Jose Caballero

Jose Caballero

28-Year-Old ShortstopSS
Tampa Bay Rays
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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#302
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$Signed a one-year contract with the Rays in March of 2025.
Taking seat Wednesday
SSTampa Bay Rays
May 28, 2025
Caballero is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Twins.
ANALYSIS
Caballero will yield to Taylor Walls at shortstop for the second time in four games. Caballero hasn't notched multiple hits in any of his last eight games, but he's accumulated seven stolen bases during that stretch.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
6
9
4
2
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
2
2
3
4
3
1
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+19%
OPS vs LHP
2025
 
 
+34%
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 .730 303 42 5 28 24 .248 .350 .380
Since 2023vs Right .613 604 63 9 59 64 .220 .288 .325
2025vs Left .827 53 6 1 10 5 .277 .358 .468
2025vs Right .616 91 9 0 7 13 .235 .308 .309
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
 
 
+2%
OPS on Road
2025
 
 
+1%
OPS at Home
2024
 
 
+7%
OPS at Home
2023
 
 
+23%
OPS on Road
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .645 469 54 7 49 42 .220 .303 .341
Since 2023Away .658 438 51 7 38 46 .238 .314 .344
2025Home .696 93 10 1 12 10 .238 .333 .363
2025Away .689 51 5 0 5 8 .271 .314 .375
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
0.33
 
BB Rate
10.1%
 
K Rate
30.2%
 
BABIP
.358
 
ISO
.114
 
AVG
.244
 
OBP
.324
 
SLG
.358
 
OPS
.681
 
wOBA
.305
 
Exit Velocity
84.7 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
24.4%
 
Barrels/PA
2.2%
 
Expected BA
.225
 
Expected SLG
.304
 
Sprint Speed
22.9 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
29.1%
 
Line Drive %
27.8%
 
Fly Ball %
43.0%
 
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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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Swipes two bags Tuesday
SSTampa Bay Rays
May 28, 2025
Caballero went 1-for-3 with a run scored and two stolen bases in Tuesday's 4-2 loss to the Twins.
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Back on bench Sunday
SSTampa Bay Rays
May 25, 2025
Caballero is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Blue Jays, Ryan Bass of FanDuel Sports Network Sun reports.
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Swipes two more bags
SSTampa Bay Rays
May 21, 2025
Caballero went 1-for-3 with a walk and two stolen bases in Wednesday's 8-4 win over the Astros.
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Swipes two bags in win
SSTampa Bay Rays
May 17, 2025
Caballero went 1-for-4 with a run scored and two stolen bases in Saturday's 4-0 win over the Marlins.
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Nabs steal, scores twice in win
SSTampa Bay Rays
May 15, 2025
Caballero went 2-for-4 with a double, a stolen base and two runs scored in Thursday's 8-3 win over the Blue Jays.
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Taking more aggressive approach
SSTampa Bay Rays
April 15, 2024
Caballero has a 56.1 percent swing rate through 13 games this season, which is an increase of nearly 14 percent compared to 2023.
ANALYSIS
The 27-year-old earned the starting job at shortstop to begin the season and is hitting well early with a .311/.333/.444 slash line in 49 plate appearances. Caballero has yet to take a walk after he posted a 10.8 percent walk rate as a rookie last season, and that aggressive approach has yielded strong results thus far. He's provided fantasy managers plenty of value with five steals to go along with a homer, six RBI and seven runs. The early season results seem fairly sustainable with a .305 xBA and .455 xSLG, though taking some walks could provide a safety net for when he eventually hits a slump.
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