Out
Injury Shoulder
Est. Return 4/25/2025
2024 Stats
W-L
1-0
ERA
3.44
WHIP
1.38
K
55
SV
1
2025 Projections
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Otanez signed a minor-league deal with the Athletics last offseason and was assigned to Triple-A Las Vegas for the start of the 2024 campaign. The 26-year-old right-hander demonstrated his immense strikeout upside, but walked an absurdly-high 6.1 batters per nine innings. Unfortunately, he carried his control problems to his first taste of the majors last summer, where he posted a 13.2 percent walk rate across 34 frames. However, Otanez kept the ball inside the park and induced plenty of whiffs on his 98 mph fastball (41 percent whiff rate, 5th in the majors for that pitch type) and slider (52.2 percent, 11th). Between the majors and minors last season, the rookie posted a 110:45 K:BB ratio over 71 innings. Otanez has a closer-in-waiting profile if he can ever improve his control, but even with the high walk rate he's still worth a dart in deep leagues for his 100-plus strikeout upside. Read Past Outlooks
Will begin season on injured list
Otanez (shoulder) will begin the season on the 15-day injured list, Martin Gallegos of MLB.com reports.
ANALYSIS
Otanez is just a few days into a 10-day shutdown period with a right shoulder impingement, so it's not a surprise he'll require an IL stint. How long that stint lasts will depend on how Otanez's shoulder responds to rest and a subsequent throwing program.
Otanez is just a few days into a 10-day shutdown period with a right shoulder impingement, so it's not a surprise he'll require an IL stint. How long that stint lasts will depend on how Otanez's shoulder responds to rest and a subsequent throwing program.
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2024
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
17
Last 10 Games
13
Last 5 Games
12
How many pitches does Michel Otanez generally throw?
1-10
11-20
21-30
31-40
41-50
51-60
61-70
71-80
81-90
91-100
101-110
111-120
121+
What part of the game does Michel Otanez generally pitch?
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2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-27%
BAA vs LHP
2024
-27%
BAA vs LHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022vs Left | .171 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 1 | |||
| Since 2022vs Right | .235 | 32 | 12 | 20 | 1 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .171 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 1 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .235 | 32 | 12 | 20 | 1 | |||
| 2023vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2023vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2022vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2022vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-50%
ERA at Home
2024
-50%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022Home | 2.25 | 1.31 | 16.0 | 16.3 | 6.2 | ||||
| Since 2022Away | 4.50 | 1.44 | 18.0 | 13.0 | 4.5 | ||||
| 2024Home | 2.25 | 1.31 | 16.0 | 16.3 | 6.2 | ||||
| 2024Away | 4.50 | 1.44 | 18.0 | 13.0 | 4.5 | ||||
| 2023Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2023Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2022Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2022Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Michel Otanez compare to other relievers?
This section compares his stats with all relief pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 30 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
2.75K/9
14.6BB/9
5.3HR/9
0.5Fastball
97.8 mphERA
3.44WHIP
1.38BABIP
.379GB/FB
1.04Left On Base
72.4%Exit Velocity
81.3 mphBarrels/BBE
3.2%Spin Rate
2247 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
18.4%Swinging Strike
17.8%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Shut down with shoulder issue
Otanez was diagnosed with a right shoulder impingement Sunday and has been shut down from throwing, Martin Gallegos of MLB.com reports.
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Will return to setup role
Otanez is expected to fill a key setup role alongside Jose Leclerc and Tyler Ferguson ahead of closer Mason Miller, Martin Gallegos of MLB.com reports.
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Records first win Tuesday
Otanez (1-0) recorded the win over the Reds on Tuesday, firing two-thirds scoreless innings and recording a strikeout.
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Earns first career save
Otanez allowed a hit and a walk while striking out three over a scoreless inning to earn the save in Saturday's 2-0 win over the Giants.
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Returns with scoreless inning
Otanez (forearm) pitched a perfect inning and struck out one in Friday's 13-3 win over the Angels.
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