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)

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

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2007	20	-2.0	Lake County	SALL	A	CLE	4	5	.444	3.66	4.40	33	13	2	0	0	0	108.1	95	53	44	20	31	0	116	5	0	5	452	1.163	7.9	1.7	2.6	9.6	3.74
2008	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-A+	CLE	2	2	.500	5.54	5.94	26	6	4	0	0	1	66.2	74	44	41	9	23	0	68	6	0	3	298	1.455	10.0	1.2	3.1	9.2	2.96
2008	21	-1.8	Kinston	CARL	A+	CLE	0	2	.000	8.49	9.40	7	6	0	0	0	0	29.2	39	31	28	5	11	0	20	5	0	1	144	1.685	11.8	1.5	3.3	6.1	1.82
2008	21	-0.9	Lake County	SALL	A	CLE	2	0	1.000	3.16	3.16	19	0	4	0	0	1	37.0	35	13	13	4	12	0	48	1	0	2	154	1.270	8.5	1.0	2.9	11.7	4.00
2009	22		3 Teams	3 Lgs	A+-A-AA	CLE	11	8	.579	3.01	3.54	28	23	3	0	0	1	134.2	110	53	45	11	36	0	117	11	0	3	552	1.084	7.4	0.7	2.4	7.8	3.25
2009	22	-2.2	Akron	EL	AA	CLE	0	1	.000	3.00	6.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	2	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	12	0.667	6.0	3.0	0.0	6.0
2009	22	-0.9	Kinston	CARL	A+	CLE	9	6	.600	2.59	3.12	22	21	1	0	0	1	118.1	89	41	34	9	34	0	101	8	0	3	478	1.039	6.8	0.7	2.6	7.7	2.97
2009	22	0.4	Lake County	SALL	A	CLE	2	1	.667	6.75	6.75	5	2	1	0	0	0	13.1	19	10	10	1	2	0	14	3	0	0	62	1.575	12.8	0.7	1.4	9.5	7.00
2010	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	CLE	12	7	.632	4.47	4.72	28	22	1	0	0	0	143.0	138	75	71	20	47	0	124	9	1	8	618	1.294	8.7	1.3	3.0	7.8	2.64
2010	23	-3.6	Columbus	IL	AAA	CLE	3	3	.500	5.62	5.62	7	7	0	0	0	0	41.2	43	26	26	7	12	0	32	2	0	2	183	1.320	9.3	1.5	2.6	6.9	2.67
2010	23	-1.2	Akron	EL	AA	CLE	9	4	.692	4.00	4.35	21	15	1	0	0	0	101.1	95	49	45	13	35	0	92	7	1	6	435	1.283	8.4	1.2	3.1	8.2	2.63
2011	24		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	CLE	8	1	.889	2.77	2.84	34	10	7	0	0	1	120.1	101	38	37	11	25	1	119	4	0	6	484	1.047	7.6	0.8	1.9	8.9	4.76
2011	24	-2.7	Columbus	IL	AAA	CLE	2	1	.667	3.43	3.66	12	5	2	0	0	0	39.1	35	16	15	3	7	1	41	1	0	2	162	1.068	8.0	0.7	1.6	9.4	5.86
2011	24	-0.6	Akron	EL	AA	CLE	6	0	1.000	2.44	2.44	22	5	5	0	0	1	81.0	66	22	22	8	18	0	78	3	0	4	322	1.037	7.3	0.9	2.0	8.7	4.33
2011-12	24	-2.3	La Guaira	VEWL	FgW		2	2	.500	7.71	7.71	8	6	1	0	0	0	23.1	31	20	20	4	5	0	17	2	0	0	103	1.543	12.0	1.5	1.9	6.6	3.40
2012	25		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	CLE	7	4	.636	3.29	3.66	24	22	0	0	0	0	123.0	126	50	45	9	38	1	111	5	0	4	516	1.333	9.2	0.7	2.8	8.1	2.92
2012	25	-2.2	Columbus	IL	AAA	CLE	0	1	.000	6.75	10.80	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.2	10	8	5	2	4	0	5	1	0	1	35	2.100	13.5	2.7	5.4	6.8	1.25
