Pitcher · 2025
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
- dbWAR
- .4 2 season(s)
- IP
- 5.1
- ERA
- 13.50
- FIP
- 9.14
- K/9
- 10.1
- FIP−
- 220 100 = avg
Michel Otañez is 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.
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .375 | .000 | .273 | 25.0% |
| vs RHB | 20 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | .412 | .500 | .941 | .580 | 20.0% |
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, and how often it misses in 2025.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 51 | 97.4 | 2,376 | 39.2% | 23.5% | |
| Slider | 43 | 85.2 | 1,929 | 37.2% | 50.0% | |
| Sinker | 27 | 96.6 | 2,237 | 48.1% | 33.3% |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 0 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 13.50 | 9.14 | 2.25 | 10.1 | 8.4 | 325 | 220 | -0.3 | |
| 2024 | 36 | 0 | 34.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 55 | 20 | 3.44 | 2.73 | 1.38 | 14.6 | 5.3 | 84 | 67 | 0.7 |
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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.