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Garrett Richards or Yusei Kikuchi

Who Should I Start? - Week 4 • Start New
Garrett Richards

Garrett Richards

SP •
Yusei Kikuchi

Yusei Kikuchi

SP • Toronto Blue Jays TOR
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Richards over Kikuchi

 
 
 
 
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Kikuchi over Richards

 
 
 
 
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Garrett Richards
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
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Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
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Performance Yusei Kikuchi
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
1.501-000910.831
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
1.051-0002550.943
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Garrett Richards
OWN
 
0%
No change since last week.
START
 
0%
No change since last week.
OWN/START Yusei Kikuchi
OWN
66%
+3.03 compared to last week
START
41%
-0.05 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Garrett Richards
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Yusei Kikuchi
55th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Garrett Richards

    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 55th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 29th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Mason Miller
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would. Can he keep this up?

    • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 100 in WHIP and is currently ranked 90th
  • Top 50 in ERA and is currently ranked 43rd with 3.42
  • Top 75 in walks and is currently ranked 58th with 30
  • Top 35 in strikeouts and is currently ranked 28th with 118
  • Top 100 in wins and is currently ranked 81st
  • Top 100 in innings pitched and is currently ranked 84th with 100.1
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 2.1 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -10, L: -5, WHIP: -0.136, ERA: -1.864, K's: -152, Walks: -41
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Garrett Richards

No Injury Reported

Injury Yusei Kikuchi

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Garrett Richards
DateOpponentResult
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Week Today Home Away
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
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Matchups Yusei Kikuchi
DateOpponentResult
Apr 15VS NYYChris BassittW 3-1
Apr 16VS NYYYusei KikuchiW 5-4
Apr 17VS NYYVictor GonzalezL 4-6
Apr 19@SDMatt Waldron
Apr 20@SD
Apr 21@SDJoe Musgrove
Week Today Home Away
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.811-0001630.992
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Garrett Richards
6.14
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Yusei Kikuchi
15.23
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Garrett Richards
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2011 ANA 7 14.0 252 9 7 0 0-2 5.79 1.64 5.8 16
2012 ANA 29 60.2 1097 45 33 1 4-3 4.75 1.66 6.7 143
2013 ANA 47 138.0 2352 101 44 1 7-8 4.37 1.41 6.6 306
2014 ANA 23 148.1 2289 138 45 0 10-4 2.85 1.04 8.4 410
2015 ANA 32 205.0 3250 176 76 0 15-12 3.69 1.25 7.7 515
2016 ANA 6 34.2 615 34 15 0 1-3 2.34 1.33 8.8 87
2017 ANA 6 27.2 427 27 7 0 0-2 2.28 0.9 8.8 66
2018 ANA 16 74.0 1313 87 34 0 5-4 3.77 1.32 10.6 192
2019 SD 3 8.2 157 11 6 0 0-1 8.31 1.85 11.4 9
2020 SD 18 51.2 838 50 19 0 2-3 4.35 1.3 8.7 107
2021 BOS 40 136.1 2304 112 60 3 7-8 4.82 1.58 7.4 223
2022 TEX 32 43.2 708 36 13 1 1-1 5.15 1.31 7.4 73
ON PACE 272 369 6036 306 110 8 8-8 5.15 1.31 7.4 621
3-YEAR AVG 36 89 1506 74 37 2 4-5 4.9 1.52 7.4 148
Career 259 931.0 15602 826 359 0 0-0 4.03 1.35 8
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 4 21.2 369 29 8 0 1-1 2.08 1.15 12.1 61
ON PACE 34 181 3146 247 68 0 8-8 2.08 1.15 12.1 518
3-YEAR AVG 30 137 2350 152 54 0 7-7 4.34 1.33 9.8 298
Career 134 638.0 10936 649 240 0 0-0 4.67 1.39 9.2
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BAL @KC 07:40 EDT EST Dean Kremer
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SD vs TOR 09:40 EDT EST Matt Waldron
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Matchup Time
NO vs SAC 9:30 PM EST
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