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Jason Vargas or Yusei Kikuchi

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Jason Vargas

Jason Vargas

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Yusei Kikuchi

Yusei Kikuchi

SP • Toronto Blue Jays TOR
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Vargas over Kikuchi

 
 
 
 
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Kikuchi over Vargas

 
 
 
 
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Jason Vargas
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
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Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
..0
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Yusei Kikuchi
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
3.001-000400.831
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
2.252-0001310.832
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Jason Vargas
OWN
 
0%
No change since last week.
START
 
0%
No change since last week.
OWN/START Yusei Kikuchi
OWN
89%
+24.04 compared to last week
START
60%
+19.35 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Jason Vargas
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Yusei Kikuchi
52nd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Jason Vargas

    Overview

  • I couldn't find any stats of this player even playing a game in the past 60 days. This is most likely due to an injury or time in the minors.
Breakdown Yusei Kikuchi

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 53rd among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 21st.
  • The current leader among SP's is Logan Allen
  • He is doing a lot better than most people thought he would. Can he keep this up or is it a fluke?

    • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 100 in WHIP and is currently ranked 85th
  • Top 50 in ERA and is currently ranked 49th with 3.39
  • Top 75 in walks and is currently ranked 64th with 30
  • Top 50 in strikeouts and is currently ranked 39th with 122
  • Top 100 in wins and is currently ranked 77th
  • Top 100 in innings pitched and is currently ranked 76th with 106.1
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 2.2 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -9, L: -5, WHIP: -0.216, ERA: -1.664, K's: -148, Walks: -41
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Jason Vargas

No Injury Reported

Injury Yusei Kikuchi

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Jason Vargas
DateOpponentResult
No games scheduled this week
Week Today Home Away
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
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Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Yusei Kikuchi
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@KCYusei KikuchiW 3-5
Apr 23@KCChris StrattonL 3-2
Apr 24@KCJohn SchreiberL 3-2
Apr 25@KCCole Ragans
Apr 26VS LADGavin Stone
Apr 27VS LADTyler Glasnow
Apr 28VS LADJames Paxton
Week Today Home Away
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
3.001-000400.831
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Jason Vargas
0.00
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Yusei Kikuchi
15.95
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Jason Vargas
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2010 SEA 29 177.1 2835 112 49 0 9-12 3.91 1.29 5.7 360
2011 SEA 32 198.2 3242 131 59 0 10-13 4.3 1.33 5.9 426
2012 SEA 33 215.0 3351 141 55 0 14-11 3.85 1.19 5.9 501
2013 ANA 24 147.2 2386 109 46 0 9-8 4.08 1.41 6.6 338
2014 KC 29 178.0 2901 123 41 0 10-10 4.04 1.31 6.2 380
2015 KC 9 43.0 687 27 12 0 5-2 3.98 1.35 5.7 97
2016 KC 3 12.0 209 11 3 0 0-0 2.25 0.92 8.3 27
2017 KC 32 177.1 2925 134 58 0 18-11 4.21 1.35 6.8 416
2018 NYM 20 89.2 1553 84 30 0 7-9 5.92 1.45 8.4 184
2019 NYM 30 147.1 2505 124 63 0 7-9 4.58 1.38 7.6 285
ON PACE 202 993 16908 837 425 0 47-60 4.58 1.38 7.6 1925
3-YEAR AVG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 NAN NAN NAN 0
Career 241 1376.2 22594 996 416 0 0-0 4.25 1.33 6.5
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 5 27.2 450 33 8 0 2-1 2.28 1.08 10.7 80
ON PACE 32 177 2916 213 51 0 12-6 2.28 1.08 10.7 520
3-YEAR AVG 30 137 2350 152 54 0 7-7 4.34 1.33 9.8 298
Career 135 644.0 11017 653 240 0 0-0 4.65 1.39 9.1
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BOS @CLE 01:10 EDT EST Chase Anderson
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CHC vs HOU 02:20 EDT EST Javier Assad
Justin Verlander
CHW @MIN 01:10 EDT EST Michael Soroka
Simeon Woods Richardson
CIN vs PHI 01:10 EDT EST Nick Martinez
Zack Wheeler
COL vs SD 03:10 EDT EST Dakota Hudson
Randy Vasquez
KC vs TOR 02:10 EDT EST Cole Ragans
Jose Berrios
LAD @WAS 04:05 EDT EST Yoshinobu Yamamoto
MacKenzie Gore
MIL @PIT 12:35 EDT EST Freddy Peralta
Mitch Keller
NYY vs OAK 07:05 EDT EST Nestor Cortes
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SEA @TEX 02:35 EDT EST Luis Castillo
Andrew Heaney
Matchup Time
CLE @ORL 7:00 PM EST
DEN @LAL 10:00 PM EST
NY @PHI 7:30 PM EST
Matchup Time
CAR @NYI 7:30 PM EST
FLA @TB 7:00 PM EST