Should I draft Yusei Kikuchi or Kyle Bradish?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Yusei Kikuchi or Kyle Bradish.

PLEASE NOTE this is a draft choice comparison analysis based upon Preseason Projections only. As the baseball season is already underway, you may instead prefer to view our breakdown of a trade for these players which is based upon several more factors including in-season performance.

Change Players in Draft Analysis

Select Player to Draft

Slight Recommendation

Yusei Kikuchi

Change Player

Kyle Bradish

Change Player

TOR · SP

BAL · SP

Injury Alert

Kyle Bradish · Elbow (Out For Season)

Pitching
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	1.72	1.44
ADP	253.29	200.50
PROJ	283.00	264.00
W	8	10
L	7	7
SV	0	0
IP	145.0	135.0
H	134	125
ER	67	59
K	158	128
BB	47	41
ERA	4.16	3.93
WHIP	1.25	1.23

Most Recent and Popular Comparisons
	Draft Yusei Kikuchi or Justin Verlander Draft Yusei Kikuchi or Tanner Bibee Draft Yusei Kikuchi or Cole Ragans Draft Yusei Kikuchi or Sonny Gray Draft Yusei Kikuchi or Hunter Brown	Draft Kyle Bradish or Garrett Whitlock Draft Kyle Bradish or Tyler Wells Draft Kyle Bradish or Bryce Miller Draft Kyle Bradish or Nathan Eovaldi Draft Kyle Bradish or Emmet Sheehan

Pitching
Season Statistics
PROJ	140.0	115.0
W	4	2
L	8	0
SV	0	0
IP	88.1	39.1
H	95	27
ER	41	12
K	93	53
BB	21	15
ERA	4.19	2.76
WHIP	1.32	1.07

Recent News
	If/when Blue Jays sell, where might Yusei Kikuchi go? Exploring five potential trade destinations Published July 2nd, 2024 via Blue Jays Nation Blue Jays Rumors: Justin Turner, Kevin Kiermaier, Yusei Kikuchi, and more to hit the MLB 2024 trade deadline, per report Published June 30th, 2024 via Sportskeeda Yusei Kikuchi and Danny Jansen are reportedly on the trading block, among others Published June 30th, 2024 via Blue Jays Nation Sunday Notes: Yusei Kikuchi Feels Takeya Nakamura Deserves More Respect Published June 30th, 2024 via FanGraphs Yusei Kikuchi Trade Rumors: Braves could be a possible landing spot for ex-Mariners pitcher as team looks to bolster ... Published June 29th, 2024 via Sportskeeda Atlanta Braves Eye Former All-Star Yusei Kikuchi in Trade with Blue Jays Published June 29th, 2024 via BVM Sports Yusei Kikuchi: Potential Trade and Performance Impact \| Sports \| tribuneledgernews.com Published June 29th, 2024 via Cherokee Tribune Ledger News Yusei Kikuchi: Potential Trade and Performance Impact \| Sports \| hastingstribune.com Published June 29th, 2024 via The Hastings Tribune	Rays offense goes silent in shutout loss to Kyle Bradish, Orioles Published July 1st, 2024 via MSN Pitching depth propels Orioles to first place without Kyle Bradish and John Means Published June 29th, 2024 via MSN MLB rumors: How Kyle Bradish injury impacts Orioles' trade deadline plans Published June 26th, 2024 via MSN MLB rumors: How Kyle Bradish injury impacts Orioles' trade deadline plans Published June 23rd, 2024 via MSN An emergency Orioles-Tigers trade for a reunion after Kyle Bradish hits IL again Published June 23rd, 2024 via MSN Orioles' Kyle Bradish goes back on the injured list with more elbow problems Published June 23rd, 2024 via Yahoo Singapore News Baltimore Orioles \| - 10 starting pitcher trade targets for Orioles in wake of Kyle Bradish injury Published June 22nd, 2024 via Baltimore Sun Orioles' Kyle Bradish goes back on the injured list with more elbow problems Published June 21st, 2024 via ABC News

New Seasons Now Available

Free Tools

Use our free tools to become a fantasy expert and dominate your league!

Get started in seconds
Sync unlimited leagues for free - no paywalls!
Customized for your league, roster and scoring settings
Support for football, baseball, basketball and hockey
Roto and point-based support
Live Draft Syncing
Draft decision analysis
Intuitive Mock Drafts
Insights on H2H matchups
Most scoring statistics supported
No manual entry required
Much, much more!!

Browser Extension