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Yusei Kikuchi or Paul DeJong

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Yusei Kikuchi

Yusei Kikuchi

SP • Toronto Blue Jays TOR
Paul DeJong

Paul DeJong

SS • Chicago White Sox CHW
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Kikuchi over DeJong

 
 
 
 
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting DeJong over Kikuchi

 
 
 
 
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Yusei Kikuchi
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
2.252-0001310.832
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
2.002-0002230.833
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Paul DeJong
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.385121.5000.69205
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.296122.3670.519010
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Yusei Kikuchi
OWN
83%
+12.09 compared to last week
START
72%
+5.41 compared to last week
OWN/START Paul DeJong
OWN
 
0%
-0.88 compared to last week
START
 
0%
-0.44 compared to last week
Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Yusei Kikuchi
55th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Paul DeJong
39th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Yusei Kikuchi

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 56th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 15th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Logan Allen
  • You have to be impressed by how much better he is performing. Can he keep this up or is it a fluke?

    • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 100 in WHIP and is currently ranked 84th
  • Top 50 in ERA and is currently ranked 50th with 3.39
  • Top 75 in walks and is currently ranked 62nd with 30
  • Top 35 in strikeouts and is currently ranked 31st with 122
  • Top 75 in wins and is currently ranked 56th with 6
  • Top 75 in innings pitched and is currently ranked 61st 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
Breakdown Paul DeJong

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 39th among SS's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 34th.
  • The current leader among SS's is Mookie Betts
  • He is putting up slightly better numbers than the experts expected him to.

    • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 432nd in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.252
  • Ranked 480th in batting average with 0.186
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 527th with 0.216
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 462nd with 0.294
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 503rd with 0.511
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 831st with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 420th in RBI with 16
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 452nd in runs scored with 14
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.031, OBP: +0.026, HRs: -11, RBI: -34, Runs: -36, Wlks: -19, Stls: -4,
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Next Up ❱ Health Check
Injury Yusei Kikuchi

No Injury Reported

Injury Paul DeJong

No Injury Reported

Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
Matchups Yusei Kikuchi
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@KCYusei KikuchiW 3-5
Apr 23@KCMichael Wacha
Apr 24@KCAlec Marsh
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
Matchups Paul DeJong
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22@MINChris PaddackL 7-0
Apr 23@MINPablo Lopez
Apr 24@MINJoe Ryan
Apr 25@MINBailey Ober
Apr 26VS TBZach Eflin
Apr 27VS TBAaron Civale
Apr 28VS TBZack Littell
Week Today Home Away
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
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Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up ❱ Ratings Comparison
Rating Yusei Kikuchi
16.25
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Paul DeJong
5.64
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 5 27.2 450 33 8 0 2-1 2.28 1.08 10.7 80
ON PACE 35 192 3169 232 56 0 14-7 2.28 1.08 10.7 565
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
Career Paul DeJong
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2017 STL 108 119 25 55 65 1 21 .285 .325 .532 303
2018 STL 115 105 19 68 68 1 36 .241 .313 .433 302
2019 STL 168 142 30 100 80 9 65 .232 .316 .434 448
2020 STL 48 39 2 16 26 1 20 .239 .323 .319 91
2021 STL 116 69 19 44 45 4 35 .194 .282 .389 283
2022 STL 71 30 6 17 25 3 16 .157 .235 .304 121
2023 STL 116 75 14 40 38 4 21 .203 .254 .350 232
2024 CHW 19 11 3 4 4 0 2 .234 .280 .511 33
ON PACE 139 81 22 29 29 0 14 .234 .280 .511 243
3-YEAR AVG 101 58 13 34 36 4 24 .190 .261 .355 212
Career 761 590 118 344 351 23 216 .228 .297 .416
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Matchups

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KC vs SF
SF vs KC
Matchup Time Pitchers
ARI @STL 07:45 EDT EST Tommy Henry
Steven Matz
ATL vs MIA 07:20 EDT EST Max Fried
Trevor Rogers
BAL @LAA 09:38 EDT EST Grayson Rodriguez
Griffin Canning
BOS @CLE 06:10 EDT EST Tanner Houck
Ben Lively
CHC vs HOU 07:40 EDT EST Jordan Wicks
J.P. France
CHW @MIN 07:40 EDT EST Erick Fedde
Pablo Lopez
CIN vs PHI 06:40 EDT EST Andrew Abbott
Cristopher Sanchez
COL vs SD 08:40 EDT EST Ryan Feltner
Michael King
DET @TB 06:50 EDT EST Kenta Maeda
Ryan Pepiot
KC vs TOR 07:40 EDT EST Michael Wacha
Kevin Gausman
LAD @WAS 06:45 EDT EST James Paxton
Patrick Corbin
MIL @PIT 06:40 EDT EST
Bailey Falter
NYM @SF 09:45 EDT EST Luis Severino
Logan Webb
NYY vs OAK 07:05 EDT EST Marcus Stroman
Paul Blackburn
SEA @TEX 08:05 EDT EST Logan Gilbert
Dane Dunning
Matchup Time
DAL @LAC 10:00 PM EST
IND @MIL 8:30 PM EST
MIN vs PHO 7:30 PM EST
Matchup Time
COL @WPG 9:30 PM EST
FLA vs TB 7:30 PM EST
NSH @VAN 10:00 PM EST
NYR vs WAS 7:00 PM EST