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Paolo Espino

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 212lb (178cm, 96kg)

Team: Toronto Blue Jays (minors, 40-man)

Born: January 10, 1987 in Panama, Panama pa

Draft: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 10th round of the 2006 MLB June Amateur Draft from IMG Academy (Bradenton, FL).

High School: IMG Academy (Bradenton, FL)

Debut: May 19, 2017 (Age 30-129d, 21,370th in major league history)
vs. CHC 4.0 IP, 5 H, 3 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2020 season

2024 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible

Service Time (01/2024): 2.102 • Arb Eligible: 2025 • Free Agent: 2028

Agents: The MAS+ Agency

Full Name: Paolo Alesandro Espino

Nicknames: Poli

Pronunciation: \POW-loh es-PEE-no\

Twitter: @PaoloEspino10

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

-0.2

1.1

ERA

7.71

5.06

4.2

261.2

216

WHIP

2.143

1.368

Summary of 54 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

3 leading off, 0 walk-off, 9 tying, 20 go ahead

4 Tms
WSN	45
MIL	5
TEX	2
TOR	2

Platoon
vs RHB	35
vs LHB	19

Home/Road
Home	28
Away	26

Outs
0	25
2	16
1	13

18 Opps
ATL	9
PHI	8
CIN	5
SFG	4
STL	4
NYM	4
COL	3
BAL	3
ARI	2
OAK	2
PIT	2
HOU	2
TEX	1
SDP	1
CHC	1
LAD	1
MIA	1
MIL	1

48 Batters
Nolan Arenado	2
Kyle Schwarber	2
Marcell Ozuna	2
Adam Duvall	2
Rhys Hoskins	2
Austin Riley	2
Jeff McNeil	1
Buster Posey	1
Austin Slater	1
Ryan McKenna	1
Matt Olson	1
Ronald Acuña Jr.	1
Matt Vierling	1
Brandon Nimmo	1
Jose Altuve	1
Trayce Thompson	1
Kyle Farmer	1
Alec Bohm	1
Marwin González	1
Nolan Jones	1
Joe Panik	1
Shea Langeliers	1
Adolis García	1
Josh Rojas	1
Scott Kingery	1
Trey Mancini	1
Brendan Donovan	1
Dansby Swanson	1
Wil Myers	1
Brad Miller	1
Ryan McMahon	1
Francisco Lindor	1
Carson Kelly	1
Bryan Reynolds	1
Delino DeShields	1
Ezequiel Tovar	1
Maikel Franco	1
Marcus Semien	1
Seiya Suzuki	1
Scooter Gennett	1
Javier Báez	1
Paul DeJong	1
Max Schrock	1
Orlando Arcia	1
Daniel Vogelbach	1
Curt Casali	1
Freddie Freeman	1
Christian Yelich	1

15 Parks
Nationals Pk (WAS)	21
CitizensBank (PHI)	5
Citi Field (NYC)	4
Am Fam Field (MIL)	4
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	4
Camden Yards (BAL)	3
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	2
Busch Stad 3 (STL)	2
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	2
Truist Pk (ATL)	2
Coors Fld (DEN)	1
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
Oracle Park (SFO)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
GlbLifeField (ARL)	1

Where Hit
7	25
78	10
9	8
89	7
8	4

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	11
4	10
3	10
5	10
1	5
6	4
7+	4

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	23
2·HR gms	11
3·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	41
1--	7
1-3	3
12-	1
123	1
-2-	1

73 Runs
RISP	6
0 on	41
1 on	8
2 on	4
3 on	1
Any on	13

Inning
1	12
2	6
3	10
4	8
5	11
6	3
8	2
9	2

1-3	28
4-6	22
7-end	4

RelScore
+4..	7
+3	3
+2	1
+1	8
Tied	17
-1	12
-2	4
-4..	2

Ahead	19
Tied	17
Behind	18

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-2	10
1-0	7
2-2	6
3-2	5
0-0	5
3-1	4
0-1	4
2-0	4
0-2	3
1-1	3
2-1	2
3-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
LF	14
3B	9
2B	8
SS	5
1B	4
C	4
RF	4
CF	3
DH	2
PH	1

