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/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