Danny Espinosa
2B | Bats/Throws: S/R | 6' 0" 205LBS | Age: 38
Draft: 2008 | Rd: 3, #87, Washington Nationals | Cal State Long Beach
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2015 412 367 59 88 13 5 .240 .311 .409 .720
2016 601 516 66 108 24 9 .209 .306 .378 .684
2017 295 266 30 46 6 4 .173 .245 .278 .523
8 Seasons 3,267 2,910 367 644 98 64 .221 .297 .378 .675
AVG HR SB OPS
2015 .240 13 5 .720
2016 .209 24 9 .684
2017 .173 6 4 .523
8 Seasons .221 98 64 .675
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Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 LA Sweet-
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2015 28 1515 267 17 6.4 4.1 86.3 109.0 12.7 28.5 .201 .335 .310 .272 .330 28.5 25.7 8.0
2016 29 2314 353 29 8.2 4.8 90.1 112.2 14.8 26.6 .197 .361 .294 .286 .362 33.4 29.0 9.0
2017 30 1104 160 11 6.9 3.7 87.4 112.5 13.5 31.3 .188 .323 .232 .260 .376 28.7 36.9 7.1
Player 4933 780 57 7.3 4.4 88.2 112.5 13.8 28.2 .196 .344 .285 .275 .353 30.8 29.7 8.3
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.6 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2015 47.9 52.1 17.6 25.1 9.4 41.2 32.6 26.2 26.2 18.0 3.7 15.0 14.6 22.5
2016 43.1 56.9 24.4 24.4 8.2 49.0 34.0 17.0 26.3 13.0 3.7 22.7 21.0 13.3
2017 45.0 55.0 24.4 19.4 11.3 44.4 35.0 19.4 23.1 16.3 5.0 21.3 18.8 14.4
Player 45.1 54.9 22.1 23.6 9.2 45.4 33.7 20.6 25.6 15.4 4.0 19.7 18.3 16.7
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.8 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 8.6 33.0 24.3 16.9 4.5 6.4 4.1
2016 4.5 27.5 27.2 19.0 4.8 8.2 4.8
2017 4.4 27.5 26.9 24.4 3.8 6.9 3.7
Player 5.9 29.4 26.2 19.4 4.5 7.3 4.4
MLB 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2017 4-Seam Fastball -3.4 -14 414 37.5 109 .113 .196 .170 41.7 38.5 32.3 .148 .257 .221 28.1
2017 Sinker -0.4 -1 243 22.0 62 .278 .407 .363 33.6 25.8 28.1 .244 .414 .331 28.9
2017 Changeup -1.4 -2 128 11.6 40 .216 .351 .260 43.3 32.5 39.4 .252 .467 .335 40.0
2017 Slider -0.4 -1 121 11.0 37 .194 .417 .291 46.2 54.1 40.8 .207 .399 .268 37.5
2017 Curveball -4.5 -5 107 9.7 21 .048 .048 .043 51.1 52.4 29.7 .067 .077 .064 0.0
2017 Cutter -2.3 -1 45 4.1 11 .125 .125 .300 43.5 9.1 8.3 .245 .268 .368 14.3
2017 Split-Finger -2.4 -1 24 2.2 7 .143 .143 .129 61.5 57.1 50.0 .244 .316 .239 33.3
2017 Sweeper -1.2 0 10 0.9 3 .333 .333 .300 75.0 66.7 100.0 .029 .038 .029 0.0
2017 Slurve 2.6 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2010 111 431 1 -5 2 2 0
2011 652 2,507 -13 -18 18 12 0
2012 653 2,502 -13 -6 5 9 -6
2013 167 563 -4 -11 0 1 -13
2014 358 1,303 -13 -10 2 5 -15
2015 406 1,495 -6 -9 6 6 -3
2016 589 2,271 -22 -13 10 11 -14
2017 290 1,093 -16 -19 6 5 -24
