MLB · 3B · Boston Red Sox
Caleb Durbin
B/T R/R · 5' 6" · 183 lb · born Lake Forest, IL, USA · age 26 · draft 2021 rd 14 · played 3B 151 · MLB debut 2025-04-18
586 plate appearances scored this season His season card →
Scout’s note
Caleb Durbin is a 5-foot-6 third baseman from Lake Forest, Illinois, taken in the 14th round in 2021, with 38 steals and a .252 career average across 289 games. He went 1-for-17 over his last five MLB games with two walks and two strikeouts.
Note written · FVR scout (GLM-5.2)
We wrote about Durbin here — The Buzz August 7, 2026 · August 5, 2026 · July 21, 2026
Where he stands
throughAgainst the 406 qualified major-league hitters — 100+ balls in play this season, the same field the boards are chosen out of. Right is better on every row.
- EV95101.97
- Deserved (xVal)0.2925
- Got (aVal)0.31720
- Luck gap (park-adjusted)flipped0.02915
today · 30 days ago, against the 375 men who qualified then · the tick is the midpoint · the number at the right is the percentile, the number beside it the measurement itself.
What he’s paid
Pre-arbitrationA market fact, not an engine read: what a club decided about him, on the season before this one. Figures from Cot’s, as of .
- 2026 salary
- —est
- Service time
- 1 yr 164 d
- Options left
- 2 / 3
After this season, as the sheet has it
| Season | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash | Arb 1 | Arb 2 | Arb 3 | Arb 4 |
| Tax hit | — | — | — | — |
Cash and the tax hit are two different rulebooks and are never subtracted from one another — see the payroll board for his club, Boston Red Sox.
A second set of books
The same contract, read by MLB Spreadsheets (Ethan Hullihen), as of . We keep two sources on this because one source cannot check itself.
- Tax AAV
- $0.80M
- Guaranteed
- $0.80M
- Term
- 1 yr
- His class
- Pre-Arb
What the sheet prices each season at
| Season | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salary | Minimum | Minimum | Arb 1 | Arb 2 | Arb 3 | Arb 4 |
A base salary under his own reading, and never subtracted from the cash figure above: a signing bonus lands in one and not the other, so the two disagree on most men without either being wrong. And the sheet does not mark which future seasons are GUARANTEED — a club option and a projected arbitration award are both just a number here, so read past the end of the deal as his forecast rather than as money owed.
The tax AAV above is his number under the CBA’s own rulebook, not the average we work out from Cot’s total. On a contract with deferred money the two come apart on purpose — and neither is subtracted from the other.
The Wire
△ On the field: Caleb Durbin underwent finger surgery.
X chatter, trailing 2 days · as of 2026-10-12 · newest post 2026-10-11 · summarized by Grok (xAI) · how this works →
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The Bureau on Caleb Durbin
The scouting press, in their own words
Caleb Durbin's first season in Boston wasn't always a smooth ride. But it's one he has loved, especially in a place that's easy for him to identify with. "Boston's a gritty city,” he said. “I felt like I was gonna be a really good fit here.” https://t.co/pZ7XvZ4GyX
Red Sox at the Trop today behind Brayan Bello: Anthony LF Gasper DH Rutschman C Abreu RF Sogard 1B Story SS Durbin 3B Duran CF Kiner-Falefa 2B
Umpire favor
+3.3 net runs over 68 graded games — the zone was kind to the umpire on balance.
The postseason
Caleb Durbin’s playoff games, each on its reconciled card. Kept apart from the season line below — none of it is counted in a season number on this page.
- AL Wild Card Series, Game 2 · BOS vs. NYY · 0-4
- AL Wild Card Series, Game 1 · BOS vs. NYY · 0-3
The line
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