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ALN: What’s Wrong with Kikuchi?

Lookout Landing | July 22, 2019

Related Topics: Cleveland Indians, ML, Baseball Prospectus, Major League Baseball, consistency, batting, pitch, Yusei Kikuchi

Yesterday’s rough outing by Yusei once again raised an important question: what the hell is going on here?

It’s tempting to look at the league-worst FIP, his drop in strikeouts, and his home run rates and say “everything” is what’s wrong with Yusei Kikuchi.

I mean, look at this chart. These colored lines are going in precisely the direction you do not want these particular colors of lines to go.

Fangraphs
After a career best game in May against the Indians, Kikuchi’s strikeouts and results have been on a steady decline.
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