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Danny Espinosa

Nationals Career team 2010–2016
Number #14
Position Shortstop
Bats Both
Throws Right
Age 39
Height 6' 0"
Weight 205 lbs
Birth Place Santa Ana, CA
Born Apr 25, 1987

Key Insights

2017
One opponent brings the best out of him

Espinosa has hit .500/.615/.800 against Jeremy Hellickson in 13 plate appearances, his best line against anyone he has seen this often.

5 for 10 with 1 home run and 0 strikeouts, against a .319 OPS median across his matchups.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Jacob deGrom has struck Espinosa out 8 times in 11 plate appearances, 72.7% of everything between them.

8 strikeouts in 11 plate appearances.
One club he looks forward to seeing on the schedule

Against the arms currently on the CHW, Espinosa has hit .360 and slugged .720 over 32 plate appearances, his best of any club.

9 hits, 2 home runs and 4 strikeouts, against a .304 slugging median across the clubs he has faced.
When these two meet, the ball gets hit hard

Espinosa hits Logan Verrett harder than anyone: 99.4 mph off the bat, against a median of 87.5 across the pitchers he has faced.

8 plate appearances with tracked contact.
This opponent takes the sting out of his bat

Espinosa cannot get the barrel to Hansel Robles: 59.6 mph off the bat against him, against a median of 87.5 across the pitchers he has faced.

8 plate appearances with tracked contact.
He is a different player against this opponent

Espinosa carries a .659 career OPS; against Clayton Kershaw it is .250, over 16 plate appearances.

2 for 16 with 0 home runs.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Apr 25, 1987
Birth Place Santa Ana, CA
Height 6' 0"
Weight 205 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Both/Right
College/Draft Long Beach State