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Michel Otañez

Age
28
B/T
R/R
Height
6' 4"
Weight
218 lb
Number
#63
Born
July 3, 1997 in Villa La Mata, Dominican Republic
MLB debut
June 10, 2024

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dbWAR
.5
Regular season, 2 season(s)
IP
5.1
ERA
13.50
FIP
9.14
K/9
10.1
FIP−
220
100 = avg

Michel Otañez was a relief pitcher for the Athletics. In 2025 he struck out 6 batters over 5.1 innings across 6 appearances, going 0-0. His ERA of 13.50 was 224.6% higher than the league average of 4.16. Stripping out defence, his 9.14 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 35.6% of swings (13.2% of every pitch he threw), walked 17.9% of the batters he faced and struck out 21.4%. His -0.3 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2025 regular season.

FIP9.14
K/910.1
WHIP2.25
WAR-.3

WAR by season

0.70.2-0.32425

Pitching Regular season

Standard and advanced, by season. Regular-season games only.

Trend
2025ATH605.1000786513.509.142.2510.18.4325220-0.3
2024OAK36034.0101271355203.442.731.3814.65.384670.7

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2025. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
SplitPAABHHRBBSOAVGOBPSLGwOBAK%
vs LHB850022.000.375.000.27325.0%
vs RHB20177234.412.500.941.58020.0%

Pitch sequencing

What Michel Otañez throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Four-Seam Fastball42.1%5197.42,37639.2%23.5%12——
Slider35.5%4385.21,92937.2%50.0%5——
Sinker22.3%2796.62,23748.1%33.3%5——
Michel Otañez's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.