL
May 15@BALDanny CoulombeL 3-2
May 17VS TBTyler Alexander
May 18VS TBZach Eflin
May 19VS TBAaron Civale
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
4.390-1001341.952
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Jordan Hicks
DateOpponentResult
May 13VS LADBlake TreinenL 4-6
May 14VS LADGavin StoneL 2-10
May 15VS LADLogan WebbW 4-1
May 17VS COLRyan Feltner
May 18VS COLTy Blach
May 19VS COLDakota Hudson
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
4.501-000921.602
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Yusei Kikuchi
15.64
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Jordan Hicks
11.44
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Yusei Kikuchi
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2019 SEA 32 159.1 2721 116 50 0 6-11 5.54 1.54 6.6 254
2020 SEA 9 47.0 795 47 20 0 2-4 5.17 1.3 9 88
2021 SEA 27 150.1 2432 160 56 0 6-8 4.25 1.28 9.6 320
2022 TOR 29 97.1 1780 116 57 1 5-7 5.27 1.5 10.7 183
2023 TOR 33 167.0 2839 181 49 0 11-6 3.93 1.3 9.8 390
2024 TOR 9 52.0 826 55 10 0 2-3 2.6 1.1 9.5 126
ON PACE 34 201 3186 212 38 0 7-11 2.6 1.1 9.5 484
3-YEAR AVG 30 137 2350 152 54 0 7-7 4.34 1.33 9.8 298
Career 139 668.1 11393 675 242 0 0-0 4.59 1.38 9.1
Career Jordan Hicks
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2018 STL 73 70.2 1274 70 45 6 3-4 3.95 1.47 8.9 196
2019 STL 29 26.1 454 31 11 14 2-2 3.42 1.03 10.6 168
2021 STL 10 10.0 207 10 10 0 0-0 5.4 1.5 9 17
2022 STL 35 62.0 1041 63 36 0 3-6 4.79 1.26 9.2 97
2023 STL 65 59.2 1120 82 34 12 2-8 3.47 1.53 12.4 172
2024 SF 9 48.0 794 39 16 0 3-1 2.44 1.15 7.3 114
ON PACE 32 173 2858 140 57 0 10-3 2.44 1.15 7.3 408
3-YEAR AVG 37 43 789 52 27 4 2-5 4.4 1.44 10.9 95
Career 221 274.1 4890 295 152 0 0-0 3.81 1.35 9.7
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ARI vs DET 09:40 EDT EST Ryne Nelson
Tarik Skubal
ATL vs SD 07:20 EDT EST Max Fried
Matt Waldron
BAL vs SEA 07:05 EDT EST Cole Irvin
Bryce Miller
BOS @STL 08:15 EDT EST Brayan Bello
Kyle Gibson
CHC vs PIT 02:20 EDT EST Kyle Hendricks
Paul Skenes
CHW @NYY 07:05 EDT EST Mike Clevinger
Nestor Cortes
CIN @LAD 10:10 EDT EST Frankie Montas
James Paxton
CLE vs MIN 07:10 EDT EST Triston McKenzie
Simeon Woods Richardson
COL @SF 10:15 EDT EST Ryan Feltner
Kyle Harrison
HOU vs MIL 08:10 EDT EST Hunter Brown
Freddy Peralta
KC vs OAK 07:40 EDT EST Cole Ragans
LAA @TEX 08:05 EDT EST Tyler Anderson
Andrew Heaney
MIA vs NYM 07:10 EDT EST Jesus Luzardo
Christian Scott
PHI vs WAS 06:40 EDT EST Zack Wheeler
Jake Irvin
TB @TOR 07:07 EDT EST Tyler Alexander
Chris Bassitt
Matchup Time
IND vs NY 8:30 PM EST
Matchup Time
BOS vs FLA 7:00 PM EST
COL vs DAL 10:00 PM EST