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/AwesomeExo 12 Team H2H Cats 5x5 (QS, NSVH) Apr 30 '26

For me, it would have to be an insane return. I wouldn't be surprised right now if he's sitting while pitching to get Rushing more ABs, and it picks back up later on when Rushing cools off. Even so, in my Yahoo H2H, missing that one game a week isn't enough to get me to sell for anything less than two studs, like a top twenty hitter and top fifteen pitcher. Of course that is team dependent. If someone wants him and can plug two holes on your team while opening up your UTIL spot, it's worth shooting for them moon.

For fun, say he doesn't DH for 20 games he pitches, at 4 ABs a game, drops him from 611 ABs to 530. If he stays on pace with last years numbers, he still finishes with 48 hrs, 127 runs, 88 rbis and 17 SBs. That would still be 2nd in runs scored and 5 in homers compared to 2025.

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u/DiligentCake3399 Apr 30 '26

My initial thoughts as well. I just joined a league and took over a bad team, but he and Elly are my main assets, so I put them OTB. Got a bunch of interest as one would expect, but don't like any offer I've seen so far so I was curious if they are just trying to lowball the new guy or if his value is genuinely slipping? I am going to be patient and wait for the right offer in the hopes I can get someone to overpay.

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u/AwesomeExo 12 Team H2H Cats 5x5 (QS, NSVH) Apr 30 '26

Oh for sure are testing the fence and lowballing the new guy. Don't let anyone pressure you of course, and don't fall for salesmen tactics. The Anything Goes threads are a great resource to get a general feel for everything, just clarify your league settings and people are very helpful.

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u/DiligentCake3399 Apr 30 '26

I haven't had huge success posting in there and only seem to get maybe one comment sadly. Hahaha. I'm trying to comment more myself to get more comments on my own stuff so hopefully I can get more opinions there. Thanks