José

Caballero

SSAge : 30Bats : R

#72

José Caballero

#72SSNew York Yankees

Height : 5' 9" · Weight : 86 kg · Bats : R · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2023-04-15

Born in : Las Tablas, Panama

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	AB	H	HR	PP	MOY	OPS
2026	New York Yankees	136	411	95	14	51	.231	.655
2025		126	314	74	5	36	.236	.686
2025	New York Yankees	40	79	21	3	9	.266	.828
2025	Tampa Bay Rays	86	235	53	2	27	.226	.638
2024	Tampa Bay Rays	139	441	100	9	44	.227	.630
2023	Seattle Mariners	104	231	51	4	26	.221	.663
Career totals		505	1397	320	32	157	.229	.657

ContractNew York Yankees payroll →

Type: Arbitration
Length: 1 yr · 2026–2026
Total value: 2.0 M$
AAV: 2.00 M$

2026
2.00 M$
Guaranteed
2027
—
Arb 2
2028
—
Arb 3
2029
—
Arb 4

Advanced stats, 2026HitterMLB stats →

wRC+

wOBA

.290

xwOBA

.278

OPS

.655

AVG

.231

OBP

.290

RBI

456

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

1.2

Home runs

2026 WAR

1.3

This season's pace, over the average of the last two workloads, adjusted for next year's age.

Trend

↓ Slight decline (-11)

20231.9 WAR · 4.1 per full season
20241.9 WAR · 2.4 per full season
20252.1 WAR · 3.4 per full season
20261.3 WAR · 1.7 per full season

Outlook, age included

-11 · 29 y.o. · prime years

It is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes.

Player ratings, 2026All ratings →

Ratings from 0 to 100, computed from Statcast and MLB stats over four seasons, never by hand. 75 = established regular, 87 = 90th percentile, 95+ = elite.

OV · Overall

Replacement or prospect

CON: Contact; 60
POW: Power; 57
EYE: Eye; 65
SPD: Speed; 89
FLD: Fielding; 74
DUR: Durability; 73
EX: Experience; 55

Why these ratings?

CON — Contact : Strikeouts avoided, xBA, squared-up contact
POW — Power : Barrels, exit velocity, home runs, xSLG
EYE — Eye : Walks and strikeouts
SPD — Speed : Sprint speed (Statcast), baserunning
FLD — Fielding : Outs above average, WAR fielding runs
DUR — Durability : Games played over several seasons
EX — Experience : Seasons in the majors

WAR and PAL Rating, 2026How we rate →

WAR is fWAR (FanGraphs' version, distributed through MLB's API): wins added above a replacement player. PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against regulars in the same role (50 = median).

WAR

1.3

#160 of 267 regular hitters

PAL Rating

18 / 100

#219 of 267 regular hitters

Value Rating

47 / 100

Surplus $10.7M · salary $2.0M

PAL: dimensions

Offense11

Power14

Discipline12

Speed94

Defense61

WAR, in runs

Batting-8.9

Baserunning+3.7

Fielding-0.8

Positional+2.9

Replacement+13.9

StatcastStatcast leaderboards →

MLB's tracking of every ball, 2026 season. The percentile ranks the player among regulars in the role: 90th means better than 90% of them.

Avg exit velocity

83.8 mi/h

1th percentile

Max exit velocity

108.5 mi/h

17th percentile

Barrels

4.2 %

19th percentile

Hard-hit

25.6 %

4th percentile

xBA

.227

18th percentile

Bat speed

68.8 mi/h

12th percentile

Sprint speed

28.0 pi/s

64th percentile

Outs above average

66th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Avg exit velocity	Max exit velocity	Barrels	Hard-hit	xBA
2026	NYY	1.3	18	52	83.8	108.5	4.2	25.6	.227
2025	TB	2.1	57	65	86.0	114.4	5.9	30.6	.218
2024	TB	1.9	26	52	83.7	109.9	5.1	25.2	.213
2023	SEA	1.9	57	69	83.3	108.4	3.6	23.7	.200

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	AB	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Sep 25	vs BAL	3	0	0	0	1	2	.231
Sep 24	vs TB	3	0	0	0	0	2	.233
Sep 23	vs TB	3	0	0	0	1	0	.235
Sep 22	vs TB	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236
Sep 22	vs TB	3	1	0	0	0	2	.236
Sep 20	@ AZ	4	0	0	0	0	1	.236
Sep 19	@ AZ	2	2	0	0	1	0	.238
Sep 16	@ MIN	0	0	0	1	0	0	.234
Sep 15	@ MIN	5	1	0	1	0	1	.234
Sep 14	@ MIN	4	2	1	2	0	0	.235