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Yusei Kikuchi or Paul Blackburn

Who Should I Start? - Week 4 • Start New
Yusei Kikuchi

Yusei Kikuchi

SPToronto Blue Jays TOR
Paul Blackburn

Paul Blackburn

SPOakland Athletics OAK
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Kikuchi over Blackburn

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Yusei Kikuchi
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Blackburn over Kikuchi

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Paul Blackburn
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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
Performance Paul Blackburn
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
2.251-0001171.502
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
1.502-0001571.173
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Yusei Kikuchi
OWN
68%
+5.42 compared to last week
START
35%
-5.23 compared to last week
OWN/START Paul Blackburn
OWN
63%
+13.51 compared to last week
START
39%
-8.16 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Yusei Kikuchi
55th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Paul Blackburn
114th
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 30th.
  • 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 100 in WHIP and is currently ranked 90th
  • Top 50 in ERA and is currently ranked 45th with 3.42
  • Top 75 in walks and is currently ranked 59th with 30
  • Top 35 in strikeouts and is currently ranked 26th with 118
  • Currently ranked 107th in wins with 5
  • Top 100 in innings pitched and is currently ranked 86th 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
Breakdown Paul Blackburn

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 115th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 18th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Logan Allen
  • From zero to hero in 30 days. Crazy isn't it?
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Currently ranked 138th in WHIP with 1.46
  • Top 75 in ERA and is currently ranked 64th with 3.77
  • Top 20 in walks and is currently ranked 18th with 39
  • Top 100 in wins and is currently ranked 91st
  • Top 75 in innings pitched and is currently ranked 70th with 92.2
  • Decline in numbers lately by 3.7 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: -2, L: -7, WHIP: -0.582, ERA: -3.606, K's: -86, Walks: -35
Next Up Health Check
Injury Yusei Kikuchi

No Injury Reported

Injury Paul Blackburn

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
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
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
0.811-0001630.992
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Paul Blackburn
DateOpponentResult
Apr 15VS STLSonny GrayL 1-3
Apr 16VS STLLance LynnL 2-3
Apr 17VS STLPaul BlackburnW 6-3
Apr 19@CLETriston McKenzie
Apr 20@CLELogan Allen
Apr 21@CLETanner Bibee
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
2.211-0001061.232
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Yusei Kikuchi
15.23
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Paul Blackburn
13.19
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 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
Career Paul Blackburn
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2017 OAK 10 58.2 937 22 16 0 3-1 3.22 1.26 3.4 108
2018 OAK 6 27.2 442 19 6 0 2-3 7.16 1.41 6.2 47
2019 OAK 4 11.0 224 8 4 0 0-2 10.64 2.09 6.6 -1
2021 OAK 9 39.1 681 26 10 0 1-4 5.72 1.58 6 32
2022 OAK 21 112.0 1762 89 30 0 7-6 4.26 1.25 7.2 206
2023 OAK 21 103.2 1875 104 43 0 4-7 4.6 1.55 9 178
2024 OAK 4 25.0 361 18 8 0 2-0 1.08 1 6.5 72
ON PACE 34 214 3078 153 68 0 17-0 1.08 1 6.5 609
3-YEAR AVG 17 84 1439 73 28 0 4-6 4.62 1.41 7.7 138
Career 75 372.2 6282 286 117 0 0-0 4.59 1.41 6.9
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