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Jonah Heim or Yusei Kikuchi

Who Should I Start? - Week 5 • Start New
Jonah Heim

Jonah Heim

CTexas Rangers TEX
Yusei Kikuchi

Yusei Kikuchi

SPToronto Blue Jays TOR
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Heim over Kikuchi

 
 
 
 
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Includes Detailed Projections

Latest News Jonah Heim
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Kikuchi over Heim

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Yusei Kikuchi
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Performance Jonah Heim
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.267131.3130.46704
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.278294.3330.472110
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
2.252-0001310.832
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Jonah Heim
OWN
79%
+1.13 compared to last week
START
60%
-10 compared to last week
OWN/START Yusei Kikuchi
OWN
82%
+16.18 compared to last week
START
50%
+9.53 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Jonah Heim
11th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Yusei Kikuchi
52nd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Jonah Heim

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 12th among C's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 13th.
  • The current leader among C's is William Contreras
  • He is putting up the kind of numbers the experts expected him to.
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 416th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.255
  • Ranked 328th in batting average with 0.228
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 370th with 0.286
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 298th with 0.377
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 324th with 0.663
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 610th with 2
  • Top 75 in RBI and is currently ranked 69th with 62
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 282nd in runs scored with 32
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: +0.01, OBP: -0.021, HRs: -15, RBI: -81, Runs: -54, Wlks: -39, Stls: -1,
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 83rd
  • Top 50 in ERA and is currently ranked 48th with 3.39
  • Top 75 in walks and is currently ranked 63rd with 30
  • Top 50 in strikeouts and is currently ranked 37th with 122
  • Top 75 in wins and is currently ranked 59th with 6
  • Top 75 in innings pitched and is currently ranked 70th 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 Jonah Heim

No Injury Reported

Injury Yusei Kikuchi

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Jonah Heim
DateOpponentResult
Apr 23VS SEALogan GilbertL 0-4
Apr 24VS SEAJonathan HernandezW 5-1
Apr 25VS SEALuis Castillo
Apr 26VS CINGraham Ashcraft
Apr 27VS CINHunter Greene
Apr 28VS CINAndrew Abbott
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.333010.4290.33302
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@KCJohn SchreiberL 3-2
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 Jonah Heim
14.63
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Yusei Kikuchi
16.35
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Jonah Heim
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2020 OAK 13 8 0 5 5 0 2 .205 .244 .205 19
2021 TEX 84 52 10 22 32 3 15 .196 .239 .358 196
2022 TEX 118 87 14 49 46 2 41 .225 .299 .390 326
2023 TEX 155 133 21 66 103 3 45 .254 .313 .430 494
2024 TEX 20 21 3 7 16 1 2 .269 .296 .423 62
ON PACE 129 136 19 45 103 6 12 .269 .296 .423 401
3-YEAR AVG 119 91 15 46 60 3 34 .231 .292 .401 339
Career 390 301 48 149 202 9 105 .233 .291 .396
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 32 177 2916 213 51 0 12-6 2.28 1.08 10.7 520
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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