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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Rest of Season From Preseason
#302
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$Signed a one-year contract with the Rays in March of 2025.
Scores three times in win
SSTampa Bay Rays
April 20, 2025
Caballero went 2-for-3 with a walk and three runs scored Saturday against the Yankees.
ANALYSIS
Caballero has seen more action than expected this season in right field due to the Rays' injury issues. However, he was in the lineup at shortstop against a righty Saturday and delivered an impactful performance. Even with inconsistent playing time, Caballero has five extra-base hits and five stolen bases across 44 plate appearances.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
3
1
2
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
2
1
1
1
1
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+21%
OPS vs LHP
2025
 
 
+91%
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 .743 270 38 5 25 22 .252 .352 .391
Since 2023vs Right .612 544 58 9 54 53 .216 .289 .323
2025vs Left 1.137 20 2 1 7 3 .368 .400 .737
2025vs Right .595 31 4 0 2 2 .200 .355 .240
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 at Home
2025
 
 
+169%
OPS at Home
2024
 
 
+7%
OPS at Home
2023
 
 
+23%
OPS on Road
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .662 418 50 7 45 36 .225 .307 .355
Since 2023Away .646 396 46 7 34 39 .231 .312 .334
2025Home .933 42 6 1 8 4 .306 .405 .528
2025Away .347 9 0 0 1 1 .125 .222 .125
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
0.41
 
BB Rate
14.9%
 
K Rate
36.2%
 
BABIP
.455
 
ISO
.200
 
AVG
.275
 
OBP
.383
 
SLG
.475
 
OPS
.858
 
wOBA
.396
 
Exit Velocity
84.1 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
21.7%
 
Barrels/PA
2.1%
 
Expected BA
.212
 
Expected SLG
.277
 
Sprint Speed
23.5 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
13.6%
 
Line Drive %
36.4%
 
Fly Ball %
50.0%
 
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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 in win
SSTampa Bay Rays
April 13, 2025
Caballero went 1-for-3 with a walk, one RBI, one run scored and two steals in Sunday's 8-3 win over Atlanta.
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Blasts grand slam Wednesday
SSTampa Bay Rays
April 9, 2025
Caballero went 1-for-4 with a grand slam in Wednesday's 5-4 win over the Angels.
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Making first start in outfield
SSTampa Bay Rays
April 2, 2025
Caballero will start in right field and bat sixth in Wednesday's game against the Pirates, Ryan Bass of FanDuel Sports Network Sun reports.
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In Saturday's lineup
SSTampa Bay Rays
March 1, 2025
Caballero (foot) is in the lineup for Saturday's Grapefruit League game against the Mets, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.
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Could play Saturday
SSTampa Bay Rays
Foot
February 28, 2025
Rays manager Kevin Cash said Friday that Caballero (foot) is "moving around much better" and could return to Grapefruit League play Saturday, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.
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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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