Kazuma Okamoto on Mon, Sep 28, 2026

Okamoto goes hitless again, but the walk shows his eye is intact

In today's game against Cincinnati, Okamoto went 0-for-2 with no home runs, no RBIs, one walk, and two strikeouts. Looking at his last three games, he followed up a 2-for-3, 3-RBI night on September 26 with an 0-for-3 on the 27th and today's 0-for-2, suggesting he's currently in a short-term cold stretch. Still, drawing a walk before chasing is a sign he isn't simply flailing at everything — his pitch recognition appears to be holding up even as the hits dry up.

Looking at the numbers, his season line sits at a .232 average and .762 OPS, and over his last ten games he has yet to record a home run, a clear sign that his power output has stalled during this stretch. The most striking figure, though, is his platoon split: against right-handed pitchers he's hitting just .226 with a .728 OPS, while against left-handers he's at a much healthier .250 with an .859 OPS. That gap is substantial, and it points to struggles against right-handed pitching as a major factor behind his overall season numbers falling short of his ceiling. Pitch-by-pitch data from today's game wasn't available, so we can't break down specific pitch types or whiff rates, but the fact that he worked a walk suggests his plate discipline itself remains sound even without the results to show for it.

Unico's take: if Toronto runs into a left-handed starter next, that split strongly suggests Okamoto's real power could show up again, so the next probable pitcher is the number one thing to watch.