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Santiago Roman (Sanchez) Espinal

First name: Santiago

Last name: Espinal

Birthdate: 1994-11-13

Bats: R   Throws: R

RetroID: espis001

Batting – Career

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
2020TOR0.80.31.10.20.60.62
2021TOR3.20.84.02.13.30.710
2022TOR6.21.67.90.42.75.18
2023TOR3.20.84.00.01.22.84
2024CIN5.11.26.3-0.31.64.85
2025CIN4.21.05.2-1.7-0.25.4-1
Career22.75.728.50.79.219.428

Detailed Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
2020TOR66-2-200002000010.60.00.00.00.04
2021TOR24666-401-111000139.91.30.00.01.317
2022TOR49100-30-1-1-7000-129.6-1.20.00.0-1.25
2023TOR254-6-60-100-1000-89.4-0.80.00.0-0.85
2024CIN391-8-91-1-10-40-10-149.3-1.5-0.10.0-1.65
2025CIN328-14-15-100-1-8-100-259.3-2.7-0.10.0-2.8-1
Career1,776-24-26-7-2-1-3-7-1-10-46--4.9-0.20.0-5.135

Pitching

Year Team Lg G GS IP R XR DR IP/G RPW Role LgAdj R+ LI R_lev+ WAM W L WAR VS
2020 TOR AL 2 0.0 2.0 2 1 0 1.00 10.0 -0.29 0.00 -1 0.00 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0
Career 2 0 2 2 1 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Defense

Pitcher Defense

Year Team Chances OAA OAA adj
2020 TOR 1 0.0 0
1 0.0 0

Infield Defense

Year Team POS BIP Chances OAA OAA adj DER Runs Play+ GB+ DP Start DP Turn DP Runs Total Fielding Runs
2020 TOR 3B 19 3 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0
2020 TOR SS 430 83 2.0 2 2 8 10 0.2 0.2 0 2
2021 TOR 3B 1435 253 15.0 15 11 31 38 0.1 0.0 0 11
2022 TOR 2B 2548 393 -3.0 -3 -2 -11 1 -1.6 -0.8 -2 -4
2022 TOR 3B 228 33 -3.0 -3 -2 -3 -3 0.0 0.0 0 -2
2022 TOR SS 140 20 -1.0 -1 -1 -4 -3 0.0 0.1 0 -1
2023 TOR 2B 788 121 -5.0 -5 -4 -7 0 0.2 0.2 0 -4
2023 TOR 3B 443 70 1.0 1 1 3 2 -0.3 0.0 0 1
2023 TOR SS 257 40 1.0 1 1 -1 0 0.4 0.3 1 2
2024 CIN 2B 659 90 -2.1 -2 -2 -11 -11 0.0 -0.6 -1 -3
2024 CIN 3B 1352 182 -3.9 -4 -3 -16 -9 -0.6 0.0 -1 -4
2024 CIN SS 74 14 1.4 1 1 2 2 0.0 -0.2 0 1
2025 CIN 1B 35 1 -0.6 -1 -1 -2 -2 0.0 0.0 0 -1
2025 CIN 2B 343 51 0.1 0 0 -2 -6 -0.3 -0.3 -1 -1
2025 CIN 3B 1375 190 -4.0 -5 -4 -13 -12 -0.6 0.0 -1 -5
2025 CIN SS 15 3 0.7 1 1 1 1 0.0 0.0 0 1
1B 35 1 -0.6 -1 -1 -2 -2 0.0 0.0 0 -1
2B 4338 655 -10.0 -10 -8 -31 -16 -1.7 -1.5 -4 -12
3B 4852 731 5.1 4 3 2 16 -1.4 0.0 -2 1
SS 916 160 4.1 4 4 6 10 0.6 0.4 1 5

Outfield Defense

Year Team POS BIP Chances OAA OAA adj DER Runs Play+ OF Arm Opps OF Arm Runs Total Fielding Runs
2024 CIN LF 41 7 1.5 1 1 3 0 0 1
2024 CIN RF 27 7 0.9 1 1 3 1 0 1
2025 CIN LF 92 5 -0.6 -1 -1 -4 7 0 -1
2025 CIN RF 66 10 -0.8 -1 -1 -2 7 0 -1
LF 133 12 0.9 0 0 -1 7 0 0
RF 93 17 0.1 0 0 1 8 0 0

Batting – Postseason

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
2022TOR0.00.00.1-0.1-0.10.10
2023TOR0.00.00.00.20.2-0.21
Career0.00.00.10.10.1-0.11

Postseason Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
2022TOR411-1000-1000-111.5-0.10.00.0-0.1-1
2023TOR2110000000014.40.20.00.00.20
Career622-1000-10000-0.10.00.00.1-1

Glossary

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Stat description
GSGame Shares
WAMWins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WARWins above Replacement
VSVictory Shares
WWins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense.
LLosses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
BatRunsBatting runs above average
Adj RPark adjusted batting runs
RISPRuns for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position
BSRBaserunning runs
DPDouble play avoidance runs
ROERuns from reaching on error
FldFielding runs
PosPosition adjustment
DHDesignated hitter adjustment
PitPitcher batting adjustment
RAARuns above average before position and league adjustment
RPWRuns per win
WAAWins above average before position and league adjustment
POS WinsPosition adjustment converted to wins
LGALeague quality adjustment
DVoDHDefensive Value (in runs) over designated hitter
GGames pitched
GSGame shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index
XRExpected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced
DRDefensive runs support
RoleStarter vs reliever role adjustment
LgAdjLeague adjustment
R+Runs above average
LILeverage index
R_lev+Leverage adjusted runs above average
ChancesEstimated opportunies to make a defensive play
BIPBalls in play while this player was on the field
OAAOuts above average, based on defensive efficiency assigned at the player level
OAA adjPark adjusted outs above average
DER runsRun value of outs above average
Frame RunsRuns from framing balls and strikes
SB RunsStolen base prevention runs
Block RunsWild pitch and passed ball prevention runs
Err RunsCatcher error prevention runs
Catcher RunsCatcher runs from SB, errors, PB, and WP. Does not include framing.
Play+plays made above average per ball in play
GB+ground ball plays above average per ball in play
DP StartRuns from starting double plays
DP TurnRuns from turning double plays
DP runsTotal double play runs
OF Arm oppsOpportunities for an outfielder to make a throwing play
OF Arm runsRuns from throwing from the outfield

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