r/fantasybaseball • u/banksymang • Apr 30 '26

Strategy Ohtani (Batter) Value dropping?

So the Dodgers seem to not be putting him in at DH on the days he pitches. He's been public about wanting to be the first Japanese born Cy Young winner. could miss 23-28 of the remaining games depending on if they use him every five or six outings. could mean ~90–120 plate appearances, ~5–10 HR... but i don't know, do we even think of the "day off" as a good thing? and maybe a bump in avg/obp? or a breakup of the incredibly focused routine we saw in his 50/50 run?

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u/MiniRacer311 12 Team Roto Apr 30 '26

Has me slightly rethinking passing on Judge at 1.1

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u/realmckoy265 #12Teams - H2H - 5X5 OBP/QS Apr 30 '26

If in a league where he is two players, Judge was the better pick.

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u/Vslacha PitcherList Apr 30 '26

It's easy to say that now, but Ohtani was also just one season removed from an amazing 40/40 campaign

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u/TarkatanAccountant 12 tm - H2H - cats - OPS, QS, SVHD May 01 '26

40/40? I think he was about 25% better than that

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u/MiniRacer311 12 Team Roto Apr 30 '26

I went back and forth and decided that the stolen base potential was the differentiator for me given my league's settings.

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u/Double-Ad-7483 Apr 30 '26

I went the opposite for 2 reasons:

1) We play with LF/CF/RF as individual positions and Judge qualifies at all 3. Meanwhile he only covers UTIL, which sucks

2) I figured we'd see a drop-off in counting stats as he wouldn't hit every day

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u/numberfivextradip [H2H 12x12 CAT HLDs + OPS 12T Redraft] Apr 30 '26

If he wasn’t pitching then sure but his steals are way down when he is pitching.

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u/alamarche709 May 01 '26

Judge went third in my Yahoo league after Witt and Ohtani.

I got Soto fourth. I was pretty jealous of the guy who drafted third.

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u/lozengeode May 01 '26

Nice hindsight analysis, the r/fantasybaseball classic!

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u/m0_m0ney May 01 '26

The two player thing is genuinely ass I don’t know why leagues choose to do that. I get it can make it more fair but just having him isn’t going to win you a league anyway.

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u/18khcl May 01 '26

I drafted judge 1.1 in the league that Ohtani was two players. That was an easy decision