15-Day IL
Injury Shoulder
Est. Return 4/25/2025
2025 Stats
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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
Lands on shelf
The Athletics placed Otanez (shoulder) on the 15-day injured list Wednesday.
ANALYSIS
Otanez was diagnosed with a right shoulder impingement on March 16 and is without a definitive timeline for a return. Once healthy, Otanez is expected to fill a high-leverage setup role in front of closer Mason Miller.
Otanez was diagnosed with a right shoulder impingement on March 16 and is without a definitive timeline for a return. Once healthy, Otanez is expected to fill a high-leverage setup role in front of closer Mason Miller.
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Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-27%
BAA vs LHP
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| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023vs Left | .171 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 1 | |||
| Since 2023vs Right | .235 | 32 | 12 | 20 | 1 | |||
| 2025vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2025vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 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 | |||
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| Since 2023Home | 2.25 | 1.31 | 16.0 | 16.3 | 6.2 | ||||
| Since 2023Away | 4.50 | 1.44 | 18.0 | 13.0 | 4.5 | ||||
| 2025Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2025Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
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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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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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