One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his fastballs: a .432 expected average against them, against .304 on his breaking balls.
68 of his fastballs thrown.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Otto's sweeper moves 85.4 inches toward the third-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
103 thrown, averaging 82.2 mph.
He cannot find the zone often enough
Otto works off the plate, with only 37.5% of his pitches in the zone, 3rd percentile.
192 pitches in 2023. 3rd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 748th in MLB.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Otto's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 95.5 mph, against 85.7 off his sweeper.
67 and 103 of them thrown.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Otto's 4-seam fastball carries 17.2 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
67 thrown, averaging 93.7 mph.
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Otto averages 86.0 mph across his arsenal, 12th percentile in the league.
192 pitches in 2023. 12th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 681st in MLB.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Otto throws the sweeper 60.1% of the time against right-handers and 37% against left-handers.
138 pitches to right-handers, 54 to left-handers.
He lives on one side of the plate
Otto works in on right-handers: his average pitch lands 3.7 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.
192 located pitches in 2023.
He falls behind hitters far too often
Otto throws a strike on the first pitch 54.9% of the time.
51 plate appearances started in 2023.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Otto works with 3 pitches: Sweeper, 4-Seam Fastball and Knuckle Curve. The sweeper is 53.6% of everything he throws.
192 classified pitches in 2023.
His ball moves more than the hitter expects it to
Otto's stuff spins at 2,428 rpm, 82nd percentile in the league.
192 pitches in 2023. 82nd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 138th in MLB.
He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
15.1% of Otto's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
29 of 192 located pitches.
He gets so far down the mound the ball arrives early
Otto releases the ball 6.8 feet down the mound, so the ball arrives sooner than the radar gun suggests.
192 tracked pitches in 2023.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Otto throws a fastball 46.2% of the time, against 35.2% when he is ahead.
52 pitches behind in the count, 54 ahead.
Too much of the contact against him is loud
44.1% of the contact Otto gives up is hit hard, 24th percentile.
192 pitches in 2023. 24th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 589th in MLB.
He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Otto lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.24 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
192 located pitches in 2023.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Otto releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 42 degrees above horizontal and 1.7 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
192 tracked release points, averaging 5.9 feet off the ground.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Otto goes to the sweeper: 57.7% of his two-strike pitches, against 52.1% the rest of the time.
52 two-strike pitches in 2023.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Otto is weak: 87.2 mph off the bat on average, 74th percentile.
192 pitches in 2023. 74th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 202nd in MLB.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
11.5 mph separates Otto's 4-seam fastball from his sweeper, 93.7 against 82.2.
67 and 103 of them respectively.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Otto's sweeper spins at 2,494 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
103 thrown in 2023.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Otto projects a .338 average, 39th percentile.
192 pitches in 2023. 39th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 472nd in MLB.
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Otto's 4-seam fastball averages 93.7 mph, and has touched 95.8.
67 thrown, 34.9% of his pitches.
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One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his fastballs: a .432 expected average against them, against .304 on his breaking balls.
68 of his fastballs thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Otto's sweeper moves 85.4 inches toward the third-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
103 thrown, averaging 82.2 mph.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Otto's 4-seam fastball carries 17.2 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
67 thrown, averaging 93.7 mph.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He cannot find the zone often enough
Otto works off the plate, with only 37.5% of his pitches in the zone, 3rd percentile.
192 pitches in 2023. 3rd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 748th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Otto's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 95.5 mph, against 85.7 off his sweeper.
67 and 103 of them thrown.
He saves one pitch for one side of the plate
Otto throws the sweeper 60.1% of the time against right-handers and 37% against left-handers.
138 pitches to right-handers, 54 to left-handers.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Otto works with 3 pitches: Sweeper, 4-Seam Fastball and Knuckle Curve. The sweeper is 53.6% of everything he throws.
192 classified pitches in 2023.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
11.5 mph separates Otto's 4-seam fastball from his sweeper, 93.7 against 82.2.
67 and 103 of them respectively.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Otto's sweeper spins at 2,494 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
103 thrown in 2023.
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Otto's 4-seam fastball averages 93.7 mph, and has touched 95.8.
67 thrown, 34.9% of his pitches.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Otto averages 86.0 mph across his arsenal, 12th percentile in the league.
192 pitches in 2023. 12th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 681st in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He lives on one side of the plate
Otto works in on right-handers: his average pitch lands 3.7 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.
192 located pitches in 2023.
He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
15.1% of Otto's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
29 of 192 located pitches.
He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Otto lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.24 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
192 located pitches in 2023.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He falls behind hitters far too often
Otto throws a strike on the first pitch 54.9% of the time.
51 plate appearances started in 2023.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Otto throws a fastball 46.2% of the time, against 35.2% when he is ahead.
52 pitches behind in the count, 54 ahead.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Otto goes to the sweeper: 57.7% of his two-strike pitches, against 52.1% the rest of the time.
52 two-strike pitches in 2023.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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His ball moves more than the hitter expects it to
Otto's stuff spins at 2,428 rpm, 82nd percentile in the league.
192 pitches in 2023. 82nd percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 138th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He gets so far down the mound the ball arrives early
Otto releases the ball 6.8 feet down the mound, so the ball arrives sooner than the radar gun suggests.
192 tracked pitches in 2023.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Otto releases the ball from a low three-quarters slot, about 42 degrees above horizontal and 1.7 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
192 tracked release points, averaging 5.9 feet off the ground.
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Too much of the contact against him is loud
44.1% of the contact Otto gives up is hit hard, 24th percentile.
192 pitches in 2023. 24th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 589th in MLB.
Hitters cannot square him up, the contact is weak
Contact against Otto is weak: 87.2 mph off the bat on average, 74th percentile.
192 pitches in 2023. 74th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 202nd in MLB.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Otto projects a .338 average, 39th percentile.
192 pitches in 2023. 39th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2023, 472nd in MLB.
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