Junior Caminero

Bats R Throws R6'1" 157 lbBorn 2003 Santo Domingo, D.R.Debut 2023Team TB2x All-StarContract 1 y/$794,800 (26) 2026: $794,800

Awards: All-MLB Second Team

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 138.6FIELD+ 101.9 at 3BTotal 4.44 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	558	507	138	23	1	31	43	108	6	0.272	0.331	0.509	0.840	0.236	0.357	19.4	7.7	128.6	3.69
2027	566	502	137	22	1	32	56	108	4	0.272	0.347	0.514	0.861	0.242	0.365	19.0	10.0	137.1	4.33

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 21

His ten closest age-21 comparables averaged 119 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	Ryan Zimmerman	2006	119.1	107.6	722
2	Ron Santo	1961	111.5	72.7	679
3	Carlos Correa	2016	132.4	156.8	481
4	Alex Rodriguez	1997	129.1	136.9	748
5	Vern Stephens	1942	113.0	141.4	571
6	Jim Fregosi	1963	108.7	144.2	591
7	Starlin Castro	2011	106.9	103.3	691
8	Bob Horner	1979	130.2	128.1	495
9	Gleyber Torres	2018	117.2	126.1	604
10	Jordan Walker	2023	114.5	68.3	178

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			566		137	22	1	32		4	56	108	0.272	0.347	0.514	0.861	137.1
2026*	TBA	127	552	78	132	19	1	35		3	66	104	0.274	0.362	0.535	0.898	147.4
2025	TB	154	653	93	159	28	0	45	110	7	41	125	0.264	0.311	0.535	0.846	129.5
2024	TB	43	177	15	41	9	1	6	18	2	11	38	0.248	0.299	0.424	0.724	102.0
2023	TB	7	36	4	8	1	0	1	7	0	2	8	0.235	0.278	0.353	0.631	74.1
Career		204	866	112	208	38	1	52	135	9	54	171	0.260	0.307	0.504	0.812	121.6

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	551	92.8	8.9	13.4	50.1	24.4	29.3	0.269	0.498	0.365	26.5
2025	653	92.4	10.7	14.0	51.4	24.7	32.1	0.255	0.501	0.346	26.7
2024	177	89.7	6.8	11.8	45.7	31.7	35.4	0.234	0.412	0.303	26.4
2023	36	85.4	-0.3	11.5	42.3	30.3	36.5	0.202	0.344	0.259	28.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	TB	3B	148	1257	82	225	18	27	0.945	+2.6
2025	TB	1B	1	2	4	0	0	0	1.000	-0.0
2024	TB	3B	39	326	27	56	6	5	0.933	+1.7
2024	TB	1B	1	11	13	2	0	0	1.000	+0.3
2023	TB	3B	3	28	2	3	0	1	1.000	-0.4
2023	TB	SS	2	13	2	3	0	0	1.000	+0.5
2023	TB	2B	1	4	2	0	1	0	0.667	-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
2024	AAA	Durham Bulls	Bat	236	13 HR, 1 SB	0.276	0.829
2024	Rk	FCL Rays	Bat	22	3 HR, 0 SB	0.235	1.233
2023	AA	Montgomery Biscuits	Bat	351	20 HR, 3 SB	0.309	0.921
2023	A+	Bowling Green Hot Rods	Bat	159	11 HR, 2 SB	0.356	1.094
2022	A	Charleston RiverDogs	Bat	117	6 HR, 5 SB	0.299	0.864
2022	Rk	FCL Rays	Bat	154	5 HR, 7 SB	0.326	0.895
2021	Rk	DSL Indians Red	Bat	171	9 HR, 2 SB	0.295	0.914

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.394	0.383	0.403	0.369
2025	0.356	0.379	0.411	0.336
2024	0.352	0.311	0.335	0.305
2023	0.375	0.231	0.250	0.290

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
2023	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Career	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000