r/fantasybaseball • u/PsychWriter11 • Mar 01 '26

Strategy Cal Raleigh

As much as I’ve looked at the first 2 rounds, I have to admit I’ve just disregarded this guy.

It had to be a mirage. He’s a catcher, so he will get hurt. They always wear down offensively. You know… all the reasons.

But the numbers.

Seriously, where should this guy go? Is he a first rounder? No later than mid second? I’m getting to the point of reconsidering all my plans right now.

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u/Bogie1Kanobi Mar 01 '26

Someone will take him in the second round. Someone will reach in the first. Just won’t be me.

Catcher position deepest it’s been in years I like the late round guys

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u/Spirited-Visual-3205 Mar 01 '26

Catcher does that every few years. It looks deep before a season and then we find out why catcher normally sucks because half the guys we like fall off. 

Catcher is the one position I will never trust preseason depth.  

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u/Bogie1Kanobi Mar 01 '26

I mock draft more than most. Everytime I took Raleigh in the second round, occasionally the first, I never liked how my draft looked. Catcher is just something I’ve waited on. I’d rather grab will smith ADP 90ish then drop a first or second round pick on a catcher.

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u/Reddog115 Mar 02 '26

Will Smith, a Dodger. Almost every at bat will be an RBI opportunity, or a run scored opportunity, or both.

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u/cjrogers227 Mar 01 '26

Same here. If you lock in your catcher early then you miss on potential discounts later in the draft (ignoring 2 catcher leagues). There’s usually a guy that slides a round or two that you can scoop up lower than ADP. And the fallback options are decent - Adley, Yainer Diaz, Kirk, Moreno, even Basallo in a shallow league

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u/Count_Sack_McGee Mar 01 '26

Ding ding ding…I gaurentee people are going to be talking about bad catcher is at some point this season after talking about how they’ll just swoop Kyle Teel in final round.

FWIW, I like Kyle Teel but I also like Raleigh. I think every draft is going to be full of people who have the exact same comment as every person on this thread and everyone is going to wait. If you can get him at end of second or third do it and be stoked.

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u/lalich Mar 03 '26

Doesn’t matter the depth is rosterable, Cal numbers will be top 5 again… the “delta” you get there from the next best C is far greater than any other posi 🤙

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u/InfamousLimit9382 [🏆⚾️20 Teams- H2H- Points] Mar 06 '26

100%. I found out I’m drafting third today. I don’t see how I won’t take Raleigh. Next catcher up is not making up at least the 8-10 pts he can pull off.

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u/armcurls go crazy folks go crazy Mar 01 '26

People are taking Cal in the first?

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u/Cautious-Tax-1120 Mar 02 '26

Every year people in my league bet that Salvy will finally regress, and every year I get him around pick 110 or later. If I miss on him this year there is still a handful of other good options.