There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Kikuchi's cutter leaves the bat at 97.4 mph, against 85.1 off his slider.
94 and 109 of them thrown.
Both sides hit him about the same
45.2% of the contact right-handers make against Kikuchi is hit hard, against 33.3% of what left-handers make.
443 pitches to right-handed hitters, 124 to left-handed hitters.
The home runs are what is undoing his season
Kikuchi has given up 3 tracked home runs, 2 of them to left field, the longest 456 feet.
3 tracked home runs allowed in 2026.
When hitters connect off him, they hit it hard
Hitters average 90.2 mph off the bat against Kikuchi, 24th percentile.
567 pitches in 2026. 24th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 407th in MLB.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his fastballs: a .367 expected average against them, against .314 on his offspeed pitches.
284 of his fastballs thrown.
Runners on base do not change how he is hit
46.7% of the contact against Kikuchi with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 40.6% with the bases empty.
158 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 409 with the bases empty.
He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Kikuchi lives in the strike zone: 45.5% of his pitches are in it, 77th percentile.
567 pitches in 2026. 77th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 124th in MLB.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Kikuchi projects a .346 average, 31st percentile.
567 pitches in 2026. 31st percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 372nd in MLB.
One side of the plate does most of the damage against him
Right-handed hitters average 90.6 mph off the bat against Kikuchi and left-handers 88.6.
73 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 21 from left-handers.
Too much of the contact against him is loud
42.6% of the contact Kikuchi gives up is hit hard, 36th percentile.
567 pitches in 2026. 36th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 346th in MLB.
His ball is straighter than it should be
Kikuchi's stuff spins at 2,187 rpm, 35th percentile in the league.
567 pitches in 2026. 35th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 351st in MLB.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
41.9% of the contact against Kikuchi is on the ground and 36.6% of it is in the air.
93 tracked batted balls allowed.
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There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Kikuchi's cutter leaves the bat at 97.4 mph, against 85.1 off his slider.
94 and 109 of them thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
Take me there
Both sides hit him about the same
45.2% of the contact right-handers make against Kikuchi is hit hard, against 33.3% of what left-handers make.
443 pitches to right-handed hitters, 124 to left-handed hitters.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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The home runs are what is undoing his season
Kikuchi has given up 3 tracked home runs, 2 of them to left field, the longest 456 feet.
3 tracked home runs allowed in 2026.
One side of the plate does most of the damage against him
Right-handed hitters average 90.6 mph off the bat against Kikuchi and left-handers 88.6.
73 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 21 from left-handers.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
41.9% of the contact against Kikuchi is on the ground and 36.6% of it is in the air.
93 tracked batted balls allowed.
The numbers behind these live in Spray Chart.
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When hitters connect off him, they hit it hard
Hitters average 90.2 mph off the bat against Kikuchi, 24th percentile.
567 pitches in 2026. 24th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 407th in MLB.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Kikuchi projects a .346 average, 31st percentile.
567 pitches in 2026. 31st percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 372nd in MLB.
Too much of the contact against him is loud
42.6% of the contact Kikuchi gives up is hit hard, 36th percentile.
567 pitches in 2026. 36th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 346th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his fastballs: a .367 expected average against them, against .314 on his offspeed pitches.
284 of his fastballs thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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Runners on base do not change how he is hit
46.7% of the contact against Kikuchi with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 40.6% with the bases empty.
158 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 409 with the bases empty.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Kikuchi lives in the strike zone: 45.5% of his pitches are in it, 77th percentile.
567 pitches in 2026. 77th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 124th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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His ball is straighter than it should be
Kikuchi's stuff spins at 2,187 rpm, 35th percentile in the league.
567 pitches in 2026. 35th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 351st in MLB.
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