Victor

Caratini

CAge : 33Bats : S

#37

Victor Caratini

#37CMinnesota Twins

Height : 6' 0" · Weight : 102 kg · Bats : S · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2017-06-28

Born in : Ponce, Puerto Rico

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	AB	H	HR	PP	MOY	OPS
2026	Minnesota Twins	106	327	72	7	44	.220	.627
2025	Houston Astros	114	344	89	12	46	.259	.728
2024	Houston Astros	87	245	66	8	30	.269	.744
2023	Milwaukee Brewers	62	201	52	7	25	.259	.710
2022	Milwaukee Brewers	96	272	54	9	34	.199	.642
2021	San Diego Padres	116	313	71	7	39	.227	.632
2020	Chicago Cubs	44	116	28	1	16	.241	.661
2019	Chicago Cubs	95	244	65	11	34	.266	.795
2018	Chicago Cubs	76	181	42	2	21	.232	.597
2017	Chicago Cubs	31	59	15	1	2	.254	.689
Career totals		827	2302	554	65	291	.241	.683

ContractMinnesota Twins payroll →

Type: Free Agent
Length: 2 yrs · 2026–2027
Total value: 14.0 M$
AAV: 7.00 M$

2026
4.00 M$
Guaranteed
2027
6.50 M$
Guaranteed
2028
12.00 M$
Mutual option

Advanced stats, 2026HitterMLB stats →

wRC+

wOBA

.285

xwOBA

.306

OPS

.627

AVG

.220

OBP

.312

RBI

382

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

0.6

Home runs

2026 WAR

0.7

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

Trend

→ Stable (-2)

20231.2 WAR · 3.2 per full season
20241.9 WAR · 4.2 per full season
20250.9 WAR · 1.4 per full season
20260.7 WAR · 1.1 per full season

Outlook, age included

-17 · 32 y.o. · the age when performance usually declines

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; 80
POW: Power; 69
EYE: Eye; 73
SPD: Speed; 44
FLD: Fielding; 67
DUR: Durability; 60
EX: Experience; 81

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

0.7

#200 of 267 regular hitters

PAL Rating

9 / 100

#243 of 267 regular hitters

Value Rating

26 / 100

Surplus $-0.2M · salary $7.0M

PAL: dimensions

Offense15

Power25

Discipline50

Speed1

Defense52

WAR, in runs

Batting-9.2

Baserunning-3.4

Fielding-2.5

Positional+3.4

Replacement+11.6

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

89.3 mi/h

52th percentile

Max exit velocity

107.2 mi/h

6th percentile

Barrels

6.3 %

36th percentile

Hard-hit

38.0 %

38th percentile

xBA

.224

13th percentile

Bat speed

70.9 mi/h

34th percentile

Sprint speed

24.4 pi/s

1th percentile

Outs above average

58th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Avg exit velocity	Max exit velocity	Barrels	Hard-hit	xBA
2026	MIN	0.7	9	56	89.3	107.2	6.3	38.0	.224
2025	HOU	0.9	34	65	88.7	110.1	7.7	40.7	.255
2024	HOU	1.9	57	72	91.2	111.1	5.6	43.1	.261
2023	MIL	1.2	28	62	91.3	112.4	5.0	44.7	.256
2022	MIL	1.5	35	66	89.4	112.8	6.3	43.5	.232
2021	SD	0.0	12	64	90.0	112.5	6.8	44.3	.225

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	AB	H	RBI	SO	AVG
Sep 26	vs TEX	4	1	0	2	.220
Sep 22	@ SF	3	0	0	1	.220
Sep 20	@ LAA	3	0	0	1	.222
Sep 19	@ LAA	5	2	2	3	.224
Sep 17	@ LAA	4	1	0	1	.221
Sep 16	vs NYY	1	1	1	0	.221
Sep 15	vs NYY	3	0	0	2	.218
Sep 14	vs NYY	3	1	0	0	.220
Sep 13	vs CLE	2	0	0	0	.219
Sep 12	vs CLE	3	0	1	1	.221