Junior Caminero can now officially be said to have been a candidate for the Most Valuable Player as he placed 2nd among all players in the American League for the prestigious award. Yordan Alvarez received the honor as the league’s Most Valuable Player for his incredible season.
It was another terrific season for Caminero in his second full year at the big league level as the now 23-year old third baseman hit .276/.360/.524 with 42 HR over 702 plate appearances, registering a 142 wRC+ and accruing
5.3 fWAR over 162 games.
Caminero possesses the fastest bat speed in the game and is among the upper echelon when it comes to xwOBA, xBA, xSLG, Avg Exit Velo, Barrel%, and Hard-Hit%. This past season, Caminero’s offensive game went up a notch as he honed his plate discipline. This led to a drop in strikeout and nearly doubling his walk rate.
Since the start of the 2025 season, Caminero is second in all of baseball in homeruns (87) while he ranks 8th in wRC+ (136) and 10th in fWAR (9.9). He is the only player in franchise history to have multiple 40 homerun seasons as well. Caminero joins Eddie Matthews, Alex Rodriguez, and Juan Gonzalez as the only players to accomplish this before their age 24 season
To add to his honors this offseason, Caminero has also been named to the All-MLB First Team as the top third baseman in the game; Teammates Drew Rasmussen were named to the All-MLB Second Team as a top starting pitcher while Bryan Baker was also named to the team as a top reliever.
With his 2nd place finish, Caminero became the closest player in franchise history to be named the MVP; Evan Longoria placed 6th in 2010 and 2013.
