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Dan Otero PYankees

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 34)

IP	ERA	WHIP	SO	W	L	SV	WARP
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Birth Date	2-19-1985
Height	6' 3"
Weight	205 lbs

Age	39 years, 2 months, 7 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

: -0.62015
: 0.92016
: 0.52017
: 0.42018
: 0.22019
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Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
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YEAR	Team	Lg	G	IP	W	L	SV	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-	WARP
2012	SFN	MLB	12	12.3	0	0	0	19	2	8	0	100	13.9	1.5	0.0	5.8	0%	.422	1.70	2.80	5.84	104	4.83	110.6	0.0
2013	OAK	MLB	33	39.0	2	0	0	42	6	27	0	92	9.7	1.4	0.0	6.2	0%	.333	1.23	2.15	1.38	105	4.36	104.3	0.1
2014	OAK	MLB	72	86.7	8	2	1	80	15	45	4	93	8.3	1.6	0.4	4.7	0%	.270	1.10	3.31	2.28	100	3.60	88.4	0.9
2015	OAK	MLB	41	46.7	2	4	0	64	6	28	7	101	12.3	1.2	1.4	5.4	0%	.354	1.50	4.36	6.75	113	5.82	136.0	-0.6
2016	CLE	MLB	62	70.7	5	1	1	54	10	57	2	114	6.9	1.3	0.3	7.3	64%	.260	0.91	2.28	1.53	87	3.86	85.5	0.9
2017	CLE	MLB	52	60.0	3	0	0	63	9	38	6		9.5	1.4	0.9	5.7	65%	.302	1.20	3.62	2.85	93	4.46	94.8	0.5
2018	CLE	MLB	61	58.7	2	1	1	69	5	43	12	106	10.6	0.8	1.8	6.6	61%	.310	1.26	4.79	5.22	94	4.26	95.3	0.4
2019	CLE	MLB	25	29.7	0	0	0	42	3	16	6	99	12.7	0.9	1.8	4.9	53%	.343	1.52	5.20	4.85	112	7.09	145.4	-0.6
Career		MLB	358	403.7	22	8	3	433	56	262	37	86	9.7	1.2	0.8	5.8	60%	.299	1.21	3.52	3.39	99	4.49	101.8	1.7