Player 3,226 12,165 -85 -89 49 -85 -74
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 1,515 44.4 76.3 75.6 37.0 59.5 41.0 43.0 54.5 28.0 5.6 82.4
2016 2,314 44.4 70.0 75.2 32.3 47.5 41.8 32.6 48.9 33.0 6.2 76.2
2017 1,104 51.1 74.5 65.0 30.8 35.2 40.0 40.1 53.1 41.8 7.5 79.3
Player 4,933 45.9 73.0 72.7 33.5 49.4 41.2 37.6 51.6 33.4 6.3 78.7
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.7 42.6 29.9 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		Speed OAA Arm
Strength 		Bat
Speed 		Squared-up
Rate 		Swing
Length
2015 9 1 13 42 9 45 63 15 67 20 12 57 14 8 74
2016 12 1 17 47 20 61 65 68 87 33 8 63 5 27 68 28
2017 89 65 77
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted
Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 21.6 24 21.7 2 10 15 10 41.7
2017 22.8 6 7.2 -1 1 7 3 50.0
Player 21.9 30 29.0 1 11 22 13 43.3
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 24 22 15 25 24 20 24 20 20 19 21 27 23 20 20 24 17 20 22 23 21 17 27 24 22 19 21 29 23 22 21
2017 6 7 7 8 8 8 9 7 5 6 7 8 7 6 7 8 6 6 9 8 7 9 9 9 6 6 7 9 8 7 3
Player 30 29 22 33 32 28 33 27 25 25 28 35 30 26 27 32 23 26 31 31 28 26 36 33 28 25 28 38 31 29 24
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 +/-   2016 +/-   2017
Exit Velocity 86.3 3.8 ↑ 90.1 -2.7 ↓ 87.4
Launch Angle 12.7 2.1 ↑ 14.8 -1.3 ↓ 13.5
Barrel % 6.4 1.8 ↑ 8.2 -1.3 ↓ 6.9
Hard Hit % 28.5 4.9 ↑ 33.4 -4.7 ↓ 28.7
LA Sweet-Spot % 28.5 -1.9 ↓ 26.6 4.7 ↑ 31.3
xBA .201 -0.004 ↓ .197 -0.009 ↓ .188
BA .240 -0.031 ↓ .209 -0.036 ↓ .173
xwOBA .272 0.014 ↑ .286 -0.026 ↓ .260
wOBA .310 -0.016 ↓ .294 -0.062 ↓ .232
xSLG .335 0.026 ↑ .361 -0.038 ↓ .323
SLG .409 -0.031 ↓ .378 -0.100 ↓ .278
K% 25.7 3.3 ↑ 29.0 7.9 ↑ 36.9
BB% 8.0 1.0 ↑ 9.0 -1.9 ↓ 7.1
Swing % 54.5 -5.6 ↓ 48.9 4.2 ↑ 53.1
Whiff% 28.0 5.0 ↑ 33.0 8.8 ↑ 41.8
In Zone % 44.4 0.0 44.4 6.7 ↑ 51.1
Out of Zone % 55.6 0.0 55.6 -6.7 ↓ 48.9
Out of Zone Swing % 37.0 -4.7 ↓ 32.3 -1.5 ↓ 30.8
First Pitch Swing % 43.0 -10.4 ↓ 32.6 7.5 ↑ 40.1
First Pitch Strike % 63.8 -9.4 ↓ 54.4 6.1 ↑ 60.5
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 440 35 8.0 .289 .284
2016 Shifts R 119 7 5.9 .316 .224
2017 Shifts L 183 84 45.9 .250 .217
2017 Shifts R 107 5 4.7 .225 .145
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2010 145 15.0 52.4% 1.4% 55 20.4 7.3% 10.9%
2011 752 15.3 47.3% 1.3% 326 22.8 1.8% 13.8%
2012 632 19.1 14.2% 4.3% 326 25.3 0.9% 19.0%
2013 152 17.5 23.0% 0.0% 62 25.1 0.0% 8.1%
2014 330 21.0 7.9% 8.5% 189 26.6 0.5% 24.9%
2015 355 20.6 16.6% 10.7% 220 26.3 8.2% 33.6%
2016 549 21.5 9.3% 11.1% 410 29.1 2.2% 44.1%
2017 253 20.1 5.1% 2.4% 152 28.1 0.0% 34.9%
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