Who Should I Trade?

Garrett Whitlock for Michel Otanez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Garrett Whitlock RP - BOS	Michel Otanez RP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 160	‐
VBR	# 308	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	26	10
Wins	2	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.43	4.29
WHIP	1.20	1.61

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 180	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 176	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 84	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 244	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Garrett Whitlock RP - BOS	Michel Otanez RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	39	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	38.0	‐

Wins	6	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	2	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	19	‐

Hits Allowed	28	‐

Earned Runs	9	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	40	‐

Walks	6	‐

ERA	2.13	‐

WHIP	0.89	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Garrett Whitlock RP - BOS	Michel Otanez RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	23.3	8.4

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	6	1

Hits Allowed	20	8

Earned Runs	9	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	26	10

Walks	7	5

ERA	3.43	4.29

WHIP	1.20	1.61

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Garrett Whitlock RP - BOS	Michel Otanez RP - TEX
News
	Garrett Whitlock earned his first save of the season Monday against the Nationals, allowing one hit and no walks while striking out two in a scoreless ninth inning. He handled closing duties with Aroldis Chapman unavailable after pitching on each of the previous two days. Bruno Mulé Tue, Jun 30th	The Rangers designated RHP Michel Otañez for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	The Red Sox activated Garrett Whitlock from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th	Otanez allowed four earned runs on four hits and one walk across 2.1 innings over three Cactus League appearances. Texas optioned him to Triple-A Round Rock on Monday. Bruno Mulé Mon, Mar 9th
	Garrett Whitlock is on track to be activated prior to Tuesday’s game against the Rays. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	Garrett Whitlock threw a scoreless inning in his first rehab appearance at Triple-A Worcester on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	Garrett Whitlock is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Worcester on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Garrett Whitlock RP - BOS			Michel Otanez RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#295	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#264
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#310	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#133
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#133
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#264
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#222
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#353	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#419
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#206
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#198	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#225
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-0)	#359	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#140
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS			vs SF
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ MIN
Thu, Apr 16th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Sat, May 9th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Mon, May 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Sat, Jun 6th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, Jul 21st				vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Garrett Whitlock for Michel Otanez (2026)

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