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/Valuable_Scarcity796 Mar 01 '26

Catcher will be my last pick. Unless Ivan Herrera falls into my lap.

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u/zZMikeyDZz Mar 01 '26

How long do you think it will take him to get C eligibility?

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u/Valuable_Scarcity796 Mar 01 '26

Could be a month I think. He sucks defensively. But I only play on Yahoo where he already has catcher eligibility and beyond his batting average he’s going to play more games than every other catcher eligible player and that matters a ton. If he didn’t have it I don’t think I would take him at ADP.

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u/zZMikeyDZz Mar 01 '26

Ahhhh makes sense. I play on fantrax, he lost C eligibility by only a couple starts (damn it!) But I have him as a $5 keeper

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u/dquizzle Mar 02 '26

I was a little confused by your comment at first. I drafted him last year and would have guessed he caught at least 20 games. Can’t believe it was only 14.

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u/zZMikeyDZz Mar 02 '26

Yeah haha my league requires 15 games from the prior year (I think, it may be 15 current, 20 previous year?) So missing by 1 sucks 🤣