4 years agoSeattle Mariners left-handed pitcher Yusei Kikuchi will start the second game of the spring training season on Tuesday against Cleveland. In 2021, Kikuchi is looking to improve on a career ERA in Major League Baseball of 5.39. Kikuchi has pitched better than that number indicates, as he's suffered from some bad luck in his first two seasons. Looking back to 2020, Kikuchi's 3.30 FIP significantly outperformed his 5.17 ERA, and in 2019 Kikuchi was the victim of an unusually high 18.8 percent home run to fly ball rate. Regression should be in order, and Kikuchi could be a bargain when that luck turns around.--Doug Goldring - RotoBaller
Source: Ryan Divish