Paolo Espino

Relief Pitcher

Bats / Throws	Right / Right
Date of Birth	1/10/1987 (36)
Height, Weight	5'10", 211 lb
Hometown	Panama City, PAN

2023 Season Stats

Needs more playing time to qualify

MLB Rank MLB Average

	Sv	IP	ERA	WHIP	K%	BB%	CSW%
	0	4.0	24.75	4.25	10.7%	10.7%	22.8%

	183^rd 3 Sv	345^th 44 IP	345^th 4.16 ERA	345^th 1.32 WHIP	343^rd 23.7% K%	236^th 9.5% BB%	342^nd 29.3% CSW%

	FB MPH	SwStr%	HC%	GB%	PLV	xERA
	88.8	5.0%	35.7%	22.7%	4.92	15.67

	348^th 94.4 FB MPH	345^th 12.6% SwStr%	339^th 24.8% HC%	344^th 45.6% GB%	197^th 4.97 PLV	345^th 4.24 xERA

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Stats Glossary

Overview

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Year	Team	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	xERA	FIP	xFIP	WHIP	H/9	K%	BB%	BABIP	HC%	GB%	HR/9	HR/FB%	LOB%	SwStr%	CSW%	PLV
2020	WSH	2	1	6.0	0	0	4.50	8.51	4.02	3.57	1.67	12.0	25.9%	7.4%	.412	22.2%	33.3%	1.50	20.0%	81.4%	12.7%	26.4%	4.88
2021	WSH	35	19	109.2	5	5	4.27	4.24	4.47	4.44	1.21	8.9	20.2%	5.5%	.283	31.8%	37.0%	1.56	15.1%	75.4%	9.3%	28.6%	5.09
2022	WSH	42	19	113.1	0	9	4.84	4.66	4.94	4.16	1.37	10.4	18.9%	4.9%	.310	30.8%	41.9%	1.91	17.6%	75.4%	9.6%	29.0%	5.09
2023	WSH	3	0	4.0	0	0	24.75	15.67	7.25	5.85	4.25	31.5	10.7%	10.7%	.619	35.7%	22.7%	2.25	25.0%	38.5%	5.0%	22.8%	4.92
RP MLB Percentile		0	0	0	0	80	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	31	0	2	0	3	2	0	0	1	40
RP MLB AVG		40	0	44.0	3	2	4.16	4.24	4.16	4.17	1.32	8.2	23.7%	9.5%	.293	24.8%	45.6%	1.08	13.0%	72.3%	12.6%	29.3%	4.97
4 Years		82	39	233.0	5	14	4.91	-	-	-	1.35	10.1	19.5%	5.4%	.310	31.2%	38.9%	1.74	16.6%	73.3%	9.5%	28.6%	5.08

Repertoire

Slider | 37%
Four-Seamer | 36%
Curveball | 24%
Changeup | 4%
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2020 2021 2022 2023 All

Show 2023 MLB Percentile | Show 2023 MLB Average

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2020	81.4	9.1%	14.3%	30.0%	20.0%	0.0%	20.0%	40.0%	30.0%	100.0%	0.0%	.500	.442	1.000	-	.387	.343	50.0%	2,481
2021	77.6	16.4%	37.4%	45.6%	13.3%	20.7%	34.0%	69.1%	63.5%	28.6%	53.1%	.246	.310	.273	15.4%	.225	.298	18.6%	2,705
2022	77.7	21.4%	32.0%	48.6%	14.0%	19.7%	33.7%	66.6%	59.6%	28.4%	52.7%	.333	.404	.324	15.4%	.283	.381	20.7%	2,731
2023	76.8	36.6%	28.6%	43.2%	10.8%	13.5%	24.3%	62.2%	45.9%	20.0%	30.0%	.600	.482	.600	0.0%	.505	.468	27.3%	2,846
RP MLB Percentile	2	61	32	62	18	38	14	50	5	4	29	0	3	0	72	0	3	21	96
RP MLB AVG	84.5	34.3%	31.8%	41.0%	15.5%	15.0%	30.5%	61.7%	56.7%	41.0%	37.7%	.221	.287	.280	13.8%	.216	.287	21.0%	2,430

