2025 Balatro Contest

Yusei Kikuchi LAA SP L

Born: 06/17/1991 Age: 33

FanGraphs Player Page

2025 OPL OPL Player Page

Signed By

The Fish 🐠 for $6

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 0.31%
30Day 0.93%

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 10, 2019 9:04 PM add The Fish 🐠 $16
March 8, 2019 6:34 PM move An EXTREMELY Stable Fantasy Genius (from The Fish 🐠) $16
June 6, 2019 9:38 PM cut An EXTREMELY Stable Fantasy Genius $8
July 9, 2019 10:44 AM add An EXTREMELY Stable Fantasy Genius $8
July 9, 2019 12:52 PM cut An EXTREMELY Stable Fantasy Genius $4
August 11, 2019 11:23 AM add An EXTREMELY Stable Fantasy Genius $4
August 11, 2019 12:45 PM cut An EXTREMELY Stable Fantasy Genius $2
September 15, 2019 1:15 PM add The Influencer In The Wild✅ $3
October 4, 2019 5:05 PM increase The Influencer In The Wild✅ $5
September 30, 2020 6:28 PM increase The Influencer In The Wild✅ $7
October 9, 2021 3:40 AM increase The Influencer In The Wild✅ $9
January 6, 2022 1:26 PM cut The Influencer In The Wild✅ $0
March 27, 2022 8:11 PM add Big League Chew-pacabras $1
April 14, 2022 3:44 PM cut Big League Chew-pacabras $1
May 11, 2022 3:10 AM add Smokin & Drinkin Make Me Cool $1
May 29, 2022 10:13 AM cut Smokin & Drinkin Make Me Cool $1
June 1, 2022 12:21 PM add The Influencer In The Wild✅ $2
June 26, 2022 10:41 PM cut The Influencer In The Wild✅ $1
August 28, 2023 9:22 AM add Dugout Wizards 🧙 $4
October 12, 2023 12:09 PM increase Dugout Wizards 🧙 $6
January 27, 2024 9:36 PM cut Dugout Wizards 🧙 $0
March 3, 2024 9:45 PM add The Influencer In The Wild✅ $4
October 10, 2024 12:36 AM increase The Influencer In The Wild✅ $6
December 8, 2024 5:28 PM move The Fish 🐠 (from The Influencer In The Wild✅) $6

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