José Caballero

Bats R Throws R5'9" 185 lbBorn 1996 Panama, PanamaDebut 2023Team NYYDraft 2017 R7 #202 Arizona Diamondbacks, Chipola Junior CollegeContract 1 y/$2M (26) 2026: $2,000,000

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 89.7FIELD+ 103.4 at SSTotal 0.67 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	321	278	61	12	1	6	32	82	30	0.218	0.308	0.336	0.644	0.118	0.291	25.6	9.9	83.6	0.36
2027	351	309	68	12	1	7	30	86	27	0.221	0.300	0.335	0.635	0.114	0.286	24.6	8.6	79.5	0.22

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 28

His ten closest age-28 comparables averaged 82 HIT+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	David Bote	2021	86.3	108.7	127
2	Bobby Adams	1950	92.3	86.1	450
3	Jordy Mercer	2015	87.2	85.5	584
4	Emmanuel Rivera	2024	87.9	64.2	127
5	Wes Helms	2004	87.7	113.6	188
6	Joey Amalfitano	1962	81.5	34.3	153
7	Joe McEwing	2001	83.6	37.0	214
8	Dylan Moore	2021	93.6	129.1	254
9	Thairo Estrada	2024	93.3	66.7	165
10	Eric Young	1995	89.9	98.5	643

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			351		68	12	1	7		27	30	86	0.221	0.300	0.335	0.635	79.5
2026*	NYA	105	362	39	79	12	0	12		30	23	87	0.242	0.301	0.388	0.689	91.9
2025	NYY	126	370	52	74	18	1	5	36	49	47	98	0.236	0.339	0.347	0.686	98.6
2024	TB	139	483	53	100	24	1	9	44	44	27	133	0.227	0.283	0.347	0.630	79.5
2023	SEA	104	280	37	51	9	1	4	26	26	28	66	0.221	0.343	0.320	0.663	98.0
Career		369	1133	142	225	51	3	18	106	119	102	297	0.228	0.316	0.341	0.657	90.3

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2025	TB	0	0	54.00	1	0	0	1.0	9	2	1	0
Career		0	0	54.00	1	0	0	1.0	9	2	1	0

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	362	83.8	12.5	4.1	24.9	27.6	36.6	0.231	0.341	0.282	28.0
2025	370	86.0	17.4	5.9	30.6	26.7	28.4	0.218	0.332	0.299	28.3
2024	483	83.7	15.9	5.1	25.2	28.9	34.9	0.213	0.317	0.267	28.3
2023	280	83.3	21.5	3.6	23.7	23.2	29.5	0.200	0.300	0.297	29.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	NYY	OF	50	257	57	2	1	1	0.983
2025	NYY	SS	43	339	52	109	4	29	0.976	+4.6
2025	NYY	3B	37	117	12	21	1	3	0.971	+3.5
2025	NYY	2B	23	145	26	37	5	8	0.926	-0.2
2025	TB	P	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0.0
2024	TB	SS	88	713	85	187	9	37	0.968	-9.9
2024	TB	3B	37	217	17	51	1	5	0.986	+4.9
2024	TB	2B	30	175	23	43	2	9	0.971	+0.6
2023	SEA	2B	64	467	84	152	4	36	0.983	+2.4
2023	SEA	SS	21	132	23	47	2	14	0.972	-1.5
2023	SEA	3B	9	43	1	6	0	1	1.000	-1.6
2023	SEA	OF	1	2	0	0	0	0

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2023	AAA	Tacoma Rainiers	Bat	40	2 HR, 5 SB	0.333	1.143
2022	AA	Arkansas Travelers	Bat	134	2 HR, 15 SB	0.227	0.770
2021	AA	Arkansas Travelers	Bat	28	1 HR, 2 SB	0.200	0.793
2021	A+	Everett AquaSox	Bat	21	0 HR, 8 SB	0.294	0.841
2021	Rk	ACL Mariners	Bat	29	2 HR, 1 SB	0.280	0.945
2019	A+	Visalia Rawhide	Bat	198	3 HR, 28 SB	0.268	0.784
2019	A+	Modesto Nuts	Bat	109	0 HR, 4 SB	0.256	0.672
2019	A+	nan	Bat	307	3 HR, 32 SB	0.264	0.744
2018	A	Kane County Cougars	Bat	150	4 HR, 5 SB	0.295	0.862
2017	Rk	Missoula Osprey	Bat	151	2 HR, 4 SB	0.319	0.844

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.298	0.315	0.303	0.314
2025	0.364	0.304	0.295	0.354
2024	0.292	0.293	0.302	0.284
2023	0.349	0.277	0.281	0.334

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2025	3	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.250	0.400	0.250	0.650
Career	3	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.250	0.400	0.250	0.650