FACTS/FLUKES: Kikuchi, H. Ramirez, Muñoz, Mountcastle, R. López

Kikuchi underperformed his xERA 2020 and 2021 with the Mariners and struggled so far in 2022 ... Through 65 innings, Yusei Kikuchi (LHP, TOR) has a 5.12 and a brutal 1.57 WHIP. Kikuchi has a career-best K%, but the BB% ballooned to 13.9%. With the dreadful ratios, do Kikuchi's skills hint at better results in the future?

Year  IP  ERA/xERA   BB%   K%  K-BB  SwK  Vel   Ball  H%/S%  GB/LD/FB  HRF  BPV
====  === =========  ===  ===  ====  ==== ====  ====  =====  ========  ===  ====
2019  162 5.46/5.30   7%  16%   9%   8.9  92.5  35.9  32/70  44/21/35  19%   63
2020   47 5.17/3.93  10%  24%  14%  12.8  95.0  38.4  31/59  52/23/25   9%   89
2021  157 4.41/3.92   9%  25%  15%  12.7  95.2  35.1  30/72  48/21/30  21%   98
2022  65  5.12/4.41 ...

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