2025 Balatro Contest

Yusei Kikuchi LAA SP L

Born: 06/17/1991 Age: 33

FanGraphs Player Page

2025 OPL OPL Player Page

Signed By

West Richfield Street Turkeys for $9

On MLB 40-man: YES
Acquired: Free Agent (HOU) Nov'24

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Positions
SP

All Leagues
Average $6.34 Median $6.00
FanGraphs Points
Average $6.37 Median $6.00

All Leagues
Average $4.30 Median $4.50
FanGraphs Points
Average $3.30 Median $3.00

Roster%
94.43%
Change
7Day 0.62%
30Day 0.62%

2025 OPL 2024 OPL Round 8
OPL Roster%
0.00%
OPL Average Salary
$0.00

MLB Stats

Pitching

YearTeamGGSIP SV HLD K H BB HBP HR P/IP Pts
2019SEA3232161.20011619550636 1.92 310.54
2020SEA9947.00047412003 5.07 238.30
2021SEA2929157.00016314562527 3.68 577.70
2022TOR3220100.2101249358923 2.7 272.24
2023TOR3232167.20018116548427 4.09 685.64
2024TOR2222115.20013012530217 4.2 485.84
2024HOU101060.00076421408 5.77 346.40

Recent Games

Last 10 MLB Games

DateTeamOpponentGSWinSaveHoldIPTBF RERHKBBHBPHR Pts
Sep 25, 2024 HOU SEA 1 0 0 0 6.0 24 2 0 4 8 1 0 0 47.00
Sep 19, 2024 HOU LAA 1 0 0 0 6.0 24 1 1 5 9 1 0 1 34.10
Sep 13, 2024 HOU @LAA 1 1 0 0 7.0 26 3 3 3 6 2 0 1 37.70
Sep 7, 2024 HOU ARI 1 1 0 0 6.0 26 4 4 7 6 0 0 2 13.60
Aug 31, 2024 HOU KCR 1 1 0 0 7.0 26 1 1 5 12 0 0 0 62.80
Aug 25, 2024 HOU @BAL 1 0 0 0 5.2 22 3 3 2 4 3 0 1 23.43
Aug 19, 2024 HOU BOS 1 0 0 0 5.2 25 3 1 6 7 1 0 1 25.03
Aug 13, 2024 HOU @TBR 1 1 0 0 5.2 21 1 1 3 5 0 0 0 44.13
Aug 7, 2024 HOU @TEX 1 1 0 0 5.1 23 2 2 4 8 3 0 1 23.77
Aug 2, 2024 HOU TBR 1 0 0 0 5.2 22 2 2 3 11 3 0 1 34.83
Totals 10 5 0 0 60.0 239 22 18 42 76 14 0 8 346.40

Avg Salary & Roster%

Last 30 days

2025 Position Eligibility Progress

To gain eligibility, a player must have 5 GS or 10 G at a position in the majors, or 20 G at a position in the minors.

Transaction History

Date Transaction Type Team Salary
February 17, 2019 5:12 PM add What About Bob? $10
April 25, 2019 8:27 AM cut What About Bob? $5
May 5, 2019 8:36 PM add Coliseum Commuters $5
June 10, 2019 9:31 AM cut Coliseum Commuters $3
August 20, 2019 5:28 PM add West Richfield Street Turkeys $4
September 14, 2019 5:16 PM cut West Richfield Street Turkeys $2
July 26, 2020 1:03 PM add The 2025 Chicago White Sox $2
August 1, 2020 7:35 PM cut The 2025 Chicago White Sox $1
August 5, 2020 8:48 AM add Murphy's Law $4
September 30, 2020 7:26 PM increase Murphy's Law $6
November 15, 2020 12:45 AM increase Murphy's Law $7
July 29, 2021 11:37 AM move The 2025 Chicago White Sox (from Murphy's Law) $7
October 9, 2021 4:42 AM increase The 2025 Chicago White Sox $9
February 7, 2022 1:25 PM cut The 2025 Chicago White Sox $0
March 12, 2022 12:19 PM add All Arraez $6
May 9, 2022 11:26 AM cut All Arraez $3
May 26, 2022 12:18 PM add Señor Smoke’s Trench Coat $7
October 14, 2022 1:57 AM increase Señor Smoke’s Trench Coat $9
January 23, 2023 10:31 PM cut Señor Smoke’s Trench Coat $0
August 22, 2023 2:15 PM add Wacha Me Win ツ $4
October 12, 2023 12:08 PM increase Wacha Me Win ツ $6
January 31, 2024 9:00 PM cut Wacha Me Win ツ $0
February 26, 2024 9:18 PM add The 2025 Chicago White Sox $5
October 10, 2024 12:35 AM increase The 2025 Chicago White Sox $7
November 15, 2024 12:12 AM increase The 2025 Chicago White Sox $9
November 26, 2024 10:06 AM move West Richfield Street Turkeys (from The 2025 Chicago White Sox) $9

