Santiago Espinal
3B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 10" 185LBS | Age: 30
Draft: 2016 | Rd: 10, #298, Boston Red Sox | Miami Dade CC
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 491 449 51 120 7 6 .267 .322 .370 .692
2023 254 230 30 57 2 2 .248 .310 .335 .645
2024 391 357 32 88 9 11 .246 .295 .356 .651
5 Seasons 1,448 1,318 155 350 20 26 .266 .321 .364 .685
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .267 7 6 .692
2023 .248 2 2 .645
2024 .246 9 11 .651
5 Seasons .266 20 26 .685
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Hits Spray Chart

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%
2020 25 266 46 1 2.2 1.5 87.3 104.4 14.5 45.7 .246 .345 .282 .283 .347 28.3 24.2 6.1
2021 26 912 193 3 1.6 1.2 84.8 104.2 13.1 35.8 .267 .346 .344 .307 .309 22.8 12.2 8.9
2022 27 1912 385 13 3.4 2.6 86.1 107.5 14.1 33.8 .263 .348 .305 .298 .313 31.7 13.8 7.3
2023 28 989 197 2 1.0 0.8 87.0 106.8 11.4 33.0 .256 .336 .285 .293 .305 29.4 14.2 7.1
2024 29 1505 311 6 1.9 1.5 85.9 105.9 15.0 35.0 .258 .344 .285 .288 .306 24.1 13.8 6.1
Player 5584 1132 25 2.2 1.7 86.0 107.5 13.7 34.8 .260 .344 .302 .295 .310 27.6 14.1 7.2
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 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

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2020 32.6 13.0 45.7 8.7 45.7 39.1 15.2 6.5 28.3 26.1 30.4 6.5 2.2 1.5
2021 43.0 20.2 26.9 9.8 38.9 30.6 30.6 5.2 31.6 29.0 30.1 2.6 1.6 1.2
2022 43.6 19.2 26.8 10.4 37.7 39.0 23.4 5.5 35.1 26.8 25.7 3.6 3.4 2.6
2023 44.2 23.4 28.9 3.6 40.6 35.0 24.4 4.6 34.0 26.9 28.4 5.1 1.0 0.8
2024 39.5 25.1 27.3 8.0 37.0 30.5 32.5 3.9 30.9 29.9 29.3 4.2 1.9 1.5
Player 42.0 21.5 28.1 8.4 38.5 34.5 26.9 4.9 32.9 28.0 28.1 4.0 2.2 1.7
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -0.7 -3 486 32.3 113 .248 .416 .322 10.3 12.4 10.3 .256 .366 .307 22.5
2024 Sinker -0.7 -2 258 17.1 75 .308 .323 .319 11.9 8.0 12.8 .292 .358 .324 37.7
2024 Slider -1.7 -4 252 16.7 75 .192 .233 .201 28.3 26.7 22.7 .238 .289 .242 20.8
2024 Curveball 0.6 1 141 9.4 28 .185 .407 .295 11.3 21.4 11.3 .246 .377 .284 28.6
2024 Cutter 2.6 3 120 8.0 28 .346 .462 .400 10.3 3.6 4.2 .314 .397 .324 15.4
2024 Changeup 0.1 0 110 7.3 33 .241 .276 .252 25.0 9.1 11.1 .249 .312 .266 3.6
2024 Sweeper 0.8 1 102 6.8 26 .208 .417 .269 15.9 15.4 10.8 .232 .377 .288 38.1
2024 Split-Finger 7.1 2 25 1.7 8 .375 .750 .475 0.0 0.0 0.0 .229 .306 .237 25.0
2024 Slurve -8.3 -1 6 0.4 2 .000 .000 .000 33.3 0.0 0.0 .187 .214 .173 0.0
2024 Knuckleball -17.0 0 2 0.1 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .001 .001 .000 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -1.9 -7 361 36.5 99 .256 .349 .319 15.4 15.2 15.3 .293 .398 .349 35.6
2023 Sinker 1.9 3 158 16.0 51 .292 .354 .301 7.9 3.9 7.1 .319 .397 .326 34.0
2023 Slider -2.5 -4 153 15.5 35 .152 .242 .199 26.7 31.4 20.0 .136 .183 .168 18.2
2023 Curveball 0.5 0 92 9.3 15 .154 .231 .297 17.9 6.7 3.4 .190 .209 .244 8.3
2023 Changeup 1.3 1 77 7.8 17 .353 .471 .412 31.6 11.8 9.5 .293 .386 .291 40.0
2023 Cutter 0.8 1 75 7.6 15 .385 .385 .393 19.4 13.3 11.1 .224 .261 .276 27.3
2023 Sweeper -2.9 -2 53 5.4 16 .188 .375 .238 16.0 12.5 12.5 .199 .305 .218 14.3
2023 Split-Finger -9.2 -1 13 1.3 4 .000 .000 .000 20.0 25.0 25.0 .061 .066 .055 0.0
2023 Slurve -1.6 0 4 0.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2020 66 266 -1 -3 1 1 -2
