Jose Caballero

Jose Caballero

29-Year-Old ShortstopSS
New York Yankees
2026 Fantasy Outlook
Caballero, despite spending his time with two organizations and not receiving consisent playing time, led the American League in steals for a second consecutive season. The last American Leaguer to do that was Whit Merrifield in 2017-2018, while the National League last saw that happen with Dee Strange-Gordon in 2014-2015. Caballero's main goal when he comes up to the plate is to get on base and do what he enjoys most, and he set a career-high with a 12.7 percent walk rate last season in his pursuit to defend his stolen base title. He was 49 of 60 in his attempts and has now attempted 60 steals in each of the past two seasons, successfully converting 78 percent of those attempts. The rest of his offensive game is lacking, as he makes poor contact overall and has a career batting average of .228 in more than 1,100 career plate appearances. The Yankees are likely to keep Caballero around for his versatility, as he did everything but catch and play first base in 2025. He is fantasy eligible at four positions, but this one-category flexibility requires a specific build to offset the lack of production from Caballero in four offensive categories. After all, despite 49 steals, Caballero scored just 52 runs. Read Past Outlooks
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Signed a one-year, $2 million contract with the Yankees in January of 2026.
Homers, swipes bag Monday
SSNew York Yankees
April 14, 2026
Caballero went 2-for-5 with a two-run home run, an additional run, a double and a stolen base Monday in an 11-10 win over the Angels.
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Aaron Judge and Trent Grisham homered twice apiece for New York, and the light-hitting Caballero also got in on the fun with a two-run blast to left field in the second inning. The utility man has racked up two doubles and a long ball along with five RBI over his past three games, going 4-for-13 during that span. Caballero also swiped his sixth bag of the season Monday, and he's tied for seventh in MLB in that category.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
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#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
2
7
4
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
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#9
1
6
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2024
 
 
+15%
OPS vs LHP
2026
 
 
+25%
OPS vs RHP
2025
 
 
+30%
OPS vs LHP
2024
 
 
+6%
OPS vs LHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2024vs Left .717 270 37 7 29 21 .231 .320 .397
Since 2024vs Right .625 657 77 8 59 81 .231 .300 .325
2026vs Left .524 21 2 1 2 3 .190 .190 .333
2026vs Right .654 53 7 0 6 6 .250 .321 .333
2025vs Left .813 123 19 4 16 11 .250 .361 .452
2025vs Right .623 247 33 1 20 38 .229 .328 .295
2024vs Left .659 126 16 2 11 7 .220 .301 .358
2024vs Right .621 357 37 7 33 37 .229 .277 .343
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2024
Even Split
2026
 
 
+80%
OPS at Home
2025
 
 
+22%
OPS on Road
2024
 
 
+7%
OPS at Home
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2024Home .651 471 59 6 49 57 .228 .313 .337
Since 2024Away .651 456 55 9 39 45 .233 .297 .354
2026Home .774 41 8 1 4 8 .270 .341 .432
2026Away .431 33 1 0 4 1 .188 .212 .219
2025Home .617 187 22 1 20 24 .213 .333 .284
2025Away .753 183 30 4 16 25 .258 .344 .409
2024Home .652 243 29 4 25 25 .232 .293 .359
2024Away .608 240 24 5 19 19 .222 .273 .335
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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
0.21
 
BB Rate
5.4%
 
K Rate
25.7%
 
BABIP
.306
 
ISO
.101
 
AVG
.232
 
OBP
.284
 
SLG
.333
 
OPS
.617
 
wOBA
.276
 
Exit Velocity
83.9 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
32.0%
 
Barrels/PA
2.7%
 
Expected BA
.219
 
Expected SLG
.317
 
Sprint Speed
24.5 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
49.0%
 
Line Drive %
18.4%
 
Fly Ball %
32.7%
 
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2025
2024
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.
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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Notches clutch hits vs. former club
SSNew York Yankees
April 12, 2026
Caballero went 2-for-5 with a double and three RBI in Saturday's extra-inning loss to Tampa Bay.
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Getting rest day Wednesday
SSNew York Yankees
April 8, 2026
Caballero is not in the lineup for Wednesday's game versus the Athletics.
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Swipes two bags Friday
SSNew York Yankees
April 4, 2026
Caballero went 0-for-3 with a walk, a run and two stolen bases in an 8-2 win against the Marlins on Friday.
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Focused on bat speed over winter
SSNew York Yankees
February 23, 2026
Caballero did some training at Driveline Baseball this offseason, where he focused on increasing his bat speed, Chris Kirschner and Brendan Kuty of The Athletic report.
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Set to earn $2 million
SSNew York Yankees
January 8, 2026
Caballero agreed to a one-year, $2 million contract with the Yankees to avoid arbitration Thursday, Jack Curry of YES Network reports.
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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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