José CabreraARI · SP

2026 review

José Cabrera was a callup starter who couldn't miss enough bats to hold the rotation, posting an 0-4 record with a 5.72 ERA and 1.52 WHIP in 28.1 IP, a 15.5 K% and an 8.5 BB% over 129 BF for ARI, with 6 HR allowed. His contract was selected Jun 21, and he was optioned Jul 9, recalled Aug 27, optioned again Sep 8, and recalled again Sep 25. Once he moved to the bullpen for his first relief outing Sep 2, he went from starting 5 of 5 games to starting 0 of 3. His 7.1 SwStr% and 23.1 CSW% over 464 pitches ranked 19th and 20th lowest of 517 pitchers with 100+ BF, and his 15.5 K% over 129 BF was the 46th lowest of that same pool. His 5.72 ERA ran 0.49 above his 5.23 xERA over 129 BF. The TDK LABS card opened with a scoreless debut backed by strong expected numbers in late Jun, then described mixed early results days later, called his August callup a rotation-void fill with limited tape, and by late Sep had him stretched out for long relief after being recalled to fill a roster spot. Undrafted in NFBC drafts, he finished 1012th of 1472 in the TDK LABS 5x5 value rank, 662nd of 811 pitchers and 158th of 236 starters.