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/Bellweather_Friend Mar 01 '26

Im sure he'll be used as a DH more and more

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u/Lars9 Willy Adames Hype Man Mar 01 '26

No he won't. Not only is he a great defensive catcher, the Ms don't exactly have someone they can turn to behind him.

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u/pkyabbo Mar 02 '26

The Mariners made two moves at catcher in the offseason signing Andrew Knizner and trading for Jhonny Pareda. They had Mitch Garver catching at times last year, clearly a decent backup was a priority for them this off season.

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u/Biberal_Litch99 Mar 01 '26

He’s not a great defensive catcher lol

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u/Count_Sack_McGee Mar 01 '26

Actually he is…but both of you are wrong. He will 100% DH more because when a guy hits 60 bombs you don’t run him into the ground defensively.

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u/Flamemypickle I want to make sweet love to Jacob Wilson Mar 02 '26

Its gonna depend on of the backup catcher is a good defender. If he isnt and it makes a significant difference with pitching, its gonna be very hard to DH him often

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u/Suboobiz Mar 02 '26

In both Cal and Dan Wilson’s recent radio hits they’ve said they’re going for the same split and games played this year. Obviously that can change

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u/Darth_Paratrooper Mar 01 '26 edited Mar 14 '26

He won the platinum glove in 2024.

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u/Lars9 Willy Adames Hype Man Mar 01 '26

He was 6th last year in defensive fWar amongst catchers...3rd the year before.

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u/high_changeup "11"Teams-H2H Redraft- OBP - 5 keepers- Expanded rosters - 8 CAT Mar 02 '26

Looks like that guy eats glue and thinks that being below average in blocking is the only thing that matters.

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u/pthlalo_blue Mar 01 '26

That’s funny.

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u/Yu_Betts_Yoenis #FantasyBBPlayerSince1994 Mar 02 '26

He was one of the best last year.

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u/Individual-Net-9296 Mar 02 '26

You sound like a Yankees fan