Shohei Ohtani News

Shohei Ohtani

25-Year-Old DHDH

Los Angeles Angels

2019 Stats

W-L

0-0

ERA

0.00

WHIP

0.00

AVG

.299

RBI

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2019 Fantasy Outlook

The two-way phenom was limited to just two appearances on the mound over the final four months of the season, but he continued to hit despite a busted UCL, and the offensive numbers were excellent. After undergoing Tommy John surgery in early October of 2018, he will be limited exclusively to hitting in 2019. If healthy, Ohtani would have a case as a top-100 overall player, but he's not expected back until May, so look for Ohtani to fall closer to pick 200 in mixed leagues. He had the sixth-best barrel rate in baseball (min. 150 batted-ball events) and a top-10 xSLG. His 92.6 mph average exit velocity ranked ahead of the likes of Khris Davis, Christian Yelich and Mookie Betts. The only real negatives besides health: he's UT-only and hit just .222/.300/.354 with a 31.8% K-rate against left-handed pitching. Even when active, he probably won't be a true everyday player, but Ohtani's numbers should be close to elite on a per-plate-appearance basis. Read Past Outlooks

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#191

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Bats L

Throws R

40 Man Yes

Height 6'4"

Weight 200

DOB 7/15/1994

Born Oshu, Japan

College None

Drafted 2017 LAA

Clocks 16th homer

DHLos Angeles Angels

August 18, 2019

Ohtani went 2-for-5 with a two-run homer in Sunday's 9-2 win over the White Sox.

ANALYSIS
Ohtani's seventh-inning homer ended an 18-game homerless drought for the second-year star, giving him 16 on the year. The 25-year-old is slashing .299/.358/.519 with 34 extra-base hits in 349 plate appearances this season.

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Batting Order Slot Breakdown

vs Right-Handed Pitchers

vs RHP

vs Left-Handed Pitchers

vs LHP

Left/Right Batting Splits

Since 2017

+35%

OPS vs RHP

2019

+13%

OPS vs RHP

2018

+59%

OPS vs RHP

2017

No Stats

	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2017vs Left	.724	207	14	5	25	3	.249	.324	.400
Since 2017vs Right	.974	508	88	33	88	17	.310	.374	.600
2019vs Left	.804	97	9	3	12	1	.279	.351	.453
2019vs Right	.905	252	34	13	40	9	.307	.361	.544
2018vs Left	.654	110	5	2	13	2	.222	.300	.354
2018vs Right	1.043	256	54	20	48	8	.313	.387	.656
2017vs Left	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017vs Right	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Home/Away Batting Splits

Since 2017

+3%

OPS at Home

2019

+14%

OPS at Home

2018

+8%

OPS on Road

2017

No Stats

	OPS	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Since 2017Home	.912	382	60	25	61	12	.289	.346	.566
Since 2017Away	.889	333	42	13	52	8	.296	.375	.514
2019Home	.935	172	27	10	26	7	.305	.372	.563
2019Away	.823	177	16	6	26	3	.294	.345	.479
2018Home	.893	210	33	15	35	5	.277	.324	.569
2018Away	.968	156	26	7	26	5	.298	.410	.557
2017Home	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017Away	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Left/Right Pitching Splits

Since 2017

-9%

BAA vs LHP

2019

No Stats

2018

-9%

BAA vs LHP

2017

No Stats

	BAA	Batters	K	BB	H	2B	3B	HR
Since 2017vs Left	.192	92	24	13	15	0	0	1
Since 2017vs Right	.211	119	39	9	23	6	0	5
2019vs Left	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019vs Right	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018vs Left	.192	92	24	13	15	0	0	1
2018vs Right	.211	119	39	9	23	6	0	5
2017vs Left	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017vs Right	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Home/Away Pitching Splits

Since 2017

-47%

ERA at Home

2019

No Stats

2018

-47%

ERA at Home

2017

No Stats

	ERA	WHIP	IP	W	L	SV	K/9	BB/9	HR/9
Since 2017Home	2.33	1.00	27.0	2	1	0	12.3	3.0	0.7
Since 2017Away	4.38	1.34	24.2	2	1	0	9.5	4.7	1.5
2019Home	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019Away	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018Home	2.33	1.00	27.0	2	1	0	12.3	3.0	0.7
2018Away	4.38	1.34	24.2	2	1	0	9.5	4.7	1.5
2017Home	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017Away	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Stat Review

How does Shohei Ohtani compare to other hitters?

This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against this season's data (min 200 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.

BB/K
Walk to strikeout ratio
BB Rate
The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
K Rate
The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
BABIP
Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
ISO
Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
AVG
Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
OBP
On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
SLG
Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
OPS
On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
wOBA
Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
Exit Velocity
The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
Hard Hit Rate
A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
Barrels/PA
The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.

BB/K

0.35

BB Rate

8.3%

K Rate

24.1%

BABIP

.358

ISO

.220

AVG

.299

OBP

.358

SLG

.519

OPS

.877

wOBA

.378

Exit Velocity

92.5 mph

Hard Hit Rate

48.7%

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Ohtani could be the best player ever to come to MLB from Japan. In addition to racking up 624 strikeouts and posting a 2.52 ERA along with a 1.08 WHIP in 543 innings over the last five seasons with the Nippon Ham Fighters, Ohtani has hit .286/.358/.500 with 48 homers in 1,170 plate appearances. He's hit at least .300 in each of the last two seasons, while carrying an OBP above .400 and a slugging percentage above .500. The Angels signed Ohtani in December, and he will immediately join the front of the team's rotation. Soon after he signed, it was revealed that Ohtani has a first-degree sprain of the UCL in his right elbow, but the Angels knew about the injury before signing him. Additionally, he missed most of 2017 as a result of an ankle injury that required surgery in October. The Angels are considering a six-man rotation. With that, he may get two turns in the lineup as the DH between each start on the mound.

Ohtani is arguably the top player in the world not in MLB. The Japanese star not only throws 102 mph and had a 1.86 ERA last season, but also hit 22 home runs with a 1.004 OPS as a DH for the Nippon Ham Fighters. Ohtani appeared to be all but set to make his move to MLB following the 2017 season, but changes in the new in the new collective-bargaining agreement that restrict MLB teams' spending on international free agents under age 25 may push his arrival back as far as 2020.

Ohtani made headlines as a two-way player, Japan's first since the '60s, as a rookie in 2013. He made even more headlines as a sophomore in 2014 by comprehensively improving both sides of his game. Ohtani regularly hit 100 mph on the radar gun, and went 11-4 with a 2.61 over 155.1 innings, striking out 179 while walking 57. At the plate, Ohtani slashed .274/.314/.444 over 234 plate appearances, hitting 17 doubles and 10 home runs. Ohtani's future is pretty clearly on the mound at this point, but he's a tantalizing talent in either role. He's a keeper prospect to monitor.

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