Every week in baseball, a significant player will hit the disabled list, slip into a slump, or get traded out of a good spot. How fantasy owners adapt to these situations can make or break the season as a whole. One lousy add might not hurt the long-term standing of a team, but failing to take advantage of breakouts or impact bats before others sure can. The primary challenge of playing in an NL or AL-only league is often the lack of options regarding adding and subtracting players when neede[...]

Cleveland Indians relief pitcher Dan Otero agreed to sign a contract extension on Tuesday that could keep him with the team until 2020. Otero agreed to a two-year, $2.5 million extension with a club option for 2020. Last week, the two sides were able to reach a one-year agreement to avoid arbitratio[...]

The Cleveland Indians will have either Dan Otero or Ryan Merritt on the mound to start Game 2 of Saturday's double header. Otero will start if he doesn't appear as a relief pitcher on Friday or in Game 1 on Saturday. If Otero does pitch, Merritt will get the nod.

Cleveland Indians pitcher Dan Otero will start the second game of the Indians' doubleheader against the Tigers. This assumes that Otero is not used in relief tonight or in the first game against the Tigers on Saturday and would be the first start of his MLB career. He has a 3.48 ERA and 6.39 strikeo[...]

While far from a household name, relief pitcher Dan Otero is pitching like he should be this season. After 0.2 scoreless innings Thursday against the Rangers, he has his ERA down to 1.38 and [...]

Relief pitcher Dan Otero threw a perfect inning Thursday in relief of Trevor Bauer, striking out two along the way. He is now sitting at 1-1 with a 1.32 ERA and 1.06 [...]

Relief pitcher Dan Otero has been very effective to start the season, giving up only his second run of the season in Monday's 7-1 loss to the Royals. He allowed that run on two hits over one inning, striking out one. He now has a 1.74 ERA and 0.87 [...]

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