2021 246 912 -13 -4 10 4 -3
2022 494 1,926 -7 -18 12 9 -4
2023 255 991 -6 -9 5 4 -7
2024 390 1,505 -10 -8 8 6 -4
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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 %
2020 266 51.9 75.4 77.9 25.0 50.0 41.4 27.3 51.1 25.0 8.3 86.4
2021 912 51.8 67.4 89.9 25.7 66.4 44.1 27.2 47.3 15.3 8.3 76.3
2022 1,912 49.4 67.1 88.3 25.6 72.2 42.2 25.1 46.1 15.6 7.8 74.5
2023 989 49.5 63.7 88.1 25.3 66.7 42.9 21.7 44.3 17.6 6.9 75.0
2024 1,505 51.4 68.8 90.2 28.0 70.2 41.1 29.2 49.0 14.8 8.2 80.6
Player 5,584 50.5 67.4 88.5 26.2 68.8 42.3 26.1 47.0 16.2 7.9 77.2
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 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
2020 21 56 88 35
2021 33 59 90 37
2022 27 76 17 7 51 13 8 7 34 10 91 39 92 70 42 95 17
2023 26 37 14 29
2024 16 68 14 4 34 1 2 6 20 2 93 20 94 52 47 18 18
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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 %
2021 25.9 2 2.0 0 1 0 2 100.0
2022 26.0 7 7.4 0 2 9 1 14.3
2023 26.7 2 2.1 0 1 2 0 0.0
2024 23.8 9 7.7 1 4 8 2 22.2
Player 25.0 20 19.2 1 8 19 5 25.0
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2021 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
2022 7 1 9 5 10 9 10 4 8 5 7 11 4 6 10 8 5 5 7 10 7 8 11 8 3 6 11 10 7 10 8
2023 2 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2
2024 9 6 7 7 8 7 11 6 6 4 10 10 6 8 7 7 5 4 9 11 9 9 11 9 4 5 9 7 10 9 10
Player 20 9 21 16 22 20 25 14 18 13 21 25 14 18 21 19 14 13 21 25 20 22 26 22 11 15 24 21 22 23 22
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 2020 2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 87.3 84.8 -2.5 86.1 1.3 87.0 0.9 85.9 -1.1
Launch Angle 14.5 13.1 -1.4 14.1 1.0 11.4 -2.7 15.0 3.6
Barrel % 2.2 1.6 -0.6 3.4 1.8 1.0 -2.4 1.9 0.9
Hard Hit % 28.3 22.8 -5.5 31.7 8.9 29.4 -2.3 24.1 -5.3
LA Sweet-Spot % 45.7 35.8 -9.9 33.8 -2.0 33.0 -0.8 35.0 2.0
xBA .246 .267 0.021 .263 -0.004 .256 -0.007 .258 0.002
BA .267 .311 0.044 .267 -0.044 .248 -0.019 .246 -0.002
xwOBA .283 .307 0.024 .298 -0.009 .293 -0.005 .288 -0.005
wOBA .282 .344 0.062 .305 -0.039 .285 -0.020 .285 0.000
xSLG .345 .346 0.001 .348 0.002 .336 -0.012 .344 0.008
SLG .333 .405 0.072 .370 -0.035 .335 -0.035 .356 0.021
K% 24.2 12.2 -12.0 13.8 1.6 14.2 0.4 13.8 -0.4
BB% 6.1 8.9 2.8 7.3 -1.6 7.1 -0.2 6.1 -1.0
Swing % 51.1 47.3 -3.8 46.1 -1.2 44.3 -1.8 49.0 4.7
Whiff% 25.0 15.3 -9.7 15.6 0.3 17.6 2.0 14.8 -2.8
In Zone % 51.9 51.8 -0.1 49.4 -2.4 49.5 0.1 51.4 1.9
Out of Zone % 48.1 48.2 0.1 50.6 2.4 50.5 -0.1 48.6 -1.9
Out of Zone Swing % 25.0 25.7 0.7 25.6 -0.1 25.3 -0.3 28.0 2.7
First Pitch Swing % 27.3 27.2 -0.1 25.1 -2.1 21.7 -3.4 29.2 7.5
First Pitch Strike % 65.2 59.8 -5.4 60.2 0.4 58.9 -1.3 59.7 0.8
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2020 Shifts R 66 16 24.2 .263 .342
2021 Shifts R 227 27 11.9 .338 .517
2022 Shifts R 489 54 11.0 .297 .380
2023 Shades R 253 14 5.5 .278 .403
2024 Shades R 390 25 6.4 .287 .254
! 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 %
2020 78 18.0 19.2% 3.8% 37 23.0 0.0% 10.8%
2021 261 17.5 23.8% 3.1% 146 23.0 0.0% 10.3%
2022 544 17.9 17.8% 1.7% 343 23.0 1.2% 9.6%
2023 286 15.4 42.0% 0.0% 184 19.3 6.0% 1.1%
2024 399 15.2 47.1% 0.3% 234 18.5 9.4% 0.4%
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