2025 Stats
W-L
0-0
ERA
13.50
WHIP
2.25
K
6
SV
0
Rest-of-Season 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
Sent to Triple-A
The Athletics optioned Otanez to Triple-A Las Vegas on Wednesday.
ANALYSIS
Otanez started the season on the IL before being activated May 13. He's struggled since joining the active roster, yielding eight runs with a 6:5 K:BB in 5.1 innings spanning six appearances. The 27-year-old will look to get back on track in Las Vegas. The recently acquired Sean Newcomb will take Otanez's spot on the 26-man roster.
Otanez started the season on the IL before being activated May 13. He's struggled since joining the active roster, yielding eight runs with a 6:5 K:BB in 5.1 innings spanning six appearances. The 27-year-old will look to get back on track in Las Vegas. The recently acquired Sean Newcomb will take Otanez's spot on the 26-man roster.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
20
Last 10 Games
19
Last 5 Games
17
How many pitches does Michel Otanez generally throw?
1-10
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81-90
91-100
101-110
111-120
121+
What part of the game does Michel Otanez generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-43%
BAA vs LHP
2025
-100%
BAA vs LHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023vs Left | .152 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 1 |
| Since 2023vs Right | .265 | 36 | 15 | 27 | 3 |
| 2025vs Left | .000 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025vs Right | .412 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| 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 |
Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-45%
ERA at Home
2025
-40%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023Home | 3.38 | 1.39 | 18.2 | 15.4 | 6.8 |
| Since 2023Away | 6.10 | 1.60 | 20.2 | 12.6 | 4.8 |
| 2025Home | 10.13 | 1.88 | 2.2 | 10.1 | 10.1 |
| 2025Away | 16.88 | 2.63 | 2.2 | 10.1 | 6.8 |
| 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 |
Minor League Left/Right Pitching Splits (AAA)
Since 2023
-28%
BAA vs RHP
2025
-18%
BAA vs RHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023vs Left | .260 | 26 | 13 | 19 | 4 |
| Since 2023vs Right | .188 | 40 | 21 | 18 | 0 |
| 2025vs Left | .333 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025vs Right | .273 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024vs Left | .262 | 21 | 9 | 16 | 2 |
| 2024vs Right | .182 | 34 | 16 | 14 | 0 |
| 2023vs Left | .167 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023vs Right | .125 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
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
1.20K/9
10.1BB/9
8.4HR/9
3.4Fastball
97.2 mphERA
13.50WHIP
2.25BABIP
.356GB/FB
0.67Left On Base
43.5%Exit Velocity
85.3 mphBarrels/BBE
10.0%Spin Rate
2248 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
40.0%Swinging Strike
10.7%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Ready to make season debut
The Athletics reinstated Otanez (shoulder) from the 15-day injured list Tuesday.
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Makes fourth rehab appearance
Otanez (shoulder) struck out three and allowed two hits and no walks over two scoreless innings in his rehab appearance Sunday with Triple-A Las Vegas.
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Set to begin rehab assignment
Otanez (shoulder) is set to begin a rehab assignment with Single-A Stockton on Tuesday, MLB.com reports.
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Lands on shelf
The Athletics placed Otanez (shoulder) on the 15-day injured list Wednesday.
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Will begin season on injured list
Otanez (shoulder) will begin the season on the 15-day injured list, Martin Gallegos of MLB.com reports.
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