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Dylan Carlson or Yusei Kikuchi

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Dylan Carlson

Dylan Carlson

CFSt. Louis Cardinals STL
Yusei Kikuchi

Yusei Kikuchi

SPToronto Blue Jays TOR
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Carlson over Kikuchi

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Dylan Carlson
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Kikuchi over Carlson

 
 
 
 
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Performance Dylan Carlson
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000.01
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000.02
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
2.002-0002230.833
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Dylan Carlson
OWN
 
2%
-1.68 compared to last week
START
 
0%
0 compared to last week
OWN/START Yusei Kikuchi
OWN
82%
+14.41 compared to last week
START
50%
+2.95 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Dylan Carlson
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Yusei Kikuchi
53rd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Dylan Carlson

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among CF's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 202nd.
  • The current leader among CF's is Juan Soto
  • In the past two weeks he has had an awful lot of time off and he's listed on the injury report. He may have some nagging injuries with his Shoulder (Since Mar 26, 2024). Look at his player news.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 519th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.204
  • Ranked 512th in batting average with 0.167
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 247th with 0.313
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 531st with 0.212
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 496th with 0.525
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 838th with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 534th in RBI with 8
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 540th in runs scored with 8
  • On second thought, he hasn't played in quite enough games for me to calculate a reliable analysis for you. Expect his rating to evolve over the next few days.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.221, OBP: -0.317, HRs: -5, RBI: -27, Runs: -26, Wlks: -26, Stls: -3,
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 17th.
  • 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 48th with 3.39
  • Top 75 in walks and is currently ranked 61st with 30
  • Top 50 in strikeouts and is currently ranked 36th with 122
  • Top 100 in wins and is currently ranked 78th
  • Top 75 in innings pitched and is currently ranked 72nd 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 Dylan Carlson

SHOULDER - Since Mar 26, 2024

Carlson is dealing with a left shoulder AC joint sprain and has been placed on the 10-day injured list. He is expected to return in early May.
Injury Yusei Kikuchi

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Dylan Carlson
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS ARIRyan HelsleyW 5-3
Apr 23VS ARITommy HenryL 1-14
Apr 24VS ARIJordan Montgomery
Apr 26@NYMJose Butto
Apr 27@NYMAdrian Houser
Apr 28@NYMJose Quintana
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.000.01
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@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 Dylan Carlson
7.57
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Yusei Kikuchi
16.26
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Dylan Carlson
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2020 STL 39 24 2 11 11 3 11 .202 .273 .328 60
2021 STL 153 143 16 77 60 2 57 .268 .345 .431 432
2022 STL 123 96 8 52 39 5 42 .237 .317 .383 336
2023 STL 86 48 5 26 27 3 26 .221 .317 .336 195
2024 STL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 2
ON PACE 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 13
3-YEAR AVG 121 96 10 52 42 3 42 .248 .330 .396 321
Career 403 311 31 166 137 13 136 .244 .325 .390
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 33 184 3037 222 54 0 13-6 2.28 1.08 10.7 542
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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Matchup Time Pitchers
ARI @STL 01:15 EDT EST Jordan Montgomery
Kyle Gibson
ATL vs MIA 07:20 EDT EST Reynaldo Lopez
Sixto Sanchez
BAL @LAA 04:07 EDT EST Dean Kremer
Tyler Anderson
BOS @CLE 06:10 EDT EST Cooper Criswell
Carlos Carrasco
CHC vs HOU 07:40 EDT EST Jameson Taillon
Spencer Arrighetti
CHW @MIN 07:40 EDT EST Garrett Crochet
Joe Ryan
CIN vs PHI 06:40 EDT EST Nick Lodolo
Spencer Turnbull
COL vs SD 08:40 EDT EST
Matt Waldron
DET @TB 06:50 EDT EST Jack Flaherty
Shawn Armstrong
KC vs TOR 07:40 EDT EST Alec Marsh
Yariel Rodriguez
LAD @WAS 06:45 EDT EST Landon Knack
Jake Irvin
MIL @PIT 06:40 EDT EST Bryse Wilson
Josh Fleming
NYM @SF 03:45 EDT EST Sean Manaea
Blake Snell
NYY vs OAK 07:05 EDT EST Clarke Schmidt
Joe Boyle
SEA @TEX 08:05 EDT EST Bryce Miller
Jon Gray
Matchup Time
BOS vs MIA 7:00 PM EST
NO @OKC 9:30 PM EST
Matchup Time
BOS @TOR 7:00 PM EST
DAL vs VGK 9:30 PM EST
EDM vs LA 10:00 PM EST