Caleb Durbin

Caleb Durbin
Durbin with the Somerset Patriots in 2023
Milwaukee Brewers – No. 21
Infielder
Born: (2000-02-22) February 22, 2000
Evanston, Illinois, U.S.
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
MLB debut
April 18, 2025, for the Milwaukee Brewers
MLB statistics
(through 2025 season)
Batting average.256
Home runs11
Runs batted in53
Stats at Baseball Reference 
Teams

Caleb Durbin (born February 22, 2000) is an American professional baseball infielder for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2025.

Early life

Born in Evanston, Illinois,[1] Durbin was a 3-year letter winner in baseball, 4-year letter winner in wrestling, and lettered in football at Lake Forest High School in Lake Forest, Illinois. He played college baseball at Washington University in St. Louis while earning a degree in economics.[2]

Durbin played collegiate summer baseball in the Northwoods League for the Rockford Rivets in 2019, and then for the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders in 2020 and 2021.

Professional career

Atlanta Braves

Durbin was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 14th round, 427th overall, of the 2021 Major League Baseball draft.[2][3] He made his professional debut with the rookie-level Florida Complex League Braves. Durbin split the 2022 campaign between the Single-A Augusta GreenJackets and High-A Rome Braves, for whom he batted a combined .241/.352/.372 with eight home runs, 62 RBI, and 31 strikeouts across 105 appearances.[4]

New York Yankees

On December 28, 2022, the Braves traded Durbin and Indigo Diaz to the New York Yankees in exchange for Lucas Luetge.[5] He played 2023 with the High–A Hudson Valley Renegades and Double–A Somerset Patriots.[6] After the season, he played in the Arizona Fall League.[7][8]

Durbin spent the 2024 campaign with the Triple–A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, also briefly appearing for the Single–A Tampa Tarpons and Somerset. In 82 games for Scranton, he slashed .287/.396/.471 with 10 home runs, 60 RBI, and 29 stolen bases. Following the season, the Yankees added Durbin to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.[9]

Milwaukee Brewers

On December 13, 2024, the Yankees traded Durbin and Nestor Cortés Jr. to the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for Devin Williams.[10] He was optioned to the Triple-A Nashville Sounds to begin the 2025 season.[11] On April 16, 2025, Durbin was promoted to the major leagues for the first time, going 2-4 and scoring a run.[12] He hit his first MLB home run on April 21 off Robbie Ray of the San Francisco Giants.[2] On June 7, Durbin hit a walk-off home run off of David Morgan to defeat the Padres, 4–3.[13]

References

  1. ^ Yankees, New York. "New York Yankees acquire INF Caleb Durbin and RHP Indigo Diaz | YES Network". www.yesnetwork.com. Retrieved August 22, 2025.
  2. ^ a b c Dorfman, Daniel I. (May 2, 2025). "Lake Forest High School graduate Caleb Durbin makes major-league debut with the Milwaukee Brewers". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved May 4, 2025.
  3. ^ Caleb Durbin and Ryan Loutos hope to end long drought withour Washington U player in timesnewspapers.com Archived November 14, 2023, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Caleb Durbin - Stats - Batting". fangraphs.com. Retrieved September 30, 2025.
  5. ^ "Braves get LHP Luetge in trade with Yankees". December 29, 2022.
  6. ^ "Yankees second baseman Caleb Durbin flashing speed, low strikeout rate in Somerset". June 2, 2023.
  7. ^ "Speedy Yankees prospect Durbin hungry to make Fall League history". MLB.com.
  8. ^ Goodman, Max (October 24, 2023). "Yankees unranked prospect shining in Arizona Fall League". nj.com.
  9. ^ "Yankees Select Caleb Durbin, Jesus Rodriguez". mlbtraderumors.com. Retrieved November 20, 2024.
  10. ^ Hoch, Bryan (December 13, 2024). "Yanks trade for closer Williams from Brewers". MLB.com. Retrieved December 13, 2024.
  11. ^ "Brewers Release Manuel Margot, Option Caleb Durbin". mlbtraderumors.com. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
  12. ^ Adam McCalvy (April 16, 2025). "Brewers to call up Durbin for offensive spark at third base (source)". MLB.com. Retrieved April 16, 2025.
  13. ^ Pollizze, Joey (June 8, 2025). "Caleb Durbin hits his first career walk-off home run". MLB.com. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
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