Yusei Kikuchi is a 31-year-old (turns 32 in June) left-handed pitcher born in Morioka, Japan. He signed with the Mariners before the 2019 season. In 8 seasons in the NPB, Kikuchi had a 73-46...
is a 31-year-old left-handed pitcher born in Morioka, Japan. He signed with the Mariners before the 2019 season.
In three years with Seattle, Yusei had a 14-24 record and a 4.97 ERA in 70 starts. Career batters have hit .267/.332/.474 against him. He struck out 20.6% of batters and walked 8.3%. Last year he struck out 24.5% and walked 9.3% in 157.0 innings, with a 4.41 ERA. He’s a hard-throwing left-hander, who the Jays would echo Robbie Ray’s time with the Jays. And yeah, Ray’s first season with the Jays wasn’t great. Of course, Kikuchi’s 2022 season aspired to ‘wasn’t great’.He did have a great May, with a 2.36 ERA in 5 starts, when batters hit just .177 against him. We thought he figured things out, but then he was terrible in June, with a 7.17 ERA in 6 starts, batters hitting .314 with a .721 Sluggling average.
I mentioned, in the fall, that his -1.1 bWAR was the 18th worst in Jays' history. But some of the guys at the bottom of that list also had very good years too.
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