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Victor Caratini
B/T S/R · 6' 0" · 225 lb · born Ponce, Puerto Rico · age 33 · draft 2013 rd 2 · played C 64, 1B 26, DH 2 · MLB debut 2017-06-28
Last 14 days (through 2026-08-29): 4 G · .000 AVG · 0 HR · 1 RBI · .214 OPS
345 plate appearances scored this season His season card →
Scout’s note
Victor Caratini is a 33-year-old switch-hitting catcher from Ponce, Puerto Rico, a second-round pick in 2013. He's played 810 big-league games with a .242 average and .688 OPS, but the last two weeks show .174 with nine strikeouts in eight games.
Note written · FVR scout (GLM-5.2)
Where he stands
throughAgainst the 382 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.
- EV95103.822
- Deserved (xVal)0.36948
- Got (aVal)0.2989
- Luck gap (park-adjusted)flipped-0.06096
today · 30 days ago, against the 341 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
Under contractA 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
- $4.00M
- Tax hit
- $7.00M
- Service time
- 8 yr 51 d
- Guaranteed
- $14M
The deal 2 years $14M (2026–2027) — $7.0M a year on average, worked out by us rather than stated on the sheet, and not the same thing as the tax hit above
On the sheet: 2 y/$14M (26-27)+28 m opt · agent ACES · 1 / 3 options left
After this season, as the sheet has it
| Season | 2027 | 2028 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash | $6.5M | $3.5M |
| Tax hit | $7.0M | — |
Cash and the tax hit are two different rulebooks and are never subtracted from one another — see the payroll board for his club, Minnesota Twins.
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
- $7.0M
- Guaranteed
- $14.0M
- Term
- 2 yrs
What the sheet prices each season at
| Season | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salary | $4.0M | $6.5M | $12.0M |
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.
Two sources, read a month apart, put this guarantee at the same dollar. That is the check, and it passed.
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.
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The Bureau on Victor Caratini
The scouting press, in their own words
I love MVP debates. This year, I may write in @morsecode and the @Twins PR staff for their tireless, evolving work in organizing their roster by position 😉 Caratini, C/1B Lewis, 1B/2B/3B Clemens, 1B/2B/RF Lee, 3B/SS Keaschall, 2B/CF/RF Kreidler, SS/CF Martin, LF/RF
Umpire favor
+0.5 net runs over 44 graded games — the zone was kind to the umpire on balance.
The line
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