Kenta Maeda Stats
- Height / Weight
- 6' 1" / 185 lbs.
- Date of Birth (Age)
- 4/11/1988 (36)
- Experience
- 7
- College
- None
Kenta Maeda Season Stats
Last 10 Games
Kenta Maeda News
Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Kenta Maeda allowed two runs, four hits, and two walks over three innings of work against the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday. He also struck out one batter. After surrendering zero earned runs in his 2024 Spring Training debut last week, Maeda was roughed up this time around. With that said, we can't put too much stock into one fluky spring outing. Maeda had an impressive 3.77 xERA, 10.09 K/9, and 2.42 BB/9 last year, and he figures to operate as the Tigers' No. 3 starter throughout his first campaign in Detroit. He's an intriguing value option in fantasy baseball leagues.
Free-agent pitcher Kenta Maeda and the Detroit Tigers are in agreement on a two-year, $24 million contract. The right-hander will remain in the American League Central after spending the past four seasons with the Minnesota Twins, one of which was eliminated due to Tommy John surgery. Maeda returned from the UCL procedure to work to a 4.23 ERA across 21 outings (20 starts), but underlying numbers suggest he was better than his surface ERA may indicate. Maeda also posted a 3.76 SIERA and a 20.8% K-BB%, which is the second-best mark of his career and his top figure aside from his 28.2% mark posted in the COVID-shortened 2020 season. He will provide a veteran presence for a youthful Tigers rotation in the 2024 campaign.
Starting pitcher Kenta Maeda has been in talks with the Detroit Tigers this week, and those talks have intensified over the last couple of days. Maeda signed an eight-year, $25 million contract with the Dodgers in 2016 that was full of incentives -- his first contract stateside. The Japanese-born pitcher will be 36 years old next season and will likely receive a one- or two-year contract toward the end of his career. Steamer projections have Maeda pitching in 24 games and finishing 2024 with a 4.15 ERA and 135 strikeouts in 132 innings pitched. Those numbers are similar to his 2023 stats, which means he'd be a good fantasy player in deeper leagues as rotation depth.
Batting Order
1 | Mark Canha |
2 | Wenceel Pérez |
3 | Kerry Carpenter |
4 | Spencer Torkelson |
5 | Gio Urshela |
6 | Colt Keith |
7 | Zach McKinstry |
8 | Carson Kelly |
9 | Parker Meadows |
Kenta Maeda Stats
Last 10 Games
Batting Order
1 | Mark Canha |
2 | Wenceel Pérez |
3 | Kerry Carpenter |
4 | Spencer Torkelson |
5 | Gio Urshela |
6 | Colt Keith |
7 | Zach McKinstry |
8 | Carson Kelly |
9 | Parker Meadows |
Detroit Tigers pitcher Kenta Maeda enters his first season in the Motor City after inking a two-year, $24 million deal with the club after appearing in three seasons with the rival Minnesota Twins. The veteran's 2022 season was wiped out due to Tommy John surgery and struggled to a 5.18 ERA in the first half of the 2023 campaign while dealing with a triceps injury. However, the 2020 AL Cy Young runner-up returned to form in the season's second half, working to a 3.79 ERA in 71 1/3 second-half frames, posting an attractive 21.3% K-BB% in that time. The right-hander has long put forth stronger underlying metrics relative to his surface ERA figures but showed he can still be a fantasy asset after returning from his triceps injury. At a 253.06 ADP, Maeda is offering fair value for a pitcher with excellent control, a healthy strikeout count, and safe run-prevention methods.