Jose Caballero

Jose Caballero

29-Year-Old ShortstopSS
New York Yankees
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Caballero comes into the 2025 season with eligibility at three infield positions as well as the American League stolen base crown. That is roughly where the good news of his 2024 season ends. Caballero also led the league in caught stealings (16), putting his stolen-base success rate below the league average. Caballero was allowed to run in this manner because Tampa Bay was not a serious contender and the club was desperate to generate offense as the club fell back into its previous offensive patterns after a surprising 2023 season. Caballero's defense will keep him in the lineup, but the remainder of his skills, or lack thereof, will keep him in the bottom of the lineup. Caballero already saw his playing time getting squeezed later in the season once Junior Caminero was promoted with Christopher Morel and Brandon Lowe taking time away at second base. Caballero would ideally be a utility player as the club's offensive issues were exacerbated with him and his statistically-flawed twin Jose Siri in the same lineup. Read Past Outlooks
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Signed a one-year contract with the Rays in March of 2025. Traded to the Yankees in July of 2025.
Sitting in second straight
SSNew York Yankees
August 27, 2025
Caballero is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Nationals.
Analysis
Caballero had started three straight contests in the middle infield from Saturday through Monday, but with the struggling Anthony Volpe settling back in at shortstop after a two-game benching, Caballero has moved back into a utility role. Despite being out of the lineup for Tuesday's 5-1 win, Caballero was still able to make an impact with his speed, as he stole his 41st bag of the season after entering the game as a defensive replacement in the seventh inning and drawing a walk in the bottom of the frame.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
9
17
9
9
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
2
2
2
5
10
8
3
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+18%
OPS vs LHP
2025
 
 
+23%
OPS vs LHP
2024
 
 
+6%
OPS vs LHP
2023
 
 
+29%
OPS vs LHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .725 359 51 7 33 27 .240 .346 .378
Since 2023vs Right .615 725 84 10 69 85 .220 .298 .317
2025vs Left .762 109 15 3 15 8 .237 .343 .419
2025vs Right .621 212 30 1 17 34 .229 .330 .291
2024vs Left .659 126 16 2 11 7 .220 .301 .358
2024vs Right .621 357 37 7 33 37 .229 .277 .343
2023vs Left .758 124 20 2 7 12 .265 .395 .363
2023vs Right .588 156 17 2 19 14 .186 .301 .287
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+7%
OPS on Road
2025
 
 
+17%
OPS on Road
2024
 
 
+7%
OPS at Home
2023
 
 
+23%
OPS on Road
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .628 544 64 7 55 52 .214 .306 .322
Since 2023Away .673 540 71 10 47 60 .239 .321 .352
2025Home .617 168 20 1 18 20 .209 .329 .288
2025Away .723 153 25 3 14 22 .256 .340 .383
2024Home .652 243 29 4 25 25 .232 .293 .359
2024Away .608 240 24 5 19 19 .222 .273 .335
2023Home .593 133 15 2 12 7 .186 .301 .292
2023Away .728 147 22 2 14 19 .254 .381 .347
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Stat Review
How does Jose Caballero compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • BB/K
    Walk to strikeout ratio
  • BB Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
  • K Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
  • ISO
    Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
  • AVG
    Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
  • OBP
    On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
  • SLG
    Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
  • OPS
    On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
  • wOBA
    Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Hard Hit Rate
    A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
  • Barrels/PA
    The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Expected BA
    Expected Batting Average.
  • Expected SLG
    Expected Slugging Percentage.
  • Sprint Speed
    The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
  • Ground Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
  • Line Drive %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
  • Fly Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.
BB/K
0.46
 
BB Rate
12.5%
 
K Rate
27.1%
 
BABIP
.322
 
ISO
.103
 
AVG
.232
 
OBP
.334
 
SLG
.335
 
OPS
.669
 
wOBA
.305
 
Exit Velocity
86.2 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
28.8%
 
Barrels/PA
3.1%
 
Expected BA
.225
 
Expected SLG
.322
 
Sprint Speed
22.8 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
33.9%
 
Line Drive %
23.3%
 
Fly Ball %
42.8%
 
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2024 Fantasy Outlook
The Mariners acquired Caballero from the Diamondbacks for Mike Leake in the summer of 2019, and he wasn't considered a top prospect coming into the 2023 season. He earned an early shot with Seattle, and while there were just as many ups as there were downs, he was able to remain a key cog on the bench for the majority of the year. He was much more effective against southpaws than he was right-handed pitching; finishing with an OPS of .758 against left-handed pitching compared to a .588 mark against righties. He showed virtually no power against hurlers from either side, however, and his on-base percentage was strongly boosted by being hit 17 times in 280 plate appearances. Even if Caballero is able to cement a spot in the Seattle lineup next summer, it's hard to imagine him helping fantasy rosters outside of the steals category in 2024.
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Enjoys rare power display Tuesday
SSNew York Yankees
August 20, 2025
Caballero went 2-for-4 with two home runs, a walk and three total RBI in Tuesday's 13-3 rout over Tampa Bay.
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Thriving with more playing time
SSNew York Yankees
August 17, 2025
Caballero went 2-for-4 with a walk, three runs and two stolen bases against the Cardinals in a 12-8 victory Saturday.
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Starts Friday, swipes two bags
SSNew York Yankees
August 16, 2025
Caballero went 2-for-3 with a walk and two stolen bases in Friday's 4-3 win against the Cardinals.
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Shipped to Yankees
SSNew York Yankees
July 31, 2025
The Yankees acquired Caballero from the Rays on Thursday in exchange for outfielder Everson Pereira and a player to be named later or cash considerations, Jack Curry of YES Network reports.
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On bench for second straight
SSTampa Bay Rays
July 28, 2025
Caballero is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Yankees.
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Being eyed by contenders
SSTampa Bay Rays
July 21, 2025
Caballero is being monitored by several contending teams for a potential trade, Francys Romero of BeisbolFR.com reports.
Analysis
The Rays are in the thick of the American League Wild Card race themselves, so they are unlikely to be outright sellers. However, a mix of buying and selling is certainly possible, and the versatile Caballero is a fit for just about any club. The 28-year-old super utility player is slashing .220/.314/.313 with 32 stolen bases this season and is under team control through 2029.
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