Victor Caratini

Bats B Throws R6'1" 215 lbBorn 1993 Coamo, P.R.Debut 2017Team MINDraft 2013 R2 #65 Atlanta Braves, Miama Dade CCContract 2 y/$14M (26-27)+28 m opt 2026: $4,000,000

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 109.8FIELD+ 101.7 at CTotal 1.40 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	280	248	59	9	0	7	23	55	0	0.237	0.314	0.365	0.679	0.128	0.302	19.5	8.4	85.7	0.38
2027	319	281	66	10	0	8	27	65	0	0.233	0.312	0.352	0.664	0.119	0.297	20.3	8.4	86.3	0.46

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 31

His ten closest age-31 comparables averaged 85 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	Alan Ashby	1983	85.1	103.5	219
2	Dioner Navarro	2015	84.6	58.8	334
3	Jason Varitek	2003	97.5	120.9	536
4	Javier Valentin	2007	79.2	92.1	144
5	Bob Stinson	1977	94.7	114.0	423
6	Bob Boone	1979	91.6	68.6	535
7	James McCann	2021	84.5	55.1	191
8	Bengie Molina	2006	84.6	83.7	517
9	Brent Mayne	1999	82.4	72.4	395
10	Muddy Ruel	1927	92.3	78.5	404

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			319		66	10	0	8		0	27	65	0.233	0.312	0.352	0.664	86.3
2026*	MIN	91	335	27	64	9	0	7		0	32	67	0.225	0.316	0.330	0.646	81.3
2025	HOU	114	386	35	89	14	0	12	46	1	23	65	0.259	0.324	0.404	0.728	102.0
2024	HOU	87	274	30	66	8	1	8	30	0	23	53	0.269	0.336	0.408	0.744	111.7
2023	MIL	62	226	23	52	4	0	7	25	1	19	45	0.259	0.327	0.383	0.711	96.2
2022	MIL	96	314	26	54	12	0	9	34	0	31	67	0.199	0.300	0.342	0.642	86.1
2021	SD	116	356	33	71	9	0	7	39	2	35	82	0.227	0.309	0.323	0.632	75.2
2020	CHC	44	132	10	28	7	0	1	16	0	12	31	0.241	0.333	0.328	0.661	83.1
2019	CHC	95	279	31	65	11	0	11	34	1	29	59	0.266	0.348	0.447	0.794	105.1
2018	CHC	76	200	21	42	7	0	2	21	0	12	42	0.232	0.293	0.304	0.597	55.8
2017	CHC	31	66	6	15	3	0	1	2	0	4	13	0.254	0.333	0.356	0.689	79.1
Career		721	2233	215	482	75	1	58	247	5	188	457	0.244	0.321	0.371	0.692	90.6

Pitching

Year	Team	ERA	G	IP	BF	HR	BB
2022	MIL	27.00	1	1.0	7	0	1
2019	CHC	9.00	2	2.0	9	1	1
2018	CHC	9.00	2	2.0	8	1	0
Career		12.60	5	5.0	24	2	2

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	335	89.5	12.8	6.6	39.4	21.6	25.1	0.237	0.383	0.321	24.5
2025	386	88.7	12.5	7.7	40.7	19.8	23.5	0.255	0.425	0.329	24.3
2024	274	91.2	9.3	5.6	43.1	23.3	25.8	0.261	0.404	0.326	24.4
2023	226	91.3	10.8	5.0	44.7	21.1	22.5	0.256	0.377	0.309	25.0
2022	314	89.4	6.6	6.3	43.5	20.9	23.8	0.232	0.358	0.311	24.9
2021	356	90.0	8.4	6.8	44.3	25.5	26.1	0.225	0.359	0.291	24.9
2020	132	87.9	6.2	3.5	36.5	23.6	21.1	0.216	0.318	0.285	24.6
2019	279	89.7	6.9	9.8	35.9	22.3	25.2	0.258	0.439	0.344	25.0
2018	200	88.8	6.4	3.9	37.3	21.9	24.9	0.230	0.338	0.284	25.7
2017	66	85.1	1.9	4.9	35.6	20.3	25.0	0.246	0.400	0.315	25.3

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	HOU	C	49	418	434	15	5	2	0.989	-2.1
2025	HOU	1B	15	97	71	5	0	5	1.000	+0.7
2024	HOU	C	58	480	489	23	3	1	0.994	+2.6
2024	HOU	1B	11	76	68	4	0	9	1.000	-0.0
2023	MIL	C	58	500	482	16	1	2	0.998	+7.2
2023	MIL	1B	1	9	6	1	0	0	1.000	+0.3
2022	MIL	C	90	691	737	38	4	3	0.995	+2.2
2022	MIL	1B	2	9	6	2	0	1	1.000	+0.0
2022	MIL	P	1	1	0	0	0	0		-0.0
2021	SD	C	101	787	851	34	2	3	0.998	-6.6
2021	SD	1B	5	7	6	0	0	0	1.000	-0.2
2021	SD	3B	2	2	0	0	0	0		-0.5
2020	CHC	C	22	180	198	5	1	1	0.995	+1.1
2020	CHC	1B	3	7	6	1	0	1	1.000	+0.2
2019	CHC	C	59	426	460	22	2	1	0.996	+1.4
2019	CHC	1B	23	129	97	7	1	10	0.990	+0.6
2019	CHC	3B	2	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	-0.1
2019	CHC	P	2	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	+0.0
2018	CHC	C	37	291	267	15	1	2	0.996	-2.4
2018	CHC	1B	20	89	92	6	1	11	0.990	+2.1
2018	CHC	3B	3	5	0	1	0	0	1.000	-0.0
2018	CHC	P	2	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	+0.1
2017	CHC	C	12	76	76	10	2	1	0.977	-0.0
2017	CHC	1B	8	41	33	2	0	3	1.000	-0.4
2017	CHC	OF	1	1	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
2018	AAA	Iowa Cubs	Bat	137	4 HR, 0 SB	0.313	0.887
2017	AAA	Iowa Cubs	Bat	326	10 HR, 1 SB	0.342	0.951
2016	AA	Tennessee Smokies	Bat	480	6 HR, 2 SB	0.291	0.780
2015	A+	Myrtle Beach Pelicans	Bat	453	4 HR, 0 SB	0.257	0.714
2014	A	Rome Braves	Bat	365	5 HR, 1 SB	0.279	0.758
2014	A	Kane County Cougars	Bat	58	0 HR, 0 SB	0.264	0.687
2014	A	nan	Bat	423	5 HR, 1 SB	0.277	0.748
2013	Rk	Danville Braves	Bat	246	1 HR, 0 SB	0.290	0.845

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.281	0.304	0.328	0.265
2025	0.320	0.326	0.283	0.363
2024	0.375	0.325	0.302	0.375
2023	0.312	0.333	0.317	0.338
2022	0.268	0.306	0.223	0.371
2021	0.279	0.291	0.310	0.267
2020	0.398	0.279	0.269	0.335
2019	0.349	0.357	0.318	0.397

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	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2024	2	6	1	1	3	0.167	0.375	0.167	0.542
2020	2	6	0	1	1	0.167	0.167	0.167	0.333
2018	1	1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Career	5	13	1	2	4	0.154	0.267	0.154	0.421