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
2023 254 230 30 57 2 2 .248 .310 .335 .645
2024 391 357 32 88 9 11 .246 .295 .356 .651
2025 47 44 4 11 0 0 .250 .298 .295 .593
6 Seasons 1,495 1,362 159 361 20 26 .265 .320 .362 .682
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .248 2 2 .645
2024 .246 9 11 .651
2025 .250 0 0 .593
6 Seasons .265 20 26 .682
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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
2025 30 166 42 0 0.0 0.0 82.0 104.9 12.1 26.2 .259 .307 .270 .274 .258 19.0 4.3 6.4
Player 5750 1174 25 2.1 1.7 85.9 107.5 13.6 34.5 .260 .343 .301 .295 .308 27.3 13.8 7.2
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 %
2020 32.6 67.4 13.0 45.7 8.7 45.7 39.1 15.2 21.7 10.9 0.0 23.9 28.3 15.2
2021 43.0 57.0 20.2 26.9 9.8 38.9 30.6 30.6 20.2 16.1 6.7 18.7 14.5 23.8
2022 43.6 56.4 19.2 26.8 10.4 37.7 39.0 23.4 20.8 19.0 3.9 16.9 20.0 19.5
2023 44.2 55.8 23.4 28.9 3.6 40.6 35.0 24.4 24.9 15.2 4.1 15.7 19.8 20.3
2024 39.5 60.5 25.1 27.3 8.0 37.0 30.5 32.5 18.6 13.5 7.4 18.3 17.0 25.1
2025 42.9 57.1 26.2 21.4 9.5 42.9 28.6 28.6 23.8 11.9 7.1 19.0 16.7 21.4
Player 42.1 57.9 21.6 27.9 8.4 38.7 34.3 27.0 21.0 15.8 5.3 17.7 18.5 21.7
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
2020 6.5 28.3 26.1 30.4 6.5 2.2 1.5
2021 5.2 31.6 29.0 30.1 2.6 1.6 1.2
2022 5.5 35.1 26.8 25.7 3.6 3.4 2.6
2023 4.6 34.0 26.9 28.4 5.1 1.0 0.8
2024 3.9 30.9 29.9 29.3 4.2 1.9 1.5
2025 9.5 28.6 33.3 28.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
Player 5.0 32.7 28.2 28.1 3.8 2.1 1.7
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 %
2025 4-Seam Fastball -4.3 -2 38 22.9 11 .273 .273 .245 5.6 0.0 0.0 .236 .293 .229 9.1
2025 Slider -2.5 -1 36 21.7 14 .214 .214 .193 11.8 7.1 9.1 .178 .199 .166 7.7
2025 Sinker 0.3 0 32 19.3 9 .286 .286 .356 10.0 0.0 0.0 .418 .498 .464 42.9
2025 Cutter -6.3 -1 19 11.4 4 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .037 .069 .043 25.0
2025 Curveball 3.1 0 15 9.0 3 .333 .667 .417 25.0 0.0 0.0 .430 .503 .405 33.3
2025 Changeup 6.5 1 13 7.8 2 1.000 1.000 .800 33.3 0.0 0.0 .674 .736 .653 0.0
2025 Sweeper 1.2 0 10 6.0 3 .333 .667 .417 50.0 33.3 50.0 .389 .476 .376 50.0
2025 Split-Finger -7.7 0 3 1.8 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .081 .081 .073 0.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball -0.8 -4 496 33.0 118 .238 .400 .308 10.9 12.7 10.7 .247 .354 .295 21.5
2024 Slider -2.0 -5 250 16.6 75 .192 .233 .201 28.9 28.0 23.6 .238 .288 .241 21.2
2024 Sinker 0.0 0 243 16.1 67 .345 .362 .357 10.3 6.0 9.5 .315 .386 .352 40.0
2024 Curveball -0.1 0 137 9.1 28 .185 .407 .295 11.5 21.4 11.5 .246 .377 .284 28.6
2024 Cutter 2.3 3 120 8.0 27 .360 .480 .415 8.9 0.0 0.0 .326 .412 .336 15.4