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-
2007	SLO	A-	NWN	22	0	22.3	0	0	19	12	0	15	1	108	4.8	0.0	0.4	6.1	0%	.172	0.54	2.90	1.21	89	1.91	39.1
2008	AUG	A	SAL	25	0	27.0	0	0	18	22	4	26	0	94	7.3	1.3	0.0	8.7	0%	.278	0.96	2.07	0.33	77	3.14	64.3
2008	SJO	A+	CLF	27	0	27.0	1	1	16	34	3	23	1	89	11.3	1.0	0.3	7.7	0%	.347	1.37	3.10	3.67	87	6.65	136.2
2009	NRW	AA	EAS	39	0	39.0	0	3	19	40	10	31	0	91	9.2	2.3	0.0	7.2	0%	.333	1.28	2.46	1.15	83	4.56	95.9
2010	SJO	A+	CLF	10	0	13.3	3	0	0	11	1	11	2		7.4	0.7	1.4	7.4	0%	.250	0.90	4.25	4.06	0	0.00	0.0
2010	GIA	Rk	AZL	9	0	10.7	2	0	1	7	1	7	0		5.9	0.8	0.0	5.9	0%	.219	0.75	3.22	0.00	0	0.00	0.0
2011	RIC	AA	EAS	23	0	38.0	2	1	1	34	4	40	0		8.1	0.9	0.0	9.5	0%	.318	1.00	1.77	1.42	67	3.11	63.5
2011	FRE	AAA	PCL	33	0	36.0	2	3	12	38	7	36	4		9.5	1.8	1.0	9.0	0%	.318	1.25	3.80	3.25	78	3.55	72.5
2012	SFN	MLB	NL	12	0	12.3	0	0	0	19	2	8	0	100	13.9	1.5	0.0	5.8	0%	.422	1.70	2.80	5.84	104	4.83	110.6
2012	FRE	AAA	PCL	48	0	62.0	5	5	0	70	8	45	4		10.2	1.2	0.6	6.5	0%	.333	1.26	3.58	2.90	82	4.39	91.4
2013	OAK	MLB	AL	33	0	39.0	2	0	0	42	6	27	0	92	9.7	1.4	0.0	6.2	0%	.333	1.23	2.15	1.38	105	4.36	104.3
2013	SAC	AAA	PCL	23	0	27.3	1	0	15	14	1	22	0		4.6	0.3	0.0	7.2	0%	.187	0.55	2.17	0.99	70	1.36	29.7
2014	OAK	MLB	AL	72	0	86.7	8	2	1	80	15	45	4	93	8.3	1.6	0.4	4.7	0%	.270	1.10	3.31	2.28	100	3.60	88.4
2015	OAK	MLB	AL	41	0	46.7	2	4	0	64	6	28	7	101	12.3	1.2	1.4	5.4	0%	.354	1.50	4.36	6.75	113	5.82	136.0
2015	NAS	AAA	PCL	15	2	27.7	2	0	0	23	4	19	1	88	7.5	1.3	0.3	6.2	0%	.262	0.98	3.12	1.95	84	2.48	54.4
2016	CLE	MLB	AL	62	0	70.7	5	1	1	54	10	57	2	114	6.9	1.3	0.3	7.3	64%	.260	0.91	2.28	1.53	87	3.86	85.5
2017	CLE	MLB	AL	52	0	60.0	3	0	0	63	9	38	6		9.5	1.4	0.9	5.7	65%	.302	1.20	3.62	2.85	93	4.46	94.8
2018	CLE	MLB	AL	61	0	58.7	2	1	1	69	5	43	12	106	10.6	0.8	1.8	6.6	61%	.310	1.26	4.79	5.22	94	4.26	95.3
2019	CLE	MLB	AL	25	0	29.7	0	0	0	42	3	16	6	99	12.7	0.9	1.8	4.9	53%	.343	1.52	5.20	4.85	112	7.09	145.4
2019	MHV	A-	NYP	1	1	0.7	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	101	13.5	0.0	0.0	13.5	50%	.500	1.50	0.40	0.00	84	3.85	79.3
2019	AKR	AA	EAS	3	0	3.0	0	0	0	4	1	1	3		12.0	3.0	9.0	3.0	55%	.125	1.67	16.50	9.00	170	7.29	150.1
2019	COH	AAA	INT	11	0	12.3	0	0	0	5	1	8	1		3.6	0.7	0.7	5.8	74%	.121	0.49	3.62	0.73	88	1.70	35.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2012	182	0.5659	0.4890	0.8090	0.6602	0.2658	0.8529	0.6667	0.1910
2013	578	0.5121	0.4775	0.8514	0.6047	0.3440	0.9274	0.7113	0.1486
2014	1188	0.5320	0.4865	0.8426	0.5965	0.3615	0.9098	0.7164	0.1574
2015	719	0.5118	0.4951	0.8399	0.6359	0.3476	0.8974	0.7295	0.1601
2016	990	0.4970	0.4980	0.8357	0.6443	0.3534	0.8864	0.7443	0.1643
2017	853	0.5135	0.5334	0.8484	0.6918	0.3663	0.8944	0.7566	0.1516
2018	898	0.4666	0.5011	0.8178	0.6659	0.3570	0.8817	0.7135	0.1822
2019	408	0.4632	0.4877	0.8744	0.6561	0.3425	0.9274	0.7867	0.1256
Career	5816	0.5050	0.4979	0.8402	0.6412	0.3523	0.8989	0.7311	0.1598