2012	25	0.3	Akron	EL	AA	CLE	7	3	.700	3.09	3.25	22	20	0	0	0	0	116.1	116	42	40	7	34	1	106	4	0	3	481	1.289	9.0	0.5	2.6	8.2	3.12
2012-13	25	-1.9	Caribes	VEWL	FgW		1	1	.500	4.99	4.99	7	7	0	0	0	0	30.2	35	17	17	9	6	0	27	0	0	1	130	1.337	10.3	2.6	1.8	7.9	4.50
2013	26		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	CLE	6	11	.353	4.72	5.23	32	21	2	0	0	0	141.0	156	82	74	16	44	2	141	8	2	1	622	1.418	10.0	1.0	2.8	9.0	3.20
2013	26	-1.2	Columbus	IL	AAA	CLE	4	6	.400	3.92	4.35	17	8	2	0	0	0	62.0	66	30	27	6	17	2	68	3	1	0	267	1.339	9.6	0.9	2.5	9.9	4.00
2013	26	1.4	Akron	EL	AA	CLE	2	5	.286	5.35	5.92	15	13	0	0	0	0	79.0	90	52	47	10	27	0	73	5	1	1	355	1.481	10.3	1.1	3.1	8.3	2.70
2013-14	26	-1.1	Caribes	VEWL	FgW		5	3	.625	5.15	6.39	10	10	0	0	0	0	43.2	47	31	25	9	11	0	45	3	0	2	189	1.328	9.7	1.9	2.3	9.3	4.09
2014	27		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	WSN	6	5	.545	3.84	3.99	25	17	3	0	0	0	119.2	100	53	51	12	24	0	116	11	0	1	490	1.036	7.5	0.9	1.8	8.7	4.83
2014	27	0.1	Syracuse	IL	AAA	WSN	0	0		1.35	1.35	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.2	2	1	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	23	0.450	2.7	0.0	1.4	5.4	4.00
2014	27	2.4	Harrisburg	EL	AA	WSN	6	5	.545	3.98	4.14	24	16	3	0	0	0	113.0	98	52	50	12	23	0	112	11	0	1	467	1.071	7.8	1.0	1.8	8.9	4.87
2014-15	27	-0.4	Caribes	VEWL	FgW		3	0	1.000	3.74	3.74	8	8	0	0	0	0	33.2	34	14	14	3	11	0	34	0	0	1	139	1.337	9.1	0.8	2.9	9.1	3.09
2015	28		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	WSN	8	9	.471	3.47	3.76	28	26	0	1	0	0	155.2	151	65	60	16	30	0	120	4	0	2	630	1.163	8.7	0.9	1.7	6.9	4.00
2015	28	1.0	Syracuse	IL	AAA	WSN	8	6	.571	3.21	3.59	20	19	0	0	0	0	117.2	116	47	42	13	19	0	88	4	0	1	475	1.147	8.9	1.0	1.5	6.7	4.63
2015	28	3.4	Harrisburg	EL	AA	WSN	0	3	.000	4.26	4.26	8	7	0	1	0	0	38.0	35	18	18	3	11	0	32	0	0	1	155	1.211	8.3	0.7	2.6	7.6	2.91
2015-16	28	1.0	Caribes	VEWL	FgW		2	3	.400	4.28	5.40	10	10	0	0	0	0	40.0	48	24	19	5	18	2	33	1	0	2	193	1.650	10.8	1.1	4.1	7.4	1.83
2016	29	2.3	Syracuse	IL	AAA	WSN	8	11	.421	3.30	3.54	26	24	1	1	0	0	152.2	146	60	56	13	29	0	133	6	0	4	631	1.146	8.6	0.8	1.7	7.8	4.59
2016-17	29	0.5	Toros	DOWL	FgW		1	2	.333	1.91	3.18	6	6	0	0	0	0	28.1	25	10	6	2	3	0	31	1	0	1	114	0.988	7.9	0.6	1.0	9.8	10.33
2017	30		2 Teams	PCL	AAA	MIL-TEX	5	2	.714	4.46	4.69	17	14	0	0	0	0	78.2	87	41	39	12	15	1	77	1	0	1	331	1.297	10.0	1.4	1.7	8.8	5.13
2017	30		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	MIL	0	0		6.00	6.38	12	2	7	0	0	0	24.0	23	17	16	7	10	0	20	3	0	0	109	1.375	8.6	2.6	3.8	7.5	2.00
