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Yusei Kikuchi or Nestor Cortes

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

Yusei Kikuchi

SPToronto Blue Jays TOR
Nestor Cortes

Nestor Cortes

SPNew York Yankees NYY
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Kikuchi over Cortes

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Yusei Kikuchi
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Cortes over Kikuchi

 
 
 
 
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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
Performance Nestor Cortes
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
1.930-1001300.792
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
3.500-1001910.943
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Yusei Kikuchi
OWN
90%
+18.14 compared to last week
START
51%
+9.83 compared to last week
OWN/START Nestor Cortes
OWN
84%
+12.4 compared to last week
START
64%
+28.79 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Yusei Kikuchi
52nd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Nestor Cortes
59th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
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 22nd.
  • The current leader among SP's is Luis Castillo
  • 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 86th
  • Top 50 in ERA and is currently ranked 50th with 3.39
  • Top 75 in walks and is currently ranked 64th with 30
  • Top 50 in strikeouts and is currently ranked 42nd with 122
  • Top 75 in wins and is currently ranked 67th with 6
  • Top 100 in innings pitched and is currently ranked 81st 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 Nestor Cortes

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 59th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 31st.
  • The current leader among SP's is Logan Allen
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would. Can he keep this up?
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 15 in WHIP and is currently ranked 14th with 0.95
  • Top 50 in ERA and is currently ranked 49th with 3.38
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -4, L: EVEN, WHIP: -0.266, ERA: -1.548, K's: -35, Walks: -15
Next Up Health Check
Injury Yusei Kikuchi

No Injury Reported

Injury Nestor Cortes

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
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 RagansL 2-1
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
Matchups Nestor Cortes
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS OAKLucas ErcegL 0-2
Apr 23VS OAKMarcus StromanW 4-3
Apr 24VS OAKClarke SchmidtW 7-3
Apr 25VS OAKAlex WoodL 1-3
Apr 26@MILColin Rea
Apr 27@MILJoe Ross
Apr 28@MILTobias Myers
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
3.860-100400.711
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Yusei Kikuchi
15.93
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Nestor Cortes
14.35
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 31 170 2803 205 49 0 12-6 2.28 1.08 10.7 500
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 Nestor Cortes
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2018 BAL 4 4.2 108 3 4 0 0-0 7.72 3 5.8 1
2019 NYY 33 62.0 1301 69 28 0 5-1 6.1 1.66 10 126
2020 SEA 5 7.2 165 8 6 0 0-1 15.26 2.35 9.4 -2
2021 NYY 19 75.1 1239 80 21 0 2-3 3.11 1.1 9.6 163
2022 NYY 29 159.2 2493 154 41 0 12-4 2.71 0.96 8.7 427
2023 NYY 12 63.1 1068 67 20 0 5-2 4.97 1.25 9.5 146
2024 NYY 6 36.0 556 32 5 0 1-2 3.5 1 8 76
ON PACE 37 225 3464 199 31 0 6-12 3.5 1 8 473
3-YEAR AVG 20 98 1600 100 27 0 6-3 3.26 1.06 9.1 245
Career 108 404.0 6930 413 125 0 0-0 4.05 1.2 9.2
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