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2010-04-05	2010-08-04	Minors	121	Right	Elbow	Recovery From Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	-
2009-07-27	2009-09-08	Minors	43	Right	Elbow	Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	-	-
2009-07-27	2009-09-19	Minors	54	Right	Arm	Soreness		-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2020	NYA	$
2019	CLE	$1,300,000
2018	CLE	$1,100,000
2017	CLE	$1,055,000
2016	CLE	$520,000
2015	OAK	$512,500
2014	OAK	$502,500
2013	OAK	$
2012	SFN	$480,000

Years	Description	Salary
7 yr	Previous	$5,470,000
7 yr	Total	$5,470,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
6 y 124 d	ACES	1 year (2020)

Details

1 year (2020). Signed by NY Yankees as a free agent 2/3/20 (minor-league contract).
2 years/$2.5M (2018-19), plus 2020 club option. 18:$1.1M, 19:$1.3M, 20:$1.5M club option ($0.1M buyout). May earn an additional $0.1M annually in performance bonuses based on games finished. Replaced 1 year/$1.3M contract signed 12/1/17, avoiding arbitration.
1 year/$1.055M (2017). Re-signed by Cleveland 1/12/17 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$0.52M (2016). Re-signed by Cleveland 3/9/16.
1 year/$0.5125M (2015). Re-signed by Oakland 3/15. Claimed by Philadelphia off waivers from Oakland 11/3/15. Acquired by Cleveland in trade 12/18/15 after being DFA by Philadelphia 12/12/15.
1 year/$0.5025M (2014). Re-signed by Oakland 3/14.
1 year (2013). Re-signed by San Francisco 3/13. Claimed by NY Yankees off waivers from San Francisco 3/26/13. Claimed by Oakland off waivers 3/29/13 after being DFA by NY Yankees 3/27/13. DFA by Oakland 4/5/13. Sent outright to Triple-A 4/7/13. Contract selected by Oakland 6/14/13.
1 year/$0.48M (2012). Contract purchased by San Francisco 11/19/11. Re-signed by San Francisco 3/9/12.
Drafted by San Francisco 2007 (21-644) (South Florida).

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	W	L	SV	G	GS	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	VORP
90^o	0.1	0	0	0	0	14.7	12	4	11	1	.256	1.07	3.08	3.34	0.0
80^o	0.1	0	0	0	0	9.6	9	3	7	1	.271	1.16	3.41	3.7	0.0
70^o	0.1	0	0	0	0	6.0	6	2	5	1	.281	1.22	3.65	3.96	0.0
60^o	0.1	0	0	0	0	3.1	3	1	2	0	.290	1.27	3.87	4.19	-0.1
50^o	0.1	0	0	0	0	0.4	0	0	0	0	.298	1.33	4.07	4.41	-0.1
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	0.0	?	0	0	?	.000	0.00	0.00	?	0.0

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Date	Question	Answer
2017-03-20 13:00:00 (link to chat)	What should be the concern level with the Indians pitching staff? Klubers work load, Salazar and Carrasco injuries. Bauers inconsistencies. What gives? (Dave from Cleveland)	There's definitely reason to worry about Carrasco and Salazar from a durability standpoint, but if healthy I think they're each among the top 20 pitchers in the league. I've mostly given up on Bauer being in that same category, although he's not without upside still. Their rotation depth could be an issue, but that's not really unique to the Indians. As long as Kluber is making 30-plus starts and they get, say, 300 innings from the Carrasco/Salazar combo, it'll be one of the best rotations in the league. I can't see a bullpen with Andrew Miller, Cody Allen, Bryan Shaw, Dan Otero, and Boone Logan for a full season being anything but excellent. (Aaron Gleeman)

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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Dan Otero threw 6,173 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2012 and 2019, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2019, he relied primarily on his Sinker (89mph), also mixing in a Change (82mph), Slider (79mph) and Fourseam Fastball (89mph).