2024 Changeup -0.7 -1 110 7.3 33 .241 .276 .252 25.0 9.1 11.1 .249 .312 .266 3.6
2024 Sweeper 0.9 1 107 7.1 27 .200 .400 .259 15.2 14.8 10.3 .224 .364 .279 36.4
2024 Split-Finger 2.1 1 29 1.9 11 .273 .545 .345 5.3 9.1 9.1 .218 .284 .221 30.0
2024 Slurve -4.3 0 8 0.5 2 .000 .000 .000 33.3 0.0 0.0 .187 .214 .173 0.0
2024 Knuckleball -13.9 0 2 0.1 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .001 .001 .000 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2020 66 266 0 -4 1 1 -2
2021 246 912 -11 0 10 4 2
2022 490 1,911 -6 -19 13 8 -4
2023 253 989 -10 -7 5 4 -8
2024 390 1,505 -9 -10 8 5 -7
2025 47 166 -3 -1 1 0 -2
Player 1,492 5,749 -40 -42 37 -40 -21
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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
2025 166 45.8 64.5 93.9 21.1 73.7 47.0 21.3 41.0 11.8 8.4 78.6
Player 5,750 50.3 67.3 88.7 26.0 68.9 42.4 25.9 46.8 16.0 7.9 77.3
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
2020 21 56 88 35
2021 33 59 90 37
2022 27 77 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
2025 19 58 16 3 36 1 1 1 28 2 99 30 97 85 51 73
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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 +/-   2025
Exit Velocity 87.3 -2.5 84.8 1.3 86.1 0.9 87.0 -1.1 85.9 -3.9 82.0
Launch Angle 14.5 -1.4 13.1 1.0 14.1 -2.7 11.4 3.6 15.0 -2.9 12.1
Barrel % 2.2 -0.6 1.6 1.8 3.4 -2.4 1.0 0.9 1.9 -1.9 0.0
Hard Hit % 28.3 -5.5 22.8 8.9 31.7 -2.3 29.4 -5.3 24.1 -5.1 19.0
LA Sweet-Spot % 45.7 -9.9 35.8 -2.0 33.8 -0.8 33.0 2.0 35.0 -8.8 26.2
xBA .246 0.021 .267 -0.004 .263 -0.007 .256 0.002 .258 0.001 .259
BA .267 0.044 .311 -0.044 .267 -0.019 .248 -0.002 .246 0.004 .250
xwOBA .283 0.024 .307 -0.009 .298 -0.005 .293 -0.005 .288 -0.014 .274
wOBA .282 0.062 .344 -0.039 .305 -0.020 .285 0.000 .285 -0.015 .270
xSLG .345 0.001 .346 0.002 .348 -0.012 .336 0.008 .344 -0.037 .307
SLG .333 0.072 .405 -0.035 .370 -0.035 .335 0.021 .356 -0.061 .295
K% 24.2 -12.0 12.2 1.6 13.8 0.4 14.2 -0.4 13.8 -9.5 4.3
BB% 6.1 2.8 8.9 -1.6 7.3 -0.2 7.1 -1.0 6.1 0.3 6.4
Swing % 51.1 -3.8 47.3 -1.2 46.1 -1.8 44.3 4.7 49.0 -8.0 41.0
Whiff% 25.0 -9.7 15.3 0.3 15.6 2.0 17.6 -2.8 14.8 -3.0 11.8
In Zone % 51.9 -0.1 51.8 -2.4 49.4 0.1 49.5 1.9 51.4 -5.6 45.8
Out of Zone % 48.1 0.1 48.2 2.4 50.6 -0.1 50.5 -1.9 48.6 5.6 54.2
Out of Zone Swing % 25.0 0.7 25.7 -0.1 25.6 -0.3 25.3 2.7 28.0 -6.9 21.1
First Pitch Swing % 27.3 -0.1 27.2 -2.1 25.1 -3.4 21.7 7.5 29.2 -7.9 21.3
First Pitch Strike % 65.2 -5.4 59.8 0.4 60.2 -1.3 58.9 0.8 59.7 -8.6 51.1
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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
2025 Shades R 47 2 4.3 .281 .000
! 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%
2025 44 14.7 59.1% 0.0% 22 17.6 9.1% 0.0%
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