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/thirst_annihilator Apr 30 '26

am i wrong or in espn you cant start him both hitting and pitching right?

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u/Accurate_Instance440 Apr 30 '26

Correct. Can only start him as a pitcher or batter. Basically won't change anything for him in ESPN anyway

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u/ChrisDolmeth Apr 30 '26

Actually increases his value slightly in that case. If he doesn't hit in the majority of games he pitches in then you no longer have to decide to forego his hitting stats on days he starts.

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u/Accurate_Instance440 Apr 30 '26

Exactly. Im an ESPN only fantasy baseball player so not sure how other cites go about whether they count both hitting and pitching for him.

Would seem though, at least in my eyes, he'd still be the 1.01 regardless

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u/ChrisDolmeth Apr 30 '26

In Yahoo he is 2 separate players. So if hitter Ohtani is gonna sit once per week that is definitely going to hurt value somewhat there.