Yusei Kikuchi

Bats L Throws L6'0" 205 lbBorn 1991 Morioka, JapanDebut 2019Team LAA1x All-StarContract 3 yr/$63.675M (25-27) 2026: $21,225,000

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	572	22.1	8.2	3.54	21.9	6.54	97.4
2027							96.9
2028							97.3

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 34

His ten closest age-34 comparables averaged 92 PITCH+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Carl Pavano	2010	96.4	93.8	955
2	Randy Wolf	2011	99.3	84.2	699
3	Jason Hammel	2017	98.6	83.7	583
4	Wade Miley	2021	98.5	108.6	159
5	Jason Vargas	2017	98.3	88.3	404
6	Kyle Gibson	2022	97.6	97.4	807
7	Tyler Anderson	2024	100.9	90.2	599
8	Nathan Eovaldi	2024	100.8	122.2	496
9	Ervin Santana	2017	101.4	65.5	114
10	Rodrigo Lopez	2010	93.2	81.8	430

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	LAA	33	0	0
2024	HOU	32	0	0
2023	TOR	32	0	0
2022	TOR	32	0	0
2021	SEA	29	2	2	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-107.9
2020	SEA	9	0	0
2019	SEA	32	2	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-106.6
Career		199	4	3	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-107.3

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									572				96.9
2026*									142				91.2	95.4	86.7
2025	LAA	7	11	3.99	33	33	0	178.3	772	24	74	174	94.8	99.2	94.0
2024	HOU	9	10	4.05	32	32	0	175.7	736	25	44	206	105.6	100.6	106.1
2023	TOR	11	6	3.86	32	32	0	167.7	700	27	48	181	99.1	101.1	100.2
2022	TOR	6	7	5.19	32	20	1	100.7	454	23	58	124	82.3	105.2	87.5
2021	SEA	7	9	4.41	29	29	0	157.0	666	27	62	163	95.0	100.3	95.4
2020	SEA	2	4	5.17	9	9	0	47.0	194	3	20	47	103.6	99.3	102.8
2019	SEA	6	11	5.46	32	32	0	161.7	721	36	50	116	84.0	98.9	82.9
Career		48	58	4.46	199	187	1	988.0	4243	165	356	1011	94.6		95.2

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2021	2					50.0	33.3	0.000	0.000	0.000
2019	2			0.0	0.0	66.7	66.7	0.000	0.000	0.000

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	LAA	P	33	178	5	11	2	0	0.889	-0.7
2024	HOU	P	32	176	7	13	0	0	1.000	+0.5
2023	TOR	P	32	168	4	10	1	2	0.933	+0.9
2022	TOR	P	32	101	4	11	1	1	0.938	+2.9
2021	SEA	P	29	157	6	13	0	1	1.000	+0.3
2020	SEA	P	9	47	3	5	0	0	1.000	-0.2
2019	SEA	P	32	162	10	12	1	1	0.957	-0.9

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2026	AAA	Salt Lake Bees	Pit	30	5.0 IP, 37% K	18.00
2026	A	Rancho Cucamonga Quakes	Pit	40	7.2 IP, 32% K	15.00

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021		0.000		0.000
2019		0.000		0.000

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason pitching

Year	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2023	0	0	7.50	1	0	0	1.2	3	0	1	0	3.33
Career	0	0	7.50	1	0	0	1.2	3	0	1	0	3.33