OrderPos
4th	11
2nd	9
3rd	8
1st	8
5th	5
8th	4
6th	4
9th	3
7th	2

Leverage
High Lev	7
Medium Lev	24
Low Lev	23

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2017	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2017-06-08	Joe Panik	SFG	@	MIL	tied 1-1	t 3	1	---	4,(1-2) CBFX	1	3	4	11%	59%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
2	2	2	2	2017-06-08	Austin Slater	SFG	@	MIL	tied 2-2	t 4	0	---	7,(3-2) FBBCFBX	1	8	7	12%	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
3	3	3	1	2017-06-28	Adam Duvall	CIN		MIL	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---	5,(1-2) .BCSFX	1	4	7	11%	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
4	4	4	2	2017-06-28	Scooter Gennett	CIN		MIL	behind 1-2	b 3	2	1--	2,(0-1) LX	2	2	4	23%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); B. Hamilton Scores
5	5	5	1	2017-07-02	Marcell Ozuna	MIA	@	MIL	ahead 6-3	t 8	0	---	4,(1-2) .FFBX	1	4	7	4%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
6	6	6	1	2017-09-25	Marwin González	HOU	@	TEX	ahead 8-2	t 6	2	---	6,(2-2) CCBBFX	1	4	7	2%	98%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
7	7	7	1	2017-09-30	Marcus Semien	OAK	@	TEX	behind 3-8	t 9	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	6	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2020	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	2020-09-22 (2)	Scott Kingery	PHI	@	WSN	behind 2-4	t 4	2	---	4,(1-2) CBSX	1	8	4	11%	28%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2021	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	2021-04-18	Josh Rojas	ARI	@	WSN	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	6,(2-2) BFBFFX	1	1	4	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
10	10	2	2	2021-04-18	Carson Kelly	ARI	@	WSN	tied 1-1	t 4	0	---	6,(1-2) BCFFFX	1	5	2	13%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
11	11	3	1	2021-06-06	Brad Miller	PHI		WSN	ahead 7-3	b 5	1	-2-	5,(1-2) BCTFX	2	6	4	4%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. McCutchen Scores
12	12	4	1	2021-06-11	Buster Posey	SFG	@	WSN	tied 0-0	t 4	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	3	2	13%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
13	13	5	1	2021-07-09	Curt Casali	SFG		WSN	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	1--	3,(0-2) CFX	2	8	2	14%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); D. Solano Scores
14	14	6	1	2021-07-16	Wil Myers	SDP	@	WSN	ahead 6-3	t 2	2	123	5,(3-1) ..BBSBX	4	7	9	15%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Machado Scores; T. Pham Scores; E. Hosmer Scores
15	15	7	1	2021-07-25	Trey Mancini	BAL		WSN	behind 0-1	b 1	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	2	DH	10%	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
16	16	8	2	2021-07-25	Maikel Franco	BAL		WSN	tied 1-1	b 2	0	---	6,(3-2) CBBBCX	1	5	5	10%	66%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
17	17	9	3	2021-07-25	Ryan McKenna	BAL		WSN	ahead 2-1	b 4	2	---	7,(3-2) SCBFBBX	1	6	7	11%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
18	18	10	1	2021-08-04	Rhys Hoskins	PHI	@	WSN	ahead 4-3	t 5	1	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	4	3	19%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); B. Harper Scores
19	19	11	1	2021-08-15	Dansby Swanson	ATL	@	WSN	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	1--	5,(2-2) FBC*BX	2	5	6	17%	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); A. Riley Scores
20	20	12	2	2021-08-15	Freddie Freeman	ATL	@	WSN	tied 3-3	t 5	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	3	3	14%	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
21	21	13	3	2021-08-15	Austin Riley	ATL	@	WSN	ahead 4-3	t 5	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	5	12%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
22	22	14	1	2021-08-21	Christian Yelich	MIL		WSN	behind 0-2	b 1	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	7	10%	42%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
23	23	15	1	2021-08-27	Javier Báez	NYM		WSN	behind 0-2	b 4	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	4	12%	39%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
24	24	16	1	2021-09-07	Adam Duvall	ATL		WSN	behind 0-1	b 1	2	1-3	4,(1-2) 1CTBX	3	5	7	25%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); O. Albies Scores; F. Freeman Scores
25	25	17	1	2021-09-24	Max Schrock	CIN		WSN	behind 0-4	b 3	2	1--	10,(3-2) FB*BBF>F>F>F>F>X	2	2	7	14%	29%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. Friedl Scores
26	26	18	2	2021-09-24	Delino DeShields	CIN		WSN	behind 2-4	b 5	2	---	4,(2-1) .BBFX	1	9	PH	12%	37%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