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2020	.387	.343	.774	.686	50.0%	0.0%	100.0%	50.0%	106.1	-	1.0	3.5	-0.3	-0.3	5.6	6.5	2,481
2021	.225	.298	.247	.377	18.6%	6.1%	34.7%	24.3%	83.3	85.0	23.7	9.8	1.2	-1.5	5.5	6.5	2,705
2022	.283	.381	.251	.427	20.7%	4.1%	37.8%	30.4%	83.0	86.8	19.7	10.1	0.8	-1.7	5.6	6.5	2,731
2023	.505	.468	.484	.514	27.3%	0.0%	70.0%	63.6%	89.4	93.4	24.9	10.3	-0.8	-2.0	5.5	6.6	2,846
RP MLB Percentile	0	3	0	9	21	79	1	1	20	8	9	98	14	31	34	65	96
RP MLB AVG	.216	.287	.267	.363	21.0%	7.0%	36.2%	23.3%	86.5	86.5	15.3	3.9	1.0	-1.0	5.6	6.4	2,430

Year	P	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	HBP	WP	Strikes	Balls	AVG	SLG	wOBA
2020	10	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	6	.500	.500	.442
2021	285	70	10	2	0	4	18	2	1	0	197	88	.246	.462	.310
2022	401	92	17	5	0	6	13	5	0	0	267	134	.333	.607	.404
2023	37	11	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	23	14	.600	.600	.482
RP MLB Percentile	0	2	36	79	13	72	0	84	39	46	0	100	0	12	3
RP MLB AVG	213	53	6	2	0	1	16	3	1	1	133	79	.221	.382	.287

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Foul%	Weak%	Top%	Under%	Fl&B%	Solid%	SS%
2020	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	-	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	10.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	28.6%	18.4%	53.1%	14.3%	15.4%	42.9%	36.7%	20.4%	17.9%	8.2%	16.3%	40.8%	20.4%	8.2%	34.7%
2022	28.4%	18.9%	52.7%	13.5%	15.4%	45.9%	31.1%	23.0%	14.5%	6.8%	17.6%	37.8%	21.6%	12.2%	39.2%
2023	20.0%	50.0%	30.0%	10.0%	0.0%	30.0%	60.0%	10.0%	10.8%	0.0%	0.0%	30.0%	70.0%	0.0%	50.0%
RP MLB Percentile	4	1	29	49	72	7	98	11	12	0	0	50	0	78	7
RP MLB AVG	41.0%	21.3%	37.7%	10.7%	13.8%	46.4%	33.3%	20.3%	15.3%	4.9%	29.3%	29.8%	23.2%	5.9%	35.1%

Year	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA
2020	50.0%	0.0%	100.0%	50.0%	.500	.442	1.000	1.000	.387	.343	.774	.686	106.1	-	1.0
2021	18.6%	6.1%	34.7%	24.3%	.246	.310	.273	.333	.225	.298	.247	.377	83.3	85.0	23.7
2022	20.7%	4.1%	37.8%	30.4%	.333	.404	.324	.378	.283	.381	.251	.427	83.0	86.8	19.7
2023	27.3%	0.0%	70.0%	63.6%	.600	.482	.600	.600	.505	.468	.484	.514	89.4	93.4	24.9
RP MLB Percentile	21	79	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	9	20	8	9
RP MLB AVG	21.0%	7.0%	36.2%	23.3%	.221	.287	.280	.316	.216	.287	.267	.363	86.5	86.5	15.3

