Ohtani-P, Wheeler, Busch, Tovar, Dubón

Ohtani is thriving … After logging just 47 IP in his 2025 return to the pitching mound, Shohei Ohtani-P (RHP, LA) boasts a shiny 1.87 ERA in 2026. How are the skills?

Year	IP	ERA/xERA	BB%	K%	K-BB%	xBB%	SwK	Vel	GB/LD/FB	H%/S%	HR/F
2021	130	3.18/3.45	8%	29%	21%	8%	13.4%	95.6	44/19/34	30/75	13%
2022	166	2.33/2.90	6%	33%	27%	6%	15.4%	97.3	41/19/38	31/81	9%
2023	132	3.14/3.35	10%	31%	21%	8%	13.5%	96.3	45/18/36	28/77	16%
2025	47	2.87/2.85	4%	32%	28%	6%	15.1%	98.0	41/22/35	34/73	7%
2026	79	1.58/3.13	7%	27%	20%	7%	13.9%	97.8	50/15/33	24/84	4%

They don’t quite support this level:

• Ohtani’s K% is down, but his SwK% is essentially the same as 2023 and hints at a little more upside (29% xK%).
• His BB% is solid and has been buoyed by Ball% (see xBB%).
• This would be by far the highest GB% rate of his career. His curve,...

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