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Alex Verdugo or Yusei Kikuchi

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Alex Verdugo

Alex Verdugo

LFNew York Yankees NYY
Yusei Kikuchi

Yusei Kikuchi

SPToronto Blue Jays TOR
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Verdugo over Kikuchi

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Alex Verdugo
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Kikuchi over Verdugo

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Yusei Kikuchi
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Performance Alex Verdugo
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.350024.4350.50016
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.300139.4170.500112
Season stats based on the past 14 days
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
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Alex Verdugo
OWN
38%
+4.1 compared to last week
START
30%
+5.29 compared to last week
OWN/START Yusei Kikuchi
OWN
82%
+11.09 compared to last week
START
63%
-3.45 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Alex Verdugo
71st
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Yusei Kikuchi
55th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Alex Verdugo

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 72nd among OF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 19th.
  • The current leader among OF's is Juan Soto
  • He is performing amazing in the past 30 days. Will he keep it up?
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 443rd in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.248
  • Ranked 324th in batting average with 0.230
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 363rd with 0.288
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 301st with 0.377
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 326th with 0.665
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 528th with 3
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 306th in RBI with 27
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 173rd in runs scored with 41
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.007, OBP: +0.037, HRs: -11, RBI: -47, Runs: -68, Wlks: -32, Stls: -4,
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 83rd
  • 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 60th with 6
  • Top 75 in innings pitched and is currently ranked 62nd 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 Alex Verdugo

No Injury Reported

Injury Yusei Kikuchi

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Alex Verdugo
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS OAKLucas ErcegL 0-2
Apr 23VS OAKPaul Blackburn
Apr 24VS OAKJoe Boyle
Apr 25VS OAKAlex Wood
Apr 26@MILColin Rea
Apr 27@MILJoe Ross
Apr 28@MIL
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000000.6670.00001
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
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
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 Alex Verdugo
13.01
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Yusei Kikuchi
16.27
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Alex Verdugo
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2017 LAD 15 4 1 1 1 0 2 .174 .240 .304 9
2018 LAD 37 20 1 11 4 0 8 .260 .329 .377 45
2019 LAD 106 101 12 43 44 4 26 .294 .342 .475 260
2020 BOS 53 64 6 36 15 4 18 .320 .380 .490 153
2021 BOS 162 167 14 91 68 7 55 .288 .352 .428 540
2022 BOS 142 160 10 70 71 1 39 .289 .336 .416 482
2023 BOS 144 143 13 81 54 5 44 .263 .322 .421 470
2024 NYY 23 20 2 13 7 1 12 .256 .359 .410 80
ON PACE 162 140 14 91 49 7 84 .256 .359 .410 563
3-YEAR AVG 149 157 12 81 64 4 46 .280 .337 .422 497
Career 682 679 59 346 264 22 204 .283 .341 .432
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
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