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Portrait of Santiago Espinal

Santiago Espinal 3BBlue Jays

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 24)
PA AVG HR R RBI SB DRC+ WARP
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Birth Date11-13-1994
Height5' 10"
Weight181 lbs
Age29 years, 5 months, 12 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
2015
2016
2017
2018
-1.32019
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SO HBP SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ DRAA BRR FRAA BWARP

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR Team Lg LG G PA oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ DRC+ DRC+ SD FRAA BRR DRAA BWARP
2016 RSX Rk GCL 26 99 .235 .311 .320 .280 92 -0.8 2.9 0.3 119 0 2.5 -0.3 -1.7 0.4
2017 GRN A SAL 123 544 .254 .318 .370 .315 104 -1.7 15.2 5.7 105 0 16.9 1.5 3.0 4.4
2018 DUN A+ FSL 17 73 .257 .334 .380 .283 103 1.1 2.1 0.4 107 0 0.7 -0.7 0.5 0.3
2018 SLM A+ CAR 65 281 .243 .312 .363 .336 103 9.8 8.0 2.6 154 0 1.8 5.2 14.3 3.3
2018 NHP AA EAS 42 164 .255 .328 .390 .328 105 2.2 4.7 0.7 111 0 -0.7 1.3 2.2 0.9
2018 SUR Wnt AFL 15 64 .261 .340 .394 .280 110 -1.7 1.9 0.4 46 0 0.0 -1.2 -1.6 0.0
2019 NHP AA EAS 94 409 .242 .312 .367 .310 99 6.9 10.8 0.6 126 0 7.6 -2.5 10.5 3.0
2019 BUF AAA INT 28 112 .260 .335 .428 .392 99 -0.4 3.9 0.5 101 0 1.8 0.9 0.2 0.6

Statistics For All Levels

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Year Team lvl LG PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO SF SH
2016 RSX Rk GCL 99 86 8 21 2 0 0 23 10 10 11 1 0 .244 .330 .267 .023 0 2
2017 GRN A SAL 544 492 64 138 18 4 4 176 46 39 67 20 6 .280 .334 .358 .077 5 5
2018 DUN A+ FSL 73 65 9 17 3 1 2 28 8 6 10 0 3 .262 .333 .431 .169 0 1
2018 SUR Wnt AFL 64 56 7 14 3 1 0 19 4 7 7 2 3 .250 .328 .339 .089 1 0
2018 NHP AA EAS 164 147 17 42 9 2 1 58 20 14 22 2 1 .286 .354 .395 .109 1 0
2018 SLM A+ CAR 281 256 53 80 15 3 7 122 32 18 35 9 1 .313 .363 .477 .164 3 0
2019 BUF AAA INT 112 104 11 33 6 0 2 45 14 7 23 2 2 .317 .360 .433 .115 0 1
2019 NHP AA EAS 409 367 46 102 21 1 5 140 57 35 50 10 11 .278 .343 .381 .104 1 4

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2024 CIN $2,725,000
2023 TOR $2,100,000
2022 TOR $718,000
2021 TOR $
2020 TOR $
YearsDescriptionSalary
2 yrPrevious$2,818,000
2019Current$2,725,000
3 yrPvs + Cur$5,543,000
3 yrTotal$5,543,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
3 y 149 d1 year/$2.725M (2024)

Details
  • 1 year/$2.725M (2024). Re-signed by Toronto 1/11/24 (avoided arbitration). Acquired by Cincinnati in trade from Toronto 3/20/24.
  • 1 year/$2.1M (2023). Re-signed by Toronto 1/13/23 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$718,000 (2022). Re-signed by Toronto 3/22.
  • 1 year (2021). Re-signed by Toronto 3/21.
  • 2020. Contract selected by Toronto 11/20/19.
  • Acquired by Toronto in trade from Boston 7/28/18.
  • Drafted by Boston 2016 (10-298) (Miami-Dade JC). $50,000 signing bonus ($157,200 slot).

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ VORP FRAA WARP
90o 384 37 83 8 1 10 38 17 74 4 1 .229 .264 .340 52 -5.1 2B 2, SS 2 -0.2
80o 364 34 74 7 1 9 34 15 71 3 1 .215 .249 .320 44 -9.6 2B 2, SS 2 -0.7
70o 349 31 67 6 1 8 32 14 69 3 1 .202 .236 .299 38 -12.5 2B 2, SS 2 -1.0
60o 337 29 63 6 1 7 30 13 68 3 1 .197 .227 .288 33 -14.8 2B 1, SS 2 -1.2
50o 325 27 58 5 1 7 28 12 66 2 1 .188 .217 .278 29 -16.7 2B 1, SS 2 -1.5
40o 313 25 54 5 1 6 26 11 64 2 1 .181 .209 .265 24 -18.5 2B 1, SS 1 -1.7
30o 301 23 51 5 1 6 24 10 63 2 1 .178 .204 .265 19 -20.2 2B 1, SS 1 -1.9
20o 286 21 45 4 1 5 22 9 60 2 1 .164 .189 .241 13 -21.9 2B 1, SS 1 -2.1
10o 266 18 40 4 1 5 20 8 57 2 1 .157 .181 .239 5 -23.8 2B 1, SS 1 -2.3
Weighted Mean329286061729126731.192.220.28430-16.12B 1, SS 2-1.4

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