When the Dodgers signed Santiago Espinal to a minor league deal a few days after spring training started, no one thought much of it. He had an All-Star season with the Blue Jays in 2022, but he's spent his last two seasons struggling with the Reds, posting a .245 average and .616 OPS there, good for -1.8 bWAR.
At best, Espinal would be a decent enough infield option to stash away in Triple-A and bring up in the event of an emergency.
No one expected that he would explode in spring training. Through seven games, he's hitting .