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Santiago Espinal

Blue Jays Career team 2020–2023
Number #21
Position 3B
Bats R
Throws R
Age 31
Height 5' 9"
Weight 185 lbs
Birth Place Santiago, Dominican Republic
Born Nov 13, 1994

Key Insights

2026
One opponent brings the best out of him

Espinal has hit .455/.500/.909 against Bailey Falter in 12 plate appearances, his best line against anyone he has seen this often.

5 for 11 with 1 home run and 1 strikeout, against a .690 OPS median across his matchups.
When these two meet, the ball gets hit hard

Espinal hits Ryan Brasier harder than anyone: 94.0 mph off the bat, against a median of 84.5 across the pitchers he has faced.

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

Espinal cannot get the barrel to Justin Verlander: 74.1 mph off the bat against him, against a median of 84.5 across the pitchers he has faced.

10 plate appearances with tracked contact.
This opponent has his number every time they meet

Espinal has hit .071/.071/.071 against Eduardo Rodriguez in 14 plate appearances, his worst line against anyone he has seen this often.

1 for 14 with 0 home runs and 3 strikeouts, against a .690 OPS median across his matchups.
One club he never seems to get going against

Against the arms currently on the HOU, Espinal has hit .100 and slugged .125 over 44 plate appearances, his worst of any club.

4 hits, 0 home runs and 11 strikeouts, against a .341 slugging median across the clubs he has faced.
The results in this matchup flatter him

The .455 Espinal has hit against Jose Quintana is running ahead of the contact, which projects only .296.

12 plate appearances with tracked contact.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Nov 13, 1994
Birth Place Santiago, Dominican Republic
Height 5' 9"
Weight 185 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws R/R
College/Draft Miami-Dade CC FL