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2019 Projections (Rest of Season Projections - seasonal age 28)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date6-17-1991
Height6' 0"
Weight194 lbs
Age28 years, 2 months, 2 days
BatsL
ThrowsL
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEAR Team Lg G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA- WARP
2019 SEA MLB 25 25 126.3 4 8 0 150 42 95 31 99 10.7 3.0 2.2 6.8 46% .304 1.52 5.98 5.56 120 7.71 157.3 -2.6
CareerMLB2525126.34801504295319910.73.02.26.846%.3041.525.985.561207.71157.3-2.6

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA-
2019 SEA MLB AL 25 25 126.3 4 8 0 150 42 95 31 99 10.7 3.0 2.2 6.8 46% .304 1.52 5.98 5.56 120 7.71 157.3

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2019 2035 0.5106 0.4732 0.8006 0.6468 0.2922 0.8690 0.6426 0.1994
Career20350.51060.47320.80060.64680.29220.86900.64260.1994

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2022 SEA $14,500,000
2021 SEA $16,500,000
2020 SEA $15,500,000
2019 SEA $9,500,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
2019Current$9,500,000
3 yrFuture$46,500,000
4 yrTotal$56,000,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
0 y 0 dBoras Corp.4 years/$56M (2019-22), options

Details
  • 4 years/$56M (2019-22), with options. Posted by Seibu Lions of Japan 12/3/18. Signed by Seattle as a free agent 1/2/19. $6M signing bonus. 19:$8M, 20:$14M, 21:$15M, 22:$13M player option (if club declines to exercise four 1-year options, Kikuchi has until the fifth day after end of 2021 World Series to exercise his player option). Until third day after end of 2021 World Series, Mariners may exercise four 1-year options at $16.5M annually through 2025, bringing the total value of the contract to 7 years/$109M (2019-25). Mariners pay Seibu a posting fee of $10.275M (20% of first $25M, 17.5% of next $25M, 15% of amount over $50M). If Seattle exercises four options, it would owe Seibu an additional $7.95M fee (15% of additional $53M in guaranteed money). 2010-18: Seibu Lions of Japan.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR BABIP WHIP ERA DRA VORP WARP
90o 2.3 2 0 7 7 47.6 38 14 45 5 .260 1.09 3.13 3.53 6.9 0.8
80o 2.2 2.1 0 7 7 43.1 37 13 40 5 .271 1.15 3.44 3.88 5.6 0.6
70o 2.1 2.2 0 7 7 40.0 35 13 38 5 .278 1.20 3.68 4.14 4.6 0.5
60o 2.1 2.2 0 7 7 37.4 34 12 35 5 .285 1.24 3.87 4.36 3.8 0.4
50o 2 2.3 0 7 7 35.0 33 12 33 5 .291 1.28 4.06 4.57 3.1 0.3
40o 2 2.4 0 7 7 32.6 32 11 31 4 .297 1.32 4.25 4.78 2.3 0.2
30o 1.9 2.4 0 7 7 30.1 30 11 28 4 .304 1.36 4.44 5.01 1.4 0.2
20o 1.9 2.5 0 7 7 27.3 28 10 26 4 .312 1.41 4.69 5.28 0.4 0.0
10o 1.8 2.7 0 7 7 23.4 26 9 22 4 .322 1.48 5.02 5.66 -1.0 -0.1
Weighted Mean22.307734.83212334.2901.274.044.553.10.3

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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2019-06-21 15:00:00 (link to chat)Real-life value, not fantasy, how would you rank the following over the next five years: Luis Castillo, Chris Paddack, Yusei Kikuchi, Mike Foltynewicz, Jake Odorizzi.
(bg from SEA)		Castillo and Paddack in their own tier, but interesting that both are dominating with basically two pitches. Then probably Folty, and uhhhh tough to decide between the bottom two. I still think Kikuchi stabilizes into a solid #3-type, and Odorizzi has been riding a hell of a lot of HR luck for a fly-ball pitcher. (Jon Hegglund)
2019-01-23 12:00:00 (link to chat)Yusei Kikuchi?
(Sam from SEA)		He's 27, has thrown 1000+ in innings in a non-developmental league and won't spend a day in the minors. We don't consider him a prospect. (Jeffrey Paternostro)
2018-12-12 17:00:00 (link to chat)Should I burn my number 1 waiver on Yusei Kikuchi? It's either him, or 17-18 year old prospects that will be newly added to the player pool.
(Sean99 from Orland Park)		I'd go for Kikuchi. (Mike Gianella)


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