Yusei Kikuchi

Toronto Blue Jays

Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance

Yusei Kikuchi has thrown 11,845 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2019 and 2024, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season and Spring Training. In 2024, they have relied primarily on their Fourseam Fastball (95mph) and Curve (84mph), also mixing in a Slider (89mph) and Change (86mph).


In 2024, compared to other LHP:
Their fourseam fastball generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, is blazing fast, results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' fourseamers and has slightly less natural movement than typical. Their curve is thrown extremely hard, has little depth and has primarily 12-6 movement. Their slider is thrown extremely hard, generates fewer whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' sliders and results in many more groundballs compared to other pitchers' sliders. Their change is a real worm killer that generates an extreme number of groundballs compared to other pitchers' changeups, generates more whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' changeups, is much firmer than usual and has some natural sink to it.