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Paolo Espino

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 215lb (178cm, 97kg)

Team: Washington Nationals (majors)

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, 21,384th 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

2021 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible

Service Time (01/2021): 0.078 • Arb Eligible: 2024 • Free Agent: 2027

Full Name: Paolo Alesandro Espino

Nicknames: Poli

Pronunciation: \POW-loh\

Twitter: @PaoloEspino10

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SUMMARY

2021

Career

WAR

0.5

W

L

ERA

2.28

4.06

G

GS

SV

IP

27.2

57.2

SO

WHIP

0.795

1.127

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
2007	20	CLE-min	A	4	5	.444	3.66	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	LCO SALL
2008	21	CLE-min	A,A+	2	2	.500	5.54	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	LCO,KIN SALL,CARL
2009	22	CLE-min	A+,A,AA	11	8	.579	3.01	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	KIN,LCO,AKR CARL,SALL,EL
2010	23	CLE-min	AA,AAA	12	7	.632	4.47	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	AKR,CLB EL,IL
2011	24	CLE-min	AA,AAA	8	1	.889	2.77	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	AKR,CLB EL,IL
2012	25	CLE-min	AA,AAA	7	4	.636	3.29	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	AKR,CLB EL,IL
2013	26	CLE-min	AA,AAA	6	11	.353	4.72	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	AKR,CLB EL,IL
2014	27	WSN-min	AA,AAA	6	5	.545	3.84	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	HRB,SYR EL,IL
2015	28	WSN-min	AAA,AA	8	9	.471	3.47	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	SYR,HRB IL,EL
2016	29	WSN-min	AAA	8	11	.421	3.30	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	SYR IL
2017	30	MIL-TEX-min	AAA	5	2	.714	4.46	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	CSP,RRK PCL
2017	30	TOT	MLB	0	0		6.00	12	2	7	0	0	0	24.0	23	17	16	7	10	0	20	3	0	0	109	77	6.91	1.375	8.6	2.6	3.8	7.5	2.00
2017	30	MIL	NL	0	0		6.11	6	2	3	0	0	0	17.2	17	13	12	5	8	0	13	3	0	0	82	73	7.23	1.415	8.7	2.5	4.1	6.6	1.63
2017	30	TEX	AL	0	0		5.68	6	0	4	0	0	0	6.1	6	4	4	2	2	0	7	0	0	0	27	89	6.00	1.263	8.5	2.8	2.8	9.9	3.50

2018	31	MIL-TEX-min	AAA	4	5	.444	5.85	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	CSP,RRK PCL
2019	32	WSN-min	AAA,Rk	8	4	.667	5.59	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	FRE,NAT PCL,GULF
2020	33	WSN	NL	0	0		4.50	2	1	1	0	0	0	6.0	8	3	3	1	2	0	7	0	0	0	27	101	4.02	1.667	12.0	1.5	3.0	10.5	3.50
2021	34	WSN	NL	1	2	.333	2.28	15	2	10	0	0	0	27.2	19	7	7	4	3	0	21	0	0	0	104	168	3.85	0.795	6.2	1.3	1.0	6.8	7.00
3 Yrs				1	2	.333	4.06	29	5	18	0	0	0	57.2	50	27	26	12	15	0	48	3	0	0	240	104	5.14	1.127	7.8	1.9	2.3	7.5	3.20
162 Game Avg.				2	4	.333	4.06	58	10	36	0	0	0	115	100	54	52	24	30	0	96	6	0	0	480	104	5.14	1.127	7.8	1.9	2.3	7.5	3.20

WSN (2 yrs)				1	2	.333	2.67	17	3	11	0	0	0	33.2	27	10	10	5	5	0	28	0	0	0	131	148	3.88	0.950	7.2	1.3	1.3	7.5	5.60
TEX (1 yr)				0	0		5.68	6	0	4	0	0	0	6.1	6	4	4	2	2	0	7	0	0	0	27	89	6.00	1.263	8.5	2.8	2.8	9.9	3.50
MIL (1 yr)				0	0		6.11	6	2	3	0	0	0	17.2	17	13	12	5	8	0	13	3	0	0	82	73	7.23	1.415	8.7	2.5	4.1	6.6	1.63

NL (3 yrs)				1	2	.333	3.86	23	5	14	0	0	0	51.1	44	23	22	10	13	0	41	3	0	0	213	107	5.04	1.110	7.7	1.8	2.3	7.2	3.15
AL (1 yr)				0	0		5.68	6	0	4	0	0	0	6.1	6	4	4	2	2	0	7	0	0	0	27	89	6.00	1.263	8.5	2.8	2.8	9.9	3.50