Santiago Espinal
2B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 10" 185LBS | Age: 29
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 120 105 9 21 2 5 .200 .254 .286 .540
5 Seasons 1,177 1,066 132 283 13 20 .265 .323 .359 .682
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .267 7 6 .692
2023 .248 2 2 .645
2024 .200 2 5 .540
5 Seasons .265 13 20 .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 29 457 90 0 0.0 0.0 87.3 105.9 11.4 27.8 .234 .309 .239 .271 .281 30.0 14.7 7.8
Player 4536 911 19 2.1 1.6 86.2 107.5 13.0 34.0 .258 .341 .301 .295 .309 29.0 14.2 7.6
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.5 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.4 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 46.7 21.1 22.2 10.0 37.8 32.2 30.0 5.6 37.8 22.2 26.7 7.8 0.0 0.0
Player 43.4 20.2 27.8 8.7 39.0 35.7 25.4 5.3 34.0 26.8 27.6 4.3 2.1 1.6
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! 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 -2.6 -3 120 26.3 26 .217 .261 .267 6.3 7.7 6.1 .238 .333 .298 28.6
2024 Sinker -0.6 -1 109 23.9 33 .310 .310 .288 8.9 12.1 22.2 .288 .344 .298 44.4
2024 Slider -2.6 -2 78 17.1 18 .059 .059 .089 30.0 38.9 29.2 .137 .170 .163 20.0
2024 Changeup -0.1 0 46 10.1 13 .222 .333 .296 28.6 7.7 7.7 .335 .467 .377 10.0
2024 Curveball -2.7 -1 34 7.4 6 .000 .000 .000 0.0 50.0 20.0 .167 .191 .159 0.0
2024 Cutter -2.8 -1 29 6.3 8 .000 .000 .100 0.0 0.0 0.0 .168 .188 .234 14.3
2024 Sweeper 1.9 1 28 6.1 6 .400 1.000 .483 0.0 0.0 0.0 .302 .549 .387 66.7
2024 Split-Finger 6.5 1 8 1.8 4 .250 1.000 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 .206 .332 .235 25.0
2024 Slurve -11.9 0 2 0.4 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .091 .142 .104 0.0
2024 Knuckleball -17.2 0 2 0.4 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .001 .001 .000 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -1.6 -6 350 35.4 96 .265 .361 .329 15.5 14.6 15.1 .295 .402 .353 35.2
2023 Sinker 1.1 2 169 17.1 54 .275 .333 .284 8.4 5.6 9.1 .314 .391 .320 34.7
2023 Slider -2.6 -4 159 16.1 37 .143 .229 .188 25.8 32.4 20.7 .131 .179 .162 17.4
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 0.9 1 70 7.1 14 .417 .417 .421 20.0 7.1 6.3 .242 .283 .296 27.3
2023 Sweeper -2.5 -1 52 5.3 15 .200 .400 .253 16.7 13.3 13.3 .207 .310 .224 15.4
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 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.4 2 582 30.4 160 .312 .442 .374 11.6 12.5 11.8 .285 .425 .359 37.0
2022 Slider -1.0 -4 381 19.9 100 .194 .280 .249 24.1 22.0 18.0 .218 .264 .246 26.8
2022 Sinker -1.4 -5 335 17.5 93 .250 .318 .269 7.2 6.5 9.0 .248 .311 .262 42.2
2022 Cutter 1.4 3 184 9.6 35 .394 .576 .437 16.3 14.3 12.8 .387 .486 .401 25.0
2022 Changeup 1.8 3 169 8.8 55 .327 .462 .349 21.1 10.9 10.0 .277 .352 .289 21.3
2022 Curveball 0.9 1 148 7.7 23 .304 .348 .289 22.9 26.1 11.5 .293 .349 .282 29.4
2022 Sweeper -4.0 -4 91 4.8 21 .000 .000 .033 27.0 9.5 7.7 .113 .135 .142 11.1
2022 Split-Finger -5.0 -1 13 0.7 2 .000 .000 .000 14.3 50.0 16.7 .169 .196 .159 0.0
2022 Slurve 4.1 0 5 0.3 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2021 4-Seam Fastball 0.2 0 302 33.1 96 .341 .435 .378 11.5 12.5 16.4 .276 .351 .316 29.7
2021 Slider -0.2 0 169 18.5 28 .269 .385 .346 27.9 17.9 10.0 .295 .386 .326 14.3
2021 Sinker -3.6 -5 133 14.6 39 .343 .457 .386 8.6 0.0 0.0 .294 .423 .352 31.4
2021 Changeup 2.7 3 105 11.5 34 .281 .344 .326 26.8 17.6 14.6 .255 .304 .272 11.5
2021 Cutter -0.4 0 89 9.8 21 .235 .353 .338 7.1 9.5 13.3 .221 .276 .309 13.3
2021 Curveball -1.5 -1 79 8.7 19 .316 .421 .321 13.8 15.8 11.5 .250 .311 .246 18.8
2021 Sweeper -1.2 0 27 3.0 7 .167 .167 .229 25.0 28.6 20.0 .131 .181 .214 0.0
2021 Split-Finger -4.3 0 7 0.8 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .237 .569 .333 0.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball -2.6 -2 96 36.1 22 .300 .350 .293 25.0 31.8 25.9 .261 .409 .306 28.6
2020 Cutter -2.9 -1 40 15.0 8 .167 .167 .229 13.6 37.5 30.0 .162 .196 .236 0.0
2020 Sinker 4.1 2 37 13.9 12 .500 .583 .479 22.7 16.7 20.0 .372 .455 .357 60.0
2020 Changeup -1.6 -1 36 13.5 9 .111 .111 .200 42.1 22.2 16.7 .197 .226 .186 14.3
2020 Slider -3.8 -1 32 12.0 9 .000 .000 .078 33.3 22.2 18.2 .080 .115 .155 0.0
2020 Curveball 10.0 2 23 8.6 6 .400 .800 .533 0.0 0.0 0.0 .334 .589 .443 40.0
2020 Split-Finger 1.9 0 2 0.8 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