Year	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	Whiff%	Swing%	Con%	O-Con%	Z-Con%	ECS%	2-Str O-Sw%	F-Str%	TF-Str%
2020	14.3%	30.0%	20.0%	0.0%	20.0%	40.0%	30.0%	50.0%	40.0%	50.0%	100.0%	33.3%	0.0%	-	25.0%	0.0%
2021	37.4%	45.6%	13.3%	20.7%	34.0%	69.1%	63.5%	27.5%	48.4%	72.5%	56.9%	83.8%	28.4%	39.7%	70.9%	57.0%
2022	32.0%	48.6%	14.0%	19.7%	33.7%	66.6%	59.6%	29.8%	46.9%	70.2%	56.1%	77.9%	24.9%	33.3%	61.8%	55.3%
2023	28.6%	43.2%	10.8%	13.5%	24.3%	62.2%	45.9%	22.2%	48.6%	77.8%	66.7%	83.3%	19.2%	40.0%	30.0%	30.0%
RP MLB Percentile	32	62	18	38	14	50	5	13	61	13	6	40	40	95	1	4
RP MLB AVG	31.8%	41.0%	15.5%	15.0%	30.5%	61.7%	56.7%	33.2%	46.7%	66.8%	46.3%	81.2%	21.0%	26.8%	59.8%	51.1%

Year	aLoc%	x-mLoc%	gLoc%	hiLoc%	y-mLoc%	loLoc%	heLoc%	iLoc%	oLoc%	Early%	Behind%	2-Str%	Zone%	Early BIP%	PAR%
2020	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	10.0%	90.0%	0.0%	10.0%	90.0%	80.0%	10.0%	10.0%	30.0%	12.5%	100.0%
2021	16.8%	19.6%	63.5%	14.4%	26.0%	59.6%	6.7%	18.6%	61.8%	66.7%	7.7%	25.6%	45.6%	15.8%	24.7%
2022	15.7%	27.4%	56.9%	12.5%	22.7%	64.8%	9.5%	16.7%	55.9%	68.1%	11.0%	20.9%	48.6%	13.9%	15.5%
2023	24.3%	29.7%	45.9%	0.0%	27.0%	73.0%	13.5%	18.9%	51.4%	70.3%	16.2%	13.5%	43.2%	15.4%	20.0%
RP MLB Percentile	69	90	14	0	84	84	100	21	50	94	2	0	62	72	46
RP MLB AVG	20.5%	23.0%	56.5%	16.6%	21.7%	61.7%	6.2%	25.3%	51.7%	58.3%	7.7%	34.1%	41.0%	12.6%	20.3%

Year	P	PLV	Total PLV	QP%	AP%	BP%	Q-BP%	HP	PLA	Hit Luck
2020	10	4.12	41	0.0%	40.0%	60.0%	-60.0%	0.2	7.61	+0
2021	285	5.59	1,592	56.1%	17.5%	26.3%	29.8%	4.7	2.02	+4
2022	401	5.53	2,216	55.4%	17.7%	26.9%	28.4%	17.0	2.05	+13
2023	37	5.49	203	54.1%	45.9%	0.0%	54.1%	2.5	3.75	+6
RP MLB Percentile	0	82	0	90	86	92	92	37	-	17
RP MLB AVG	213	5.17	1,111	45.3%	25.9%	28.8%	16.5%	-	-	+2

Year	MPH	Usage%	O-Sw%	Zone%	SwStr%	CS%	CSW%	Str%	PLUS%	GB%	FB%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	HR/FB%	xAVG	xwOBA	HC%	Spin
2020	90.2	54.6%	14.3%	53.3%	8.3%	11.7%	20.0%	61.7%	53.3%	27.3%	27.3%	.417	.415	.455	0.0%	.437	.487	21.4%	2,216
2021	89.0	55.2%	21.5%	52.8%	5.4%	21.3%	26.8%	65.4%	58.7%	33.0%	43.3%	.286	.355	.291	14.3%	.263	.340	39.7%	2,219
2022	88.5	47.9%	18.1%	48.2%	4.8%	22.2%	26.9%	61.5%	54.5%	41.4%	36.5%	.286	.355	.297	18.2%	.275	.358	36.5%	2,221
2023	88.8	35.6%	15.8%	47.2%	0.0%	22.2%	22.2%	61.1%	41.7%	0.0%	12.5%	.778	.843	.857	100.0%	.772	.850	50.0%	2,256
RP MLB Percentile	1	34	6	34	0	90	8	25	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	47
RP MLB AVG	94.4	42.3%	26.3%	49.5%	10.7%	17.3%	28.0%	64.5%	59.0%	36.9%	40.0%	.259	.356	.305	15.5%	.255	.357	28.7%	2,262

