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Brandon Walter or Yusei Kikuchi

Who Should I Start? - Week 16 • Start New
Brandon Walter

Brandon Walter

SPHouston Astros HOU
Yusei Kikuchi

Yusei Kikuchi

SPLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim LAA
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Walter over Kikuchi

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Brandon Walter
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Kikuchi over Walter

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Yusei Kikuchi
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Performance Brandon Walter
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
3.000-100700.331
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
5.730-1001000.912
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Yusei Kikuchi
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
5.191-000511.351
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
5.031-0001651.433
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Brandon Walter
OWN
29%
-0.94 compared to last week
START
14%
-4.41 compared to last week
OWN/START Yusei Kikuchi
OWN
92%
-2.46 compared to last week
START
63%
-10.61 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Brandon Walter
79th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Yusei Kikuchi
54th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Brandon Walter

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 79th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 93rd.
  • The current leader among SP's is Tarik Skubal
  • He has been under achieving. Look for him to bounce back.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 25 in WHIP and is currently ranked 25th with 1.02
  • Top 100 in ERA and is currently ranked 87th
  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 1.7 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: +1, L: +2, WHIP: +1.02, ERA: +4.03, K's: +40, Walks: +2
Breakdown Yusei Kikuchi

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 54th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 27th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Tarik Skubal
  • He is doing much better than most people thought he would. Can he keep this up?
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Currently ranked 104th in WHIP with 1.35
  • Top 35 in ERA and is currently ranked 35th with 2.75
  • Top 10 in walks and is currently ranked 7th with 27
  • Top 35 in strikeouts and is currently ranked 35th with 72
  • Top 35 in wins and is currently ranked 35th with 4
  • Top 75 in innings pitched and is currently ranked 53rd with 62.1
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: EVEN, L: -2, WHIP: +0.082, ERA: -1.314, K's: -2, Walks: +23
Next Up Health Check
Injury Brandon Walter

No Injury Reported

Injury Yusei Kikuchi

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Brandon Walter
DateOpponentResult
Jul 18@SEA
Jul 19@SEA
Jul 20@SEA
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Yusei Kikuchi
DateOpponentResult
Jul 18@PHIJesus Luzardo
Jul 19@PHITaijuan Walker
Jul 20@PHIRanger Suarez
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
nan-nan0
Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Brandon Walter
4.94
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Yusei Kikuchi
12.75
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Brandon Walter
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2023 BOS 9 . . . 0
2025 HOU 7 . . . 0
ON PACE 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 0
3-YEAR AVG 5 . . . 0
Career 16 . . .
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 32 171.0 2923 206 44 0 9-10 4.16 1.23 10.8 404
2025 LAA 20 110.2 1918 115 49 0 4-6 3.17 1.4 9.4 238
ON PACE 33 186 3236 194 82 0 6-10 3.17 1.4 9.4 402
3-YEAR AVG 31 144 2514 168 50 0 8-8 4.36 1.32 10.5 326
Career 182 898.0 15408 941 325 0 0-0 4.45 1.37 9.4
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