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 116 456 -4 -7 3 1 -7
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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 24.3 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 15.5 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 457 49.6 64.2 91.7 24.8 75.4 41.4 19.8 44.2 11.4 6.8 71.0
Player 4,536 50.1 66.6 88.2 25.4 68.9 42.6 24.4 46.1 16.1 7.6 75.4
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 29.7 47.2 24.8 7.3 76.2
! 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
Swing
Length
2020 21 56 88 35
2021 33 59 89 37
2022 26 76 17 7 51 13 8 7 34 10 91 39 92 70 42 95 17
2023 26 37 14 29
2024 8 29 6 5 22 1 1 24 26 13 89 44 99 66 55 20 23
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Expected Home Runs

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 1 9 1 14.3
2023 26.7 2 2.1 0 1 2 0 0.0
2024 23.1 2 1.3 1 0 2 0 0.0
Player 25.6 13 12.9 0 3 13 3 23.1

Expected Home Runs by Park

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 7 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 3 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2
2024 2 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 2 0 2 2 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 0 2 2 2 2 2 2
Player 13 3 15 9 16 15 16 9 14 9 13 17 8 11 16 14 9 10 13 16 12 13 17 15 7 12 17 16 14 16 14
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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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 87.3 0.3
Launch Angle 14.5 13.1 -1.4 14.1 1.0 11.4 -2.7 11.4 0.0
Barrel % 2.2 1.6 -0.6 3.4 1.8 1.0 -2.4 0.0 -1.0
Hard Hit % 28.3 22.8 -5.5 31.7 8.9 29.4 -2.3 30.0 0.6
LA Sweet-Spot % 45.7 35.8 -9.9 33.8 -2.0 33.0 -0.8 27.8 -5.2
xBA .246 .267 0.021 .263 -0.004 .256 -0.007 .234 -0.022
BA .267 .311 0.044 .267 -0.044 .248 -0.019 .198 -0.050
xwOBA .283 .307 0.024 .298 -0.009 .293 -0.005 .271 -0.022
wOBA .282 .344 0.062 .305 -0.039 .285 -0.020 .239 -0.046
xSLG .345 .346 0.001 .348 0.002 .336 -0.012 .309 -0.027
SLG .333 .405 0.072 .370 -0.035 .335 -0.035 .277 -0.058
K% 24.2 12.2 -12.0 13.8 1.6 14.2 0.4 14.7 0.5
BB% 6.1 8.9 2.8 7.3 -1.6 7.1 -0.2 7.8 0.7
Swing % 51.1 47.3 -3.8 46.1 -1.2 44.3 -1.8 44.2 -0.1
Whiff% 24.3 15.3 -9.0 15.5 0.2 17.6 2.1 11.4 -6.2
In Zone % 51.9 51.8 -0.1 49.4 -2.4 49.5 0.1 49.6 0.1
Out of Zone % 48.1 48.2 0.1 50.6 2.4 50.5 -0.1 50.4 -0.1
Out of Zone Swing % 25.0 25.7 0.7 25.6 -0.1 25.3 -0.3 24.8 -0.5
First Pitch Swing % 27.3 27.2 -0.1 25.1 -2.1 21.7 -3.4 19.8 -1.9
First Pitch Strike % 65.2 59.8 -5.4 60.2 0.4 58.9 -1.3 51.7 -7.2
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2020 Shifts R 66 17 25.8 .268 .322
2021 Shifts R 227 36 15.9 .350 .407
2022 Shifts R 489 66 13.5 .298 .358
2023 Shades R 253 14 5.5 .278 .403
2024 Shades R 116 11 9.5 .230 .323
! 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 135 15.3 45.2% 0.7% 81 18.1 12.3% 0.0%
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