Year	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	EV	FB EV	LA	xMov	yMov	xRP	yRP	Ext	Spin
2020	.437	.487	.443	.493	21.4%	9.1%	72.7%	57.1%	89.9	96.0	20.3	2.8	10.7	-0.3	5.4	6.6	2,216
2021	.263	.340	.260	.373	39.7%	13.4%	39.2%	31.4%	90.0	88.3	19.5	2.4	11.1	-1.1	5.6	6.6	2,219
2022	.275	.358	.284	.400	36.5%	9.9%	43.5%	33.9%	91.7	91.3	14.3	2.1	11.0	-1.4	5.7	6.5	2,221
2023	.772	.850	.845	1.013	50.0%	25.0%	87.5%	58.3%	100.4	75.9	18.0	1.9	11.1	-1.6	5.4	6.7	2,256
RP MLB Percentile	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	98	50	5	94	33	19	68	47
RP MLB AVG	.255	.357	.296	.401	28.7%	9.8%	41.7%	26.5%	90.6	88.7	17.6	4.9	9.0	-0.7	5.7	6.4	2,262

Year	P	TBF	1B	2B	3B	HR	K	BB	HBP	WP	Strikes	Balls	AVG	SLG	wOBA
2020	60	14	5	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	37	23	.417	.417	.415
2021	957	242	35	17	0	12	35	13	0	0	626	331	.286	.522	.355
2022	898	236	44	7	0	12	36	14	2	1	552	346	.286	.482	.355
2023	36	12	4	2	0	1	1	3	0	0	22	14	.778	1.333	.843
RP MLB Percentile	0	1	67	40	22	54	1	72	44	21	0	100	0	0	0
RP MLB AVG	249	61	8	3	0	2	14	8	1	0	162	87	.259	.457	.356

Year	GB%	LD%	FB%	IFFB%	HR/FB%	Pull%	Cent%	Oppo%	Foul%	Weak%	Top%	Under%	Fl&B%	Solid%	SS%
2020	27.3%	45.5%	27.3%	9.1%	0.0%	27.3%	36.4%	36.4%	23.3%	0.0%	9.1%	18.2%	63.6%	0.0%	45.5%
2021	33.0%	23.7%	43.3%	12.4%	14.3%	28.4%	40.7%	30.9%	18.4%	6.2%	21.6%	33.0%	21.1%	4.6%	40.2%
2022	41.4%	22.7%	36.5%	8.8%	18.2%	36.1%	36.1%	27.9%	14.0%	3.9%	25.4%	27.1%	26.5%	7.7%	38.1%
2023	0.0%	87.5%	12.5%	0.0%	100.0%	25.0%	75.0%	0.0%	16.7%	0.0%	0.0%	12.5%	50.0%	12.5%	87.5%
RP MLB Percentile	0	0	1	0	0	25	99	0	17	0	0	5	1	18	0
RP MLB AVG	36.9%	23.2%	40.0%	12.5%	15.5%	30.6%	34.8%	34.7%	20.7%	3.9%	24.2%	30.3%	24.2%	7.7%	37.4%

Year	HC%	Brl%	ICR%	IPA%	AVG	wOBA	BABIP	BACON	xAVG	xwOBA	xBABIP	xwoBACON	EV	FB EV	LA
2020	21.4%	9.1%	72.7%	57.1%	.417	.415	.455	.455	.437	.487	.443	.493	89.9	96.0	20.3
2021	39.7%	13.4%	39.2%	31.4%	.286	.355	.291	.335	.263	.340	.260	.373	90.0	88.3	19.5
2022	36.5%	9.9%	43.5%	33.9%	.286	.355	.297	.342	.275	.358	.284	.400	91.7	91.3	14.3
2023	50.0%	25.0%	87.5%	58.3%	.778	.843	.857	.875	.772	.850	.845	1.013	100.4	75.9	18.0
RP MLB Percentile	1	2	0	1