2017	30	3.4	Colorado Springs	PCL	AAA	MIL	4	2	.667	4.52	4.76	16	14	0	0	0	0	75.2	86	40	38	12	14	1	73	1	0	1	320	1.322	10.2	1.4	1.7	8.7	5.21
2017	30	3.4	Round Rock	PCL	AAA	TEX	1	0	1.000	3.00	3.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	11	0.667	3.0	0.0	3.0	12.0	4.00
2017	30	1.6	MIL	NL	Maj	MIL	0	0		6.11	6.62	6	2	3	0	0	0	17.2	17	13	12	5	8	0	13	3	0	0	82	1.415	8.7	2.5	4.1	6.6	1.63
2017	30	1.4	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	0	0		5.68	5.68	6	0	4	0	0	0	6.1	6	4	4	2	2	0	7	0	0	0	27	1.263	8.5	2.8	2.8	9.9	3.50
2017-18	30	1.2	Toros	DOWL	FgW		0	2	.000	3.54	4.50	6	6	0	0	0	0	28.0	27	14	11	0	4	0	22	1	1	2	115	1.107	8.7	0.0	1.3	7.1	5.50
2018	31		2 Teams	PCL	AAA	MIL-TEX	4	5	.444	5.85	6.30	22	10	2	0	0	0	60.0	72	42	39	9	26	1	58	3	0	1	273	1.633	10.8	1.4	3.9	8.7	2.23
2018	31		2 Teams	2 Lgs	FgW		4	2	.667	1.93	2.17	9	8	0	0	0	0	37.1	25	9	8	0	9	0	36	1	0	0	147	0.911	6.0	0.0	2.2	8.7	4.00
2018	31	4.4	Round Rock	PCL	AAA	TEX	0	0		15.00	16.50	3	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	10	11	10	2	4	0	6	0	0	1	33	2.333	15.0	3.0	6.0	9.0	1.50
2018	31	4.4	Colorado Springs	PCL	AAA	MIL	4	5	.444	4.83	5.17	19	10	2	0	0	0	54.0	62	31	29	7	22	1	52	3	0	0	240	1.556	10.3	1.2	3.7	8.7	2.36
2018-19	31	2.2	Toros	DOWL	FgW		3	2	.600	1.85	2.12	8	8	0	0	0	0	34.0	23	8	7	0	9	0	34	1	0	0	135	0.941	6.1	0.0	2.4	9.0	3.78
2018-19	31	1.5	Dominican Republic	CARS	FgW		1	0	1.000	2.70	2.70	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	12	0.600	5.4	0.0	0.0	5.4
2019	32		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-Rk	WSN	8	4	.667	5.59	5.87	19	17	0	0	0	0	96.2	101	63	60	15	25	0	102	5	0	1	413	1.303	9.4	1.4	2.3	9.5	4.08
2019	32		2 Teams	2 Lgs	FgW		4	1	.800	1.43	1.43	8	6	1	0	0	1	37.2	28	6	6	0	6	0	34	2	0	2	147	0.903	6.7	0.0	1.4	8.1	5.67
2019	32	5.3	Fresno	PCL	AAA	WSN	8	4	.667	5.65	5.95	17	17	0	0	0	0	92.1	97	61	58	15	24	0	93	5	0	1	396	1.310	9.5	1.5	2.3	9.1	3.88
2019	32	11.7	Nationals	GULF	Rk	WSN	0	0		4.15	4.15	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.1	4	2	2	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	17	1.154	8.3	0.0	2.1	18.7	9.00
2019-20	32	3.4	Toros	DOWL	FgW		3	1	.750	1.69	1.69	6	4	1	0	0	1	26.2	21	5	5	0	6	0	24	2	0	2	109	1.013	7.1	0.0	2.0	8.1	4.00
2019-20	32	1.7	Dominican Republic	CARS	FgW		1	0	1.000	0.82	0.82	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	7	1	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	38	0.636	5.7	0.0	0.0	8.2
2020	33	4.6	WSN	NL	Maj	WSN	0	0		4.50	4.50	2	1	1	0	0	0	6.0	8	3	3	1	2	0	7	0	0	0	27	1.667	12.0	1.5	3.0	10.5	3.50
