Caleb Durbin

Caleb Durbin
Durbin with the Somerset Patriots in 2023
Boston Red Sox – No. 5
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 August 18, 2026)
Batting average.257
Home runs23
Runs batted in115
Stats at Baseball Reference 
Teams

Caleb Durbin (born February 22, 2000) is an American professional baseball infielder for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Milwaukee Brewers. 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.

College

Durbin 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. In 2025, Durbin returned to Fond du Lac for a promotional night while the Brewers had an off day. He threw out the first pitch and signed autographs for fans. While in Fond du Lac, Durbin spent the night with his former host family.[3]

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][4] 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.[5]

New York Yankees

On December 28, 2022, the Braves traded Durbin and Indigo Diaz to the New York Yankees in exchange for Lucas Luetge.[6] He played 2023 with the High–A Hudson Valley Renegades and Double–A Somerset Patriots.[7] After the season, he played in the Arizona Fall League.[8][9]

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.[10]

Milwaukee Brewers

2025

On December 13, 2024, the Yankees traded Durbin and Nestor Cortés Jr. to the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for Devin Williams.[11] He was optioned to the Triple-A Nashville Sounds to begin the 2025 season.[12] On April 16, 2025, Durbin was promoted to the major leagues for the first time, going 2-4 and scoring a run.[13] By playing in the game he became the first player ever drafted out of Washington University to play in the major leagues.[14] 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.[15] He made 136 appearances for Milwaukee during his rookie campaign, batting .256/.334/.387 with 11 home runs, 53 RBI, and 18 stolen bases. On October 23, it was announced that Durbin would require arthroscopic elbow surgery.[16]

Boston Red Sox

2026

On February 9, 2026, the Brewers traded Durbin, Andruw Monasterio, Anthony Seigler, and a compensation round draft pick in the 2026 MLB draft to the Boston Red Sox in exchange for Kyle Harrison, David Hamilton, and Shane Drohan.[17] On August 4th, Durbin hit his first career grand slam off of Chicago White Sox pitcher Davis Martin. [18]

Personal life

Durbin's father, Regis Durbin, and older brother, Regis Durbin Jr., were both collegiate wrestlers at Northwestern University.[19]

Durbin's college roommate, Justin Hardy, died of stomach cancer in 2022. Since then Durbin has been a supporter of the HardyStrong Foundation, which raises awareness and funds for stomach cancer research.[20]

Growing up in the suburbs of Chicago, Durbin grew up a fan of both the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox.[21]

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. 1 2 3 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. ↑ "Northwoods League Announces Promotion, Community Program, Outstanding Theme Night and Most Valuable Team Member". Northwoods League. October 17, 2025.
  4. ↑ 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
  5. ↑ "Caleb Durbin - Stats - Batting". fangraphs.com. Retrieved September 30, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Braves get LHP Luetge in trade with Yankees". December 29, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Yankees second baseman Caleb Durbin flashing speed, low strikeout rate in Somerset". June 2, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Speedy Yankees prospect Durbin hungry to make Fall League history". MLB.com.
  9. ↑ Goodman, Max (October 24, 2023). "Yankees unranked prospect shining in Arizona Fall League". nj.com.
  10. ↑ "Yankees Select Caleb Durbin, Jesus Rodriguez". mlbtraderumors.com. Retrieved November 20, 2024.
  11. ↑ Hoch, Bryan (December 13, 2024). "Yanks trade for closer Williams from Brewers". MLB.com. Retrieved December 13, 2024.
  12. ↑ Deeds, Nick (March 22, 2025). "Brewers Release Manuel Margot, Option Caleb Durbin". MLB Trade Rumors. Retrieved April 5, 2026.
  13. ↑ Adam McCalvy (April 16, 2025). "Brewers to call up Durbin for offensive spark at third base (source)". MLB.com. Retrieved April 16, 2025.
  14. ↑ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from Washington University in St. Louis". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 20, 2026.
  15. ↑ Pollizze, Joey (June 8, 2025). "Caleb Durbin hits his first career walk-off home run". MLB.com. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
  16. ↑ Wright, Charlie (October 23, 2025). "Brewers' Injury News: William Contreras, Caleb Durbin, Sal Frelick". MLB Trade Rumors. Retrieved December 31, 2025.
  17. ↑ Passan, Jeff (February 9, 2026). "Red Sox acquire Caleb Durbin in 6-player trade with Brewers". espn.com. Retrieved February 9, 2026.
  18. ↑ Dudek, Greg (August 5, 2026). "Caleb Durbin continues epic turnaround with 'special' moment at Fenway". bostonherald.com. Retrieved August 5, 2026.
  19. ↑ Healy, Emma (February 11, 2026). "Four things to know about new Red Sox infielder Caleb Durbin". bostonglobe.com. Retrieved August 7, 2026.
  20. ↑ Hecker, Caroline (September 19, 2025). "He died of stomach cancer at 22. This weekend, The HardyStrong Foundation will honor the legacy of Justin Hardy". firstalert4.com. Retrieved August 7, 2026.
  21. ↑ Schoenherr, Neil (March 6, 2026). "All the way to The Show How Caleb Durbin mapped out his path to becoming a Major League Baseball player – by way of WashU". Retrieved August 7, 2026.
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