Michael John Caruso (born May 27, 1977) is an American former Major League Baseball shortstop who played for the Chicago White Sox and Kansas City Royals.

Caruso was a prospect for the San Francisco Giants drafted out of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida in 1996.

During the 1997 season, Caruso was one of six prospects (along with Keith Foulke, Bob Howry, Lorenzo Barceló, Ken Vining, and Brian Manning) traded to the White Sox in exchange for Wilson Álvarez, Danny Darwin, and Roberto Hernández in what became known as the White Flag Trade.

[1] In 1998, Caruso was called up by the White Sox at the age of 20 to become their everyday starting shortstop.

He finished third in the Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award balloting.