Michel Otañez

Scout’s note

A 29-year-old right-hander out of Villa La Mata in the Dominican Republic, Otañez has 61 strikeouts in 42 career MLB games. His recent work has come at AAA, where he's fanned 5 in 2 appearances this September.

Note written Oct 2 · FVR scout (GLM-5.2)

A market fact, not an engine read: what a club decided about him, on the season before this one. Figures from Cot’s, as of August 25, 2026.

2026 salary

$0.12Mest

Tax hit

$0.12M

Service time

0 yr 149 d

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Regime read from his service time, not from the sheet — it does not project him past this season. Super Two eligibility is the top 22% of a class and can move this line in a way service time alone cannot see.

Cash and the tax hit are two different rulebooks and are never subtracted from one another — see the payroll board for his club, Texas Rangers.

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