Michel Otañez #45

Michel Otañez…was originally signed by Mets scout Marciano Álvarez.

2023

Spent most of his first season in the Arizona organization at Double-A Amarillo where he was 4-2 with a save and a 5.45 ERA in 28 relief appearances…also had a three-and-one-half week stint at Triple-A Reno and was 1-0 with an 11.25 ERA in four relief appearances with the Aces…combined to go 5-2 with a 6.08 ERA and .729 opponents OPS in 32 relief appearances overall...The wins were a career high...Struck out 61 batters in 37.0 innings, an average of 14.84 per nine innings...Held the opposition to a .229 batting average but issued 28 walks (6.81 per nine innings) and hit four batters for a .372 on-base percentage...His opponents batting average broke down to .222 (12-for-54) with a .771 OPS against lefthanded hitters compared to .233 (20-for-86) with a .703 OPS against right-handers...Allowed a .260 opponents batting average and all three of his home runs with the bases empty, .194 with runners on…yielded a .157 average with runners in scoring position...Was 1-for-6 (16.7%) in save opportunities…allowed 4-of-10 (40.0%) inherited runners to score…first batters faced were 7-for-28 (.250) with four walks...Held opponents to a .133 batting average with two strikes.

2022

Combined to go 4-2 with eight saves, a 4.84 ERA (24 ER in 44.2 IP) and 58 strikeouts in 45 games between Double-A Binghamton and Triple-A Syracuse... Promoted to Syracuse on June 1 after 14 appearances with Binghamton (0-1, 6 saves, 1.80 ERA)…in 31 games with Syracuse, went 4-1 with two saves, a 6.37 ERA (21 ER in 29.2 IP) and 38 strikeouts... Ranked as the Mets No. 30 in-season prospect by Baseball America... Six of his final seven games of the season were scoreless (1.29 ERA; 1 ER in 7.0 IP) with 10 strikeouts... Tossed 0.1 hitless inning in Spring Training in his lone appearance.

2021

Was converted to a reliever and went 3-1 with one save and a 5.13 ERA in 35 games with High-A Brooklyn…was ranked as the the Mets No. 24 prospect by Baseball America.

2020

Did not pitch as the minor league season was cancelled due to the pandemic.

2019

Combined to go 4-3 with a 3.14 ERA and a career-high 70 strikeouts in a career-high 63.0 innings over 14 starts between Rookie Kingsport and Short-Season Brooklyn…struck out a careerhigh eight batters three times: June 18 at Greeneville, July 4 at Elizabethton and July 15 at Greeneville…logged a career-high 7.0 innings July 20 at Bristol.

2018

Pitched for the Mets affiliate in the Gulf Coast League and was 1-6 with a 7.64 ERA in 11 games, including seven starts…yielded just two home runs in 35.1 innings but walked 24 for an average of 6.11 walks per nine innings.

2017

Missed the entire season after undergoing “Tommy John” surgery on his right elbow on Dec. 6, 2016…the surgery was performed by Dr. Altcheck.

2016

Made his professional debut with the Mets1 team in the Dominican Summer League and went 1-1 with a 4.65 ERA in five starts…did not allow a home run in 21.1 innings.