Jose Caballero

Jose Caballero

28-Year-Old Second Baseman2B
Tampa Bay Rays
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. Read Past Outlooks
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Rest of Season From Preseason
#371
ADP
$Signed a one-year, $751,700 contract with the Rays in March of 2024.
Swipes 40th bag in win
2BTampa Bay Rays
September 13, 2024
Caballero went 2-for-3 with a double, an RBI, a stolen base and a run scored in Thursday's win over Cleveland while also drawing a walk.
ANALYSIS
Caballero doubled in his second plate appearance before coming around to score on a fielding error. The infielder would then draw a walk and swipe his 40th bag of the season in his next trip to the plate, and later added an RBI single in the eighth. Caballero has now hit safely in four of his last five contests, driving in two runs over that stretch while stealing three bases. He's batting .310 (9-for-29) in September with two doubles, three RBI, three runs and three stolen bases.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
3
7
12
28
17
14
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
3
5
14
10
1
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+13%
OPS vs LHP
2024
 
 
+3%
OPS vs LHP
2023
 
 
+29%
OPS vs LHP
2022
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022vs Left .710 242 36 4 18 19 .240 .347 .363
Since 2022vs Right .626 493 54 9 52 48 .220 .290 .336
2024vs Left .658 118 16 2 11 7 .216 .296 .363
2024vs Right .641 337 37 7 33 34 .234 .285 .356
2023vs Left .758 124 20 2 7 12 .265 .395 .363
2023vs Right .588 156 17 2 19 14 .186 .301 .287
2022vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+4%
OPS on Road
2024
 
 
+7%
OPS at Home
2023
 
 
+23%
OPS on Road
2022
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022Home .641 362 44 6 37 29 .216 .299 .342
Since 2022Away .665 373 46 7 33 38 .236 .318 .347
2024Home .667 229 29 4 25 22 .233 .298 .369
2024Away .623 226 24 5 19 19 .226 .277 .346
2023Home .593 133 15 2 12 7 .186 .301 .292
2023Away .728 147 22 2 14 19 .254 .381 .347
2022Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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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
5.9%
 
K Rate
27.9%
 
BABIP
.306
 
ISO
.128
 
AVG
.229
 
OBP
.288
 
SLG
.357
 
OPS
.645
 
wOBA
.286
 
Exit Velocity
84.1 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
27.5%
 
Barrels/PA
3.3%
 
Expected BA
.223
 
Expected SLG
.328
 
Sprint Speed
23.7 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
41.1%
 
Line Drive %
22.5%
 
Fly Ball %
36.4%
 
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Resting Wednesday
2BTampa Bay Rays
September 11, 2024
Caballero is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Phillies.
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Approaching 40 stolen bases
2BTampa Bay Rays
September 9, 2024
Caballero went 2-for-4 with two stolen bases Sunday against Baltimore.
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Getting Saturday off
2BTampa Bay Rays
September 7, 2024
Caballero isn't in the Rays' lineup Saturday against the Orioles, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.
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Absent from lineup
2BTampa Bay Rays
September 5, 2024
Caballero is not in the lineup for Thursday's game versus the Twins.
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Getting breather Monday
2BTampa Bay Rays
September 2, 2024
Caballero is not in the lineup for Monday's game versus the Twins.
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Latest Fantasy Rumors
Taking more aggressive approach
2BTampa 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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