Santiago Espinal

Bats R Throws R5'10" 187 lbBorn 1994 Santiago, D.R.Debut 2020Team LAD1x All-StarDraft 2016 R10 #298 Boston Red Sox, Miami Dade CC

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 71.8FIELD+ 99.9 at 3BTotal -0.04 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	181	163	40	8	0	2	14	24	2	0.248	0.308	0.340	0.648	0.092	0.289	13.5	7.5	75.1	0.01
2027	121	109	26	5	0	1	9	17	1	0.242	0.301	0.332	0.633	0.090	0.282	14.4	7.2	71.5	-0.04

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 30

His ten closest age-30 comparables averaged 51 HIT+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Juan Bonilla	1986	79.5	83.5	63
2	Billy Cox	1950	83.6	96.8	507
3	Cookie Rojas	1969	79.3	60.2	460
4	Pat Kelly	1998	80.5	96.9	130
5	Dick Egan	1914	81.7	101.1	259
6	Nick Green	2009	72.7	1.4	23
7	Frank Duffy	1977	67.1	62.1	117
8	Johnny Lipon	1953	77.5	-123.8	1
9	Bill Hall	2010	93.3	53.4	199
10	Rey Sanchez	1998	69.3	75.5	518

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			121		26	5	0	1		1	9	17	0.242	0.301	0.332	0.633	71.5
2026*	LAN	36	60	5	15	3	0	1		0	1	8	0.268	0.276	0.375	0.651	74.8
2025	CIN	114	328	25	73	12	0	0	16	2	21	38	0.243	0.292	0.282	0.575	54.2
2024	CIN	118	391	32	88	12	0	9	45	11	24	54	0.246	0.295	0.356	0.650	73.0
2023	TOR	93	254	30	57	14	0	2	25	2	18	36	0.248	0.310	0.335	0.644	79.8
2022	TOR	135	491	51	120	25	0	7	51	6	36	68	0.267	0.322	0.370	0.692	98.9
2021	TOR	92	246	32	69	13	1	2	17	6	22	30	0.311	0.376	0.405	0.781	116.7
2020	TOR	27	66	10	16	4	0	0	6	1	4	16	0.267	0.308	0.333	0.641	75.6
Career		579	1776	180	423	80	1	20	160	28	125	242	0.261	0.316	0.349	0.665	83.8

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2020	TOR	0	0	9.00	2	0	0	2.0	11	1	1	0
Career		0	0	9.00	2	0	0	2.0	11	1	1	0

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	60	86.2	14.2	2.0	31.4	18.8	34.2	0.285	0.374	0.290	26.4
2025	328	86.5	15.1	0.7	25.7	14.1	24.0	0.229	0.287	0.254	27.1
2024	391	85.9	15.0	1.9	24.1	14.8	28.0	0.258	0.355	0.295	27.3
2023	254	87.0	11.4	1.0	29.4	17.6	25.2	0.255	0.341	0.295	26.9
2022	491	86.1	14.1	3.4	31.7	15.6	25.6	0.260	0.354	0.298	27.0
2021	246	84.8	13.1	1.6	22.8	15.3	25.5	0.266	0.347	0.307	27.3
2020	66	87.3	14.5	2.2	28.3	25.0	24.8	0.246	0.345	0.283	27.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	CIN	3B	75	487	34	93	1	2	0.992	-2.3
2025	CIN	2B	19	127	23	27	1	2	0.980	+4.4
2025	CIN	OF	16	81	9	0	1	0	0.900
2025	CIN	1B	3	16	16	0	0	1	1.000	-1.0
2025	CIN	SS	2	6	1	2	0	0	1.000	-0.2
2024	CIN	3B	67	505	26	96	4	6	0.968	-1.2
2024	CIN	2B	33	245	41	56	2	13	0.980	-3.9
2024	CIN	OF	8	33	12	0	0	0	1.000
2024	CIN	SS	6	34	6	10	0	1	1.000	+1.1
2023	TOR	2B	47	305	42	81	6	21	0.953	+3.3
2023	TOR	3B	26	161	16	36	2	2	0.963	-0.9
2023	TOR	SS	16	97	18	27	1	9	0.978	+0.3
2022	TOR	2B	120	945	148	255	4	56	0.990	+5.2
2022	TOR	3B	11	83	8	15	2	3	0.920	+0.4
2022	TOR	SS	11	50	6	15	0	2	1.000	+0.8
2021	TOR	3B	81	552	33	159	4	16	0.980	+5.9
2020	TOR	SS	21	156	22	57	2	12	0.975	-1.0
2020	TOR	3B	2	7	1	1	0	0	1.000	-0.4
2020	TOR	P	2	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0.0

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2026	AAA	Round Rock Express	Bat	48	0 HR, 4 SB	0.262	0.643
2019	AAA	Buffalo Bisons	Bat	112	2 HR, 2 SB	0.317	0.793
2019	AA	New Hampshire Fisher Cats	Bat	409	5 HR, 10 SB	0.278	0.724
2018	AA	New Hampshire Fisher Cats	Bat	164	1 HR, 2 SB	0.286	0.749
2018	A+	Salem Red Sox	Bat	281	7 HR, 9 SB	0.313	0.840
2018	A+	Dunedin Blue Jays	Bat	73	2 HR, 0 SB	0.262	0.764
2018	A+	nan	Bat	354	9 HR, 9 SB	0.302	0.824
2017	A	Greenville Drive	Bat	544	4 HR, 20 SB	0.280	0.692
2016	Rk	GCL Red Sox	Bat	99	0 HR, 1 SB	0.244	0.597

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.206	0.398	0.193	0.365
2025	0.296	0.250	0.272	0.265
2024	0.355	0.261	0.320	0.263
2023	0.296	0.302	0.313	0.280
2022	0.368	0.289	0.325	0.295
2021	0.376	0.344	0.366	0.346
2020	0.348	0.247	0.352	0.256

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2023	1	2	0	2	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000
2022	1	4	2	2	1	0.500	0.500	0.750	1.250
Career	2	6	2	4	1	0.667	0.667	0.833	1.500