2020-21	33	4.1	Toros	DOWL	FgW		2	3	.400	3.72	3.72	6	6	0	0	0	0	29.0	22	12	12	2	6	0	21	0	0	0	113	0.966	6.8	0.6	1.9	6.5	3.50
2021	34	5.1	WSN	NL	Maj	WSN	5	5	.500	4.27	4.35	35	19	11	0	0	1	109.2	108	53	52	19	25	2	92	1	0	1	455	1.213	8.9	1.6	2.1	7.6	3.68
2022	35	5.8	WSN	NL	Maj	WSN	0	9	.000	4.84	5.08	42	19	18	1	0	0	113.1	131	64	61	24	24	0	92	2	0	1	487	1.368	10.4	1.9	1.9	7.3	3.83
2023	36	9.1	Rochester	IL	AAA	WSN	4	3	.571	4.33	5.07	13	13	0	1	0	0	60.1	58	34	29	10	22	1	52	2	0	1	257	1.326	8.7	1.5	3.3	7.8	2.36
2023	36	6.8	WSN	NL	Maj	WSN	0	0		24.75	24.75	3	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	14	11	11	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	28	4.250	31.5	2.3	6.8	6.8	1.00
2023-24	36	6.0	Toros	DOWL	FgW		4	3	.571	2.40	2.96	9	9	0	0	0	0	48.2	34	16	13	1	10	0	49	3	0	0	190	0.904	6.3	0.2	1.8	9.1	4.90
2024	37	9.9	Buffalo	IL	AAA	TOR	0	0		3.38	4.22	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.2	11	5	4	0	7	0	8	0	0	0	47	1.688	9.3	0.0	5.9	6.8	1.14
2024	37	7.6	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	0	0		7.71	7.71	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.2	8	4	4	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	23	2.143	15.4	3.9	3.9	3.9	1.00
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (6 seasons)					Majors		5	14	.263	5.06	5.23	96	41	38	1	0	1	261.2	292	152	147	54	66	2	216	7	0	2	1129	1.368	10.0	1.9	2.3	7.4	3.27
Minors (15 seasons)					Minors		93	77	.547	3.98	4.34	357	240	25	3	0	3	1571.1	1526	758	695	183	422	7	1462	80	3	41	6614	1.240	8.7	1.0	2.4	8.4	3.46
Foreign (11 seasons)					Foreign		28	22	.560	3.57	4.09	87	82	2	0	0	1	380.1	356	173	151	35	89	2	349	14	1	11	1580	1.170	8.4	0.8	2.1	8.3	3.92
All Levels (18 Seasons)							126	113	.527	4.04	4.40	540	363	65	4	0	5	2213.1	2174	1083	993	272	577	11	2027	101	4	54	9323	1.243	8.8	1.1	2.3	8.2	3.51

AAA (12 seasons)					Minors		46	42	.523	4.21	4.58	156	122	7	2	0	0	728.2	743	371	341	90	183	6	659	28	1	14	3080	1.271	9.2	1.1	2.3	8.1	3.60
AA (7 seasons)					Minors		30	21	.588	3.77	4.01	113	76	10	1	0	1	531.2	502	237	223	54	148	1	495	30	2	16	2227	1.223	8.5	0.9	2.5	8.4	3.34
A+ (2 seasons)					Minors		9	8	.529	3.77	4.38	29	27	1	0	0	1	148.0	128	72	62	14	45	0	121	13	0	4	622	1.169	7.8	0.9	2.7	7.4	2.69
A (3 seasons)					Minors		8	6	.571	3.80	4.31	57	15	7	0	0	1	158.2	149	76	67	25	45	0	178	9	0	7	668	1.223	8.5	1.4	2.6	10.1	3.96
Rk (1 season)					Minors		0	0		4.15	4.15	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.1	4	2	2	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	17	1.154	8.3	0.0	2.1	18.7	9.00