27	27	19	1	2021-09-29	Ryan McMahon	COL		WSN	behind 1-2	b 1	2	1-3	1,(0-0) X	3	6	5	24%	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Story Scores; C. Cron Scores
2022	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	2022-04-12	Marcell Ozuna	ATL		WSN	ahead 10-1	b 5	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	7	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
29	29	2	1	2022-05-15	Jose Altuve	HOU	@	WSN	ahead 7-0	t 9	0	---	1,(0-0) ...X	1	1	4	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
30	30	3	1	2022-06-17 (2)	Matt Vierling	PHI	@	WSN	behind 0-1	t 3	0	---	5,(2-2) CCBBX	1	8	7	12%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
31	31	4	1	2022-06-24	Adolis García	TEX		WSN	behind 0-1	b 6	0	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	3	8	19%	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
32	32	5	1	2022-06-29	Bryan Reynolds	PIT	@	WSN	tied 0-0	t 1	0	1--	4,(2-1) CB*BX	2	2	8	16%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); K. Hayes Scores
33	33	6	2	2022-06-29	Daniel Vogelbach	PIT	@	WSN	behind 2-3	t 4	1	---	5,(2-2) BCBCX	1	4	DH	13%	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
34	34	7	1	2022-07-05	Kyle Schwarber	PHI		WSN	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	7,(3-2) SBFFBBX	1	1	7	10%	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
35	35	8	2	2022-07-05	Kyle Schwarber	PHI		WSN	ahead 1-0	b 3	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	7	11%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
36	36	9	1	2022-07-16	Matt Olson	ATL	@	WSN	tied 0-0	t 3	1	1-3	2,(1-0) BX	3	2	3	22%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); R. Canó Scores; D. Swanson Scores/unER
37	37	10	2	2022-07-16	Austin Riley	ATL	@	WSN	ahead 3-0	t 3	1	---	5,(3-1) BBFBX	1	3	5	7%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
38	38	11	1	2022-07-25	Trayce Thompson	LAD		WSN	tied 0-0	b 3	2	---	3,(0-2) CFX	1	9	7	12%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
39	39	12	1	2022-07-30	Nolan Arenado	STL	@	WSN	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	5,(3-1) BBFBX	1	4	5	11%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
40	40	13	2	2022-07-30	Paul DeJong	STL	@	WSN	tied 1-1	t 5	0	1--	3,(1-1) BFX	2	7	6	22%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); L. Nootbaar Scores
41	41	14	1	2022-08-04	Rhys Hoskins	PHI		WSN	behind 0-1	b 1	1	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	2	3	11%	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
42	42	15	2	2022-08-04	Alec Bohm	PHI		WSN	tied 2-2	b 3	0	12-	3,(1-1) BCX	3	3	5	19%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); K. Schwarber Scores; R. Hoskins Scores
43	43	16	1	2022-08-09	Seiya Suzuki	CHC		WSN	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	9	11%	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
44	44	17	1	2022-08-27	Kyle Farmer	CIN	@	WSN	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	4,(1-2) FBSX	1	3	5	11%	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
45	45	18	1	2022-09-01	Shea Langeliers	OAK	@	WSN	behind 0-1	t 5	0	---	4,(1-2) SSBX	1	6	2	15%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
46	46	19	1	2022-09-06	Brendan Donovan	STL		WSN	behind 0-1	b 4	0	---	5,(3-1) FBBBX	1	2	5	14%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
47	47	20	1	2022-09-27	Orlando Arcia	ATL	@	WSN	tied 2-2	t 5	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	9	4	16%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
48	48	21	2	2022-09-27	Ronald Acuña Jr.	ATL	@	WSN	ahead 3-2	t 5	2	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	1	9	13%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
49	49	22	1	2022-10-04 (2)	Brandon Nimmo	NYM		WSN	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	8	10%	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
50	50	23	2	2022-10-04 (2)	Francisco Lindor	NYM		WSN	ahead 1-0	b 1	0	---	5,(2-2) BBFFX	1	2	6	9%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
51	51	24	3	2022-10-04 (2)	Jeff McNeil	NYM		WSN	ahead 2-0	b 1	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	3	9	7%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
2023	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
52	52	1	1	2023-07-15	Nolan Arenado	STL		WSN	ahead 8-4	b 8	2	---	4,(3-0) BBBX	1	4	5	1%	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
2024	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
53	53	1	1	2024-04-12	Nolan Jones	COL	@	TOR	ahead 6-2	t 5	0	---	4,(1-2) CBFX	1	5	7	4%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
54	54	2	2	2024-04-12	Ezequiel Tovar	COL	@	TOR	ahead 7-2	t 6	0	---	3,(0-2) FSX	1	1	6	2%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)