Santiago

Espinal

3BAge : 31Bats : R

#16

Santiago Espinal

#163B

Height : 5' 9" · Weight : 84 kg · Bats : R · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2020-07-25

Born in : Santiago, Dominican Republic

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	AB	H	HR	PP	MOY	OPS
2026	Los Angeles Dodgers	36	56	15	1	7	.268	.651
2025	Cincinnati Reds	114	301	73	0	16	.243	.574
2024	Cincinnati Reds	118	357	88	9	45	.246	.651
2023	Toronto Blue Jays	93	230	57	2	25	.248	.645
2022	Toronto Blue Jays	135	449	120	7	51	.267	.692
2021	Toronto Blue Jays	92	222	69	2	17	.311	.781
2020	Toronto Blue Jays	27	60	16	0	6	.267	.641
Career totals		615	1675	438	21	167	.261	.664

ContractLos Angeles Dodgers payroll →

Type: Free Agent
Length: 1 yr · 2026–2026
Total value: 1.1 M$
AAV: 1.15 M$

2026
1.15 M$
Not 40 man

Advanced stats, 2025HitterMLB stats →

wRC+

wOBA

.259

xwOBA

.254

OPS

.574

AVG

.243

OBP

.292

RBI

328

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2026 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

-0.2

Home runs

2025 WAR

-0.2

This season's pace, over the average of the last two workloads, adjusted for next year's age.

Trend

→ Stable (-4)

20222.4 WAR · 2.9 per full season
2023-0.1 WAR · -0.2 per full season
20240.2 WAR · 0.3 per full season
2025-0.2 WAR · -0.4 per full season

Outlook, age included

-4 · 30 y.o. · prime years

It is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes.

Player ratings, 2025All ratings →

Ratings from 0 to 100, computed from Statcast and MLB stats over four seasons, never by hand. 75 = established regular, 87 = 90th percentile, 95+ = elite.

OV · Overall

Depth

CON: Contact; 82
POW: Power; 47
EYE: Eye; 78
SPD: Speed; 74
FLD: Fielding; 74
DUR: Durability; 73
EX: Experience; 66

Why these ratings?

CON — Contact : Strikeouts avoided, xBA, squared-up contact
POW — Power : Barrels, exit velocity, home runs, xSLG
EYE — Eye : Walks and strikeouts
SPD — Speed : Sprint speed (Statcast), baserunning
FLD — Fielding : Outs above average, WAR fielding runs
DUR — Durability : Games played over several seasons
EX — Experience : Seasons in the majors

WAR and PAL Rating, 2025How we rate →

WAR is fWAR (FanGraphs' version, distributed through MLB's API): wins added above a replacement player. PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against regulars in the same role (50 = median).

WAR

-0.2

#255 of 277 regular hitters

PAL Rating

2 / 100

#271 of 277 regular hitters

PAL: dimensions

Offense1

Power2

Discipline72

Speed53

Defense64

WAR, in runs

Batting-15.2

Baserunning+0.7

Fielding+1.2

Positional+0.3

Replacement+10.0

StatcastStatcast leaderboards →

MLB's tracking of every ball, 2025 season. The percentile ranks the player among regulars in the role: 90th means better than 90% of them.

Avg exit velocity

86.5 mi/h

8th percentile

Max exit velocity

107.4 mi/h

6th percentile

Barrels

0.7 %

1th percentile

Hard-hit

25.7 %

2th percentile

xBA

.229

18th percentile

Bat speed

—

Sprint speed

27.1 pi/s

44th percentile

Outs above average

65th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Avg exit velocity	Max exit velocity	Barrels	Hard-hit	xBA
2025	CIN	-0.2	2	63	86.5	107.4	0.7	25.7	.229
2024	CIN	0.2	10	63	85.9	105.9	1.9	24.1	.258
2023	TOR	-0.1	11	67	87.0	106.8	1.0	29.4	.255
2022	TOR	2.4	53	75	86.1	107.5	3.4	31.7	.260
2021	TOR	1.9	65	76	84.8	104.2	1.6	22.8	.266

Game log, 2025

Date	Opponent	AB	H	AVG
Sep 24	vs PIT	0	0	.243
Sep 17	@ STL	1	0	.243
Sep 15	@ STL	1	0	.243
Sep 13	@ ATH	1	0	.244
Sep 5	vs NYM	0	0	.245
Aug 31	vs STL	0	0	.245
Aug 29	vs STL	3	1	.245
Aug 26	@ LAD	2	0	.244
Aug 25	@ LAD	1	0	.246
Aug 23	@ AZ	4	1	.247