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Yusei Kikuchi or Brendan Donovan

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

Yusei Kikuchi

SPToronto Blue Jays TOR
Brendan Donovan

Brendan Donovan

2BSt. Louis Cardinals STL
OR
🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Kikuchi over Donovan

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Yusei Kikuchi
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Donovan over Kikuchi

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Brendan Donovan
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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 Brendan Donovan
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AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.208011.2310.20806
Season stats based on the past 7 days

AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.143031.2180.143012
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Yusei Kikuchi
OWN
84%
+13.47 compared to last week
START
55%
+19.18 compared to last week
OWN/START Brendan Donovan
OWN
39%
-21.49 compared to last week
START
28%
-19.61 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Yusei Kikuchi
52nd
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Brendan Donovan
42nd
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 21st.
  • The current leader among SP's is Logan Allen
  • 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 63rd with 30
  • Top 50 in strikeouts and is currently ranked 42nd with 122
  • Top 75 in wins and is currently ranked 59th 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 Brendan Donovan

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 43rd among 2B's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 13th.
  • The current leader among 2B's is Ketel Marte
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would. Can he keep this up?
  • Trending Batting Stats

  • Ranked 339th in BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play) with 0.275
  • Ranked 237th in batting average with 0.246
  • Not overly impressive with on base percentage currently ranked 217th with 0.319
  • Not too impressive with slugging percentage currently ranked 322nd with 0.365
  • Not too impressive with on base plus slugging currently ranked 289th with 0.684
  • Not very impressive in steals and is currently ranked 683rd with 1
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 408th in RBI with 17
  • Not too impressive and is currently ranked 387th in runs scored with 21
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: AVG: -0.061, OBP: -0.042, HRs: -8, RBI: -19, Runs: -36, Wlks: -23, Stls: -5,
Next Up Health Check
Injury Yusei Kikuchi

No Injury Reported

Injury Brendan Donovan

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 StoneL 2-12
Apr 27VS LADTyler Glasnow
Apr 28VS LAD
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
3.001-000400.831
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Brendan Donovan
DateOpponentResult
Apr 22VS ARIRyan HelsleyW 5-3
Apr 23VS ARITommy HenryL 1-14
Apr 24VS ARIKyle GibsonW 5-1
Apr 26@NYMMiles MikolasW 2-4
Apr 27@NYMAdrian Houser
Apr 28@NYMJose Quintana
AVG HR RBI R OBP SLG SB GP
.296013.3330.37007
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Yusei Kikuchi
15.97
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Brendan Donovan
12.65
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 30 164 2700 198 48 0 12-6 2.28 1.08 10.7 482
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 Brendan Donovan
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2022 STL 118 101 5 53 43 2 54 .278 .387 .377 343
2023 STL 101 91 10 47 31 5 33 .280 .361 .409 302
2024 STL 25 21 2 11 12 0 10 .219 .319 .344 74
ON PACE 155 130 12 68 74 0 62 .219 .319 .344 461
3-YEAR AVG 110 96 8 50 37 4 44 .279 .375 .392 323
Career 244 213 17 111 86 7 97 .272 .368 .386
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Matchup Time Pitchers
ARI @SEA 09:40 EDT EST Slade Cecconi
George Kirby
ATL vs CLE 07:20 EDT EST Charlie Morton
Tanner Bibee
BAL vs OAK 04:05 EDT EST Cole Irvin
JP Sears
BOS vs CHC 04:10 EDT EST Josh Winckowski
Ben Brown
CHW vs TB 07:10 EDT EST Jonathan Cannon
Aaron Civale
CIN @TEX 04:05 EDT EST Hunter Greene
Michael Lorenzen
COL vs HOU 06:05 EDT EST Cal Quantrill
Ronel Blanco
DET vs KC 06:10 EDT EST Casey Mize
Brady Singer
LAA vs MIN 09:38 EDT EST Jose Soriano
Chris Paddack
LAD @TOR 03:07 EDT EST Tyler Glasnow
Yusei Kikuchi
MIA vs WAS 04:10 EDT EST Edward Cabrera
Mitchell Parker
MIL vs NYY 07:10 EDT EST Joe Ross
Carlos Rodon
NYM vs STL 04:05 EDT EST Adrian Houser
Sonny Gray
PHI @SD 08:40 EDT EST Ranger Suarez
Dylan Cease
PIT @SF 09:05 EDT EST Martin Perez
Jordan Hicks
Matchup Time
BOS @MIA 6:00 PM EST
CLE @ORL 1:00 PM EST
DEN @LAL 8:30 PM EST
NO vs OKC 3:30 PM EST
Matchup Time
BOS @TOR 8:00 PM EST
CAR @NYI 2:00 PM EST
DAL @VGK 10:30 PM EST
FLA @TB 5:00 PM EST