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Orlando Ortiz-Mayr is a fantasy baseball SP prospect sleeper and minor leaguer to know. Read our MLB prospects outlooks for fantasy baseball rookies and call-ups.
PROSPECT: Orlando Ortiz-Mayr, SP, Los Angeles Dodgers
ANALYSIS: Ortiz-Mayr represents a large contingent of the names that we'll discuss for older pitchers having success – arms that were unheralded when signed/drafted that profile primarily in relief.
The Dodgers signed the 6'3" Puerto Rican as an undrafted free agent out of Troy in 2021. He spent multiple months on the injured list last summer but didn't exactly awe when he was on the hill, posting a 6.79 ERA and 1.57 WHIP over 61 innings, though he did strike out 81.
The righty has excellent sinking stuff, and he's leaned harder into that in 2023, posting a 2.29 ERA and 1.12 WHIP over 39 1/3 innings, primarily out of the bullpen, for Great Lakes in the Midwest League. Nearly two years older than the average Midwest League player, Ortiz-Mayr is hoping to end up in the bullpen behind the dominant Tulsa rotation in the Dodgers system later this season.
VERDICT: Ortiz-Mayr leaned hard into his sinking repertoire, which has hurt his strikeout rate, but it's led to one of the highest groundball rates in the minors. There could be a future role in a bullpen for that, but it's not likely to be valuable for fantasy owners.
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