His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Otero's sinker averages 89.1 mph, and has touched 92.0.
230 thrown, 55.3% of his pitches.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Otero's sinker moves 123.7 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
230 thrown, averaging 89.1 mph.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Otero throws the sinker 69.6% of the time against right-handers and 31.4% against left-handers.
260 pitches to right-handers, 156 to left-handers.
He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Otero lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.10 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
416 located pitches in 2019.
How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Otero puts 63.2% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 27.9% when he is ahead.
95 located pitches behind, 111 ahead.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his breaking balls: a .396 expected average against them, against .320 on his offspeed pitches.
58 of his breaking balls thrown.
His ball is straighter than it should be
Otero's stuff spins at 1,916 rpm, 4th percentile in the league.
416 pitches in 2019. 4th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2019, 722nd in MLB.
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Otero averages 86.3 mph across his arsenal, 17th percentile in the league.
416 pitches in 2019. 17th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2019, 622nd in MLB.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Otero's 4-seam fastball carries 14.2 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
50 thrown, averaging 88.6 mph.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Otero releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 35 degrees above horizontal and 1.5 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
416 tracked release points, averaging 5.4 feet off the ground.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Otero's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 93.0 mph, against 87.4 off his sinker.
50 and 230 of them thrown.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Otero goes to the 4-seam fastball: 20% of his two-strike pitches, against 10% the rest of the time.
85 two-strike pitches in 2019.
He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Otero lives in the strike zone: 46.4% of his pitches are in it, 75th percentile.
416 pitches in 2019. 75th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2019, 191st in MLB.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Otero works with 4 pitches: Sinker, Changeup, Slider and 4-Seam Fastball. The sinker is 55.3% of everything he throws.
416 classified pitches in 2019.
He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Otero lands 48.7% of his offspeed pitches in the zone and only 34.5% of his breaking balls.
78 of his offspeed pitches, 58 of his breaking balls.
He lives on one side of the plate
Otero works away from right-handers: his average pitch lands 1.5 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.
416 located pitches in 2019.
Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 37.4% of the contact Otero gives up is hit hard, 67th percentile.
416 pitches in 2019. 67th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2019, 246th in MLB.
The contact he allows should not turn into many hits
The quality of contact against Otero projects a .351 average, 67th percentile.
416 pitches in 2019. 67th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2019, 248th in MLB.
He gets so far down the mound the ball arrives early
Otero releases the ball 6.6 feet down the mound, so the ball arrives sooner than the radar gun suggests.
416 tracked pitches in 2019.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
10.2 mph separates Otero's sinker from his slider, 89.1 against 78.9.
230 and 58 of them respectively.
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His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Otero's sinker averages 89.1 mph, and has touched 92.0.
230 thrown, 55.3% of his pitches.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Otero throws the sinker 69.6% of the time against right-handers and 31.4% against left-handers.
260 pitches to right-handers, 156 to left-handers.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Otero's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 93.0 mph, against 87.4 off his sinker.
50 and 230 of them thrown.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Otero works with 4 pitches: Sinker, Changeup, Slider and 4-Seam Fastball. The sinker is 55.3% of everything he throws.
416 classified pitches in 2019.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
10.2 mph separates Otero's sinker from his slider, 89.1 against 78.9.
230 and 58 of them respectively.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Otero's sinker moves 123.7 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
230 thrown, averaging 89.1 mph.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Otero's 4-seam fastball carries 14.2 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
50 thrown, averaging 88.6 mph.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Otero lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.10 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
416 located pitches in 2019.
He lives on one side of the plate
Otero works away from right-handers: his average pitch lands 1.5 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.
416 located pitches in 2019.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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How much of the zone he uses depends on the count
Otero puts 63.2% of his pitches in the zone when he is behind and 27.9% when he is ahead.
95 located pitches behind, 111 ahead.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Otero goes to the 4-seam fastball: 20% of his two-strike pitches, against 10% the rest of the time.
85 two-strike pitches in 2019.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his breaking balls: a .396 expected average against them, against .320 on his offspeed pitches.
58 of his breaking balls thrown.
He throws strikes to one type of hitter and not the other
Otero lands 48.7% of his offspeed pitches in the zone and only 34.5% of his breaking balls.
78 of his offspeed pitches, 58 of his breaking balls.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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His ball is straighter than it should be
Otero's stuff spins at 1,916 rpm, 4th percentile in the league.
416 pitches in 2019. 4th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2019, 722nd in MLB.
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He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Otero averages 86.3 mph across his arsenal, 17th percentile in the league.
416 pitches in 2019. 17th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2019, 622nd in MLB.
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The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Otero releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 35 degrees above horizontal and 1.5 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
416 tracked release points, averaging 5.4 feet off the ground.
He gets so far down the mound the ball arrives early
Otero releases the ball 6.6 feet down the mound, so the ball arrives sooner than the radar gun suggests.
416 tracked pitches in 2019.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Otero lives in the strike zone: 46.4% of his pitches are in it, 75th percentile.
416 pitches in 2019. 75th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2019, 191st in MLB.
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Almost nothing hit off him is hit well
Only 37.4% of the contact Otero gives up is hit hard, 67th percentile.
416 pitches in 2019. 67th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2019, 246th in MLB.
The contact he allows should not turn into many hits
The quality of contact against Otero projects a .351 average, 67th percentile.
416 pitches in 2019. 67th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2019, 248th in MLB.
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