Recent Trades for Yusei Kikuchi in FanGraphs Points

Date Proposing Team Proposing Team Gives Accepting Team Accepting Team Gives
January 12, 2025 11:07 PM Me and Julio Down by the Ballyard ⚾ Manny Machado SDP 3B R $20
Yusei Kikuchi HOU SP L $7
 Backdoor Sliders Shane Baz TBR SP R $11 
Francisco Alvarez NYM C R $6
Andrew Painter FA Util R $6 
January 12, 2025 9:34 AM Sweetjayy21 Yusei Kikuchi HOU SP L $5
 triples is best Mitch Keller PIT SP R $9
Lane Thomas CLE OF R $9 
Kyle Harrison SFG SP L $6
January 10, 2025 11:13 PM Dr. Shower Jeff Hoffman PHI RP R $5 
 The ElAttrache Bros Yusei Kikuchi HOU SP L $4
December 31, 2024 1:52 PM GP3 Jorge Soler ATL OF R $11
Mark Vientos NYM 3B R $8
Spencer Horwitz TOR 1B/2B L $4
Bryan Woo SEA SP R $9
 Brass NHPs Logan Webb SFG SP R $27
Yusei Kikuchi HOU SP L $5
Spencer Steer CIN 1B/OF R $13
December 27, 2024 8:02 AM Yeah Jeets! Ozzie Albies ATL 2B S $25
Pete Fairbanks TBR RP R $8
Evan Carter TEX OF L $5 OUT
 Cherry Bombers 💣 Julio Rodriguez SEA OF R $41
Yusei Kikuchi HOU SP L $5
CJ Abrams WSN SS L $14
December 17, 2024 3:28 PM Boo-urnes! Boo-urnes! Tommy Edman LAD SS/OF S $5
Adrian Del Castillo ARI ST C L $6
 BABIP’d Yusei Kikuchi HOU SP L $5
December 12, 2024 6:29 PM Radio Gra Christian Yelich MIL OF L $23 OUT
Andres Gimenez CLE 2B L $4
Austin Wells NYY C L $3
Evan Carter TEX OF L $5 OUT
 SteamRollers William Contreras MIL C R $18
Yusei Kikuchi HOU SP L $5
December 11, 2024 12:22 AM Turd Burglars 🔮 Rafael Devers BOS 3B L $46
Blake Treinen LAD RP R $5
Camilo Doval SFG RP R $9 
 The Diamond Project Adolis García TEX OF R $13 OUT
Yusei Kikuchi HOU SP L $6
Josh H. Smith TEX SS/3B/OF L $3
Evan Carter TEX OF L $4 OUT
December 10, 2024 8:58 AM Rockford Peaches Will Smith LAD C R $23
 👹 Wendigos 👹 Yusei Kikuchi HOU SP L $7
December 7, 2024 5:27 PM The Influencer In The Wild✅ Yusei Kikuchi HOU SP L $6
Brayan Bello BOS SP R $15
Ha-seong Kim SDP SS R $5 OUT
 The Fish 🐠 Jose Altuve HOU 2B R $36
Zac Gallen ARI SP R $28