Santiago Espinal: Everything you need to know

Santiago Espinal

#21 3B

Status

ACTIVE

STATS

Preseason
Date	Opp	Result	AB	R	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	K	SB	CS	TB
3/24	LAA	L 3-0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2
3/23	LAA	7-7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
3/22	LAA	W 13-5	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
3/21	ATH	5-5	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2
3/18	SF	W 5-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
3/17	KC	W 10-4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
3/15	CHC	W 14-8	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1
3/13	SEA	W 10-7	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	1
3/12	CIN	W 9-5	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	0	2
3/10	AZ	W 4-1	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
3/8	ATH	L 11-7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
3/7	COL	L 6-4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
3/5	CIN	L 14-13	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	6	0	0	1	0	0	8
3/2	COL	W 7-5	3	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2
2/28	TEX	L 7-6	2	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	3
2/27	SF	L 12-4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	1
2/25	AZ	W 10-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
2/23	SEA	W 3-0	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3
2/21	LAA	W 15-2	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	1
Preseason Totals			45	13	17	9	6	0	2	13	5	0	49	1	0	29

Regular Season
Date	Opp	Result	AB	R	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	K	SB	CS	TB
5/16	LAA	W 15-2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
5/14	SF	W 5-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
5/13	SF	W 4-0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	4
5/9	ATL	L 7-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
5/8	ATL	W 3-1	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1
5/6	HOU	W 12-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
5/5	HOU	L 2-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
5/2	STL	L 3-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5/1	STL	L 7-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
4/27	MIA	W 5-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4/26	CHC	W 6-0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
4/25	CHC	W 12-4	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2
4/20	COL	W 12-3	4	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2
4/17	COL	W 7-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
4/14	NYM	W 2-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4/13	NYM	W 4-0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
4/10	TEX	W 8-7	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2
4/6	TOR	W 14-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
4/5	WSH	W 8-6	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	0	1
4/3	WSH	W 13-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3/28	AZ	W 3-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Regular Season Totals			36	4	8	5	2	0	1	3	0	0	41	0	0	13

Splits	HR	RBI	H	AVG	1B	2B	3B	BB	HBP	SB	CS	TB	OBP
Overall	1	3	8	0.216	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	13	0.216
Home	1	1	4	0.182	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	0.182
Away	0	2	4	0.267	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.267
Night	1	1	6	0.222	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	0.222
Day	0	2	2	0.200	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.200
March	0	0	0	0.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
April	0	2	5	0.238	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.238
May	1	1	3	0.214	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.214
Opponent
vs CHC	0	0	1	0.200	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.200
vs SF	1	1	1	0.250	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.250
vs ATL	0	0	1	0.200	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.200
vs LAA	0	0	1	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.000
vs COL	0	0	2	0.400	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.400
vs MIA	0	0	0	0.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
vs HOU	0	0	0	0.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
vs STL	0	0	0	0.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
vs TEX	0	0	1	0.500	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.500
vs AZ	0	0	0	0.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
vs TOR	0	0	0	0.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
vs WSH	0	2	1	0.250	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.250
vs NYM	0	0	0	0.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
Venue
@ Washington	0	2	1	0.250	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.250
@ St. Louis	0	0	0	0.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
@ Houston	0	0	0	0.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
@ Los Angeles	1	1	4	0.182	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	0.182
@ Toronto	0	0	0	0.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
@ Colorado	0	0	2	0.400	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.400

Santiago Espinal: Breaking News

Espinal went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Wednesday's 4-0 win over the Giants. Espinal has filled a limited role this season, most often getting into the lineup against left-handed pitchers. His third-inning solo shot was his first homer of the campaign. The utility man is batting .200 with a .543 OPS, three RBI, four runs scored, two doubles and no stolen bases over 37 plate appearances. Unless he hits consistently, he'll likely remain in a short-side platoon role at best.

The Dodgers selected Espinal's contract from Triple-A Oklahoma City on Wednesday. Espinal signed a minor-league contract with Los Angeles in mid-February, and after dominating in spring training to the tune of a .389/.432/.639 slash line to go with two homers, 13 RBI and 12 runs scored through 15 contests, he's now officially claimed a spot on the team's Opening Day roster. The 31-year-old's clearest path to playing time early in the year will be in a short-side platoon role at second base, as Tommy Edman is expected to miss the first month of the regular season while recovering from ankle surgery. Once Edman returns, Espinal will likely be relegated to a bench role while Edman and Hyeseong Kim split reps at the keystone.

Espinal went 2-for-2 with a pair of home runs and six RBI in Thursday's Cactus League loss to Cincinnati. Espinal got the scoring started quietly in the first inning with a sacrifice fly, then produced much louder output with a solo homer in the third frame and a three-run blast in the fourth. He finished off his big contest with another sacrifice fly in the fifth. The veteran utility man is now slashing an absurd .625/.636/1.125 over seven games this spring. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts suggested prior to Thursday's contest that Espinal is likely to make the team's Opening Day roster, and if that's indeed the case, he'll likely serve in a super-utility role similar to what Enrique Hernandez -- who will begin the campaign on the 60-day IL due to an elbow injury -- typically logs. With that being said, Espinal is a career .261 hitter with just 20 home runs across 579 regular-season contests, so his power display Thursday shouldn't lead to expectation that he's suddenly going to be a major source of homers.