José Ceballos

Jose Felix Ceballos

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 0", Weight 190 lbs.

• Born December 27, 1988 in Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela

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Biographical Information

Catcher Jose Ceballos played in the Miami Marlins minor league system from 2007 to 2013, reaching AA for one game in 2012.

Ceballos transitioned to coaching in the Marlins organization in 2014. According to his 2014 baseball card, he was a player/coach for the Greensboro Grasshoppers that year. He returned in 2015 as a full-time coach. Sources vary in regard to the 2016 season. There is a baseball card showing him with the Grasshoppers again, while other sources indicate Ceballos coached the Jupiter Hammerheads that year. In 2017, the Marlins promoted Ceballos to defensive coach of the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp where he remained through 2019. He was scheduled to return to Jacksonville in 2020 before the season was cancelled due to COVID-19. Ceballos was a defenisve coach for the Pensacola Blue Wahoos in 2021 and Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp in 2022-2025.

In January 2024, he was named bullpen catcher for the Miami Marlins.[1] However, two months later he was once again named defensive coach for Jacksonville[2] and he was listed on their roster at the conclusion of the season. Ceballos returned to the Jumbo Shrimp in the same role in 2025 and as assistant coach in 2026.

In addition to his work in the United States, Ceballos spent the 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 Venezuelan League seasons coaching first base for the Bravos de Margarita.