Cal Raleigh

Cal Raleigh

27-Year-Old CatcherC
Seattle Mariners
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Affectionately nicknamed "Big Dumper," Raleigh turned in his first career 30-homer season in 2023, finishing fifth at the catcher position in earned fantasy value behind William Contreras, J.T. Realmuto, Jonah Heim and Will Smith. Raleigh is rather one dimensional at the plate, though to his credit he raised his batting average from .211 to a more-palatable .232 last season. He's also drawn walks at roughly a 10 percent clip the last two seasons, helping offset a strikeout rate pushing 30 percent. Raleigh made 14 starts at designated hitter in 2023, and while that number could always take a hit, he projects to remain in the starting lineup most days. The 27-year-old has an exceptional arm behind the plate and at this point is an important part of the leadership and game-calling with the Seattle pitching staff. He temporarily silenced his doubters with his performance at the dish last season, but beware the average can largely offset the power contributions if it gets low enough. Read Past Outlooks
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$Signed a one-year contract with the Mariners in March of 2024.
Secures 100-RBI season with homer
CSeattle Mariners
September 29, 2024
Raleigh went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run and an additional run scored in Sunday's 6-4 win over the Athletics.
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Raleigh set the major-league record for most homers by a catcher over his first four seasons when he went yard in the fifth inning. That blast was the margin of victory Sunday, and it also secured a 100-RBI campaign for the 27-year-old. Raleigh finished the year with a .220/.312/.436 slash line, 34 homers, 73 runs scored, six stolen bases and 16 doubles over 153 games, though he hit a much more impressive .286 (28-for-98) in September while homering in four of his last seven games.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
6
51
32
11
5
2
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
2
15
7
7
2
3
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+13%
OPS vs RHP
2024
 
 
+10%
OPS vs RHP
2023
 
 
+22%
OPS vs RHP
2022
 
 
+7%
OPS vs RHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022vs Left .691 379 43 20 58 3 .201 .272 .419
Since 2022vs Right .781 1233 154 71 180 4 .228 .312 .469
2024vs Left .696 171 21 13 30 3 .183 .251 .444
2024vs Right .767 457 52 21 70 3 .234 .335 .433
2023vs Left .645 108 13 4 14 0 .218 .269 .376
2023vs Right .790 461 65 26 61 0 .235 .315 .476
2022vs Left .734 100 9 3 14 0 .212 .310 .424
2022vs Right .785 315 37 24 49 1 .211 .276 .509
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+26%
OPS on Road
2024
 
 
+24%
OPS on Road
2023
 
 
+9%
OPS on Road
2022
 
 
+60%
OPS on Road
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022Home .671 796 79 33 93 2 .207 .286 .385
Since 2022Away .846 816 118 58 145 5 .236 .319 .528
2024Home .665 306 27 11 38 2 .201 .314 .351
2024Away .823 322 46 23 62 4 .237 .311 .512
2023Home .730 280 35 13 34 0 .234 .300 .430
2023Away .794 289 43 17 41 0 .230 .311 .482
2022Home .600 210 17 9 21 0 .180 .229 .371
2022Away .961 205 29 18 42 1 .244 .341 .619
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Stat Review
How does Cal Raleigh compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • BB/K
    Walk to strikeout ratio
  • BB Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
  • K Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
  • ISO
    Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
  • AVG
    Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
  • OBP
    On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
  • SLG
    Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
  • OPS
    On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
  • wOBA
    Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Hard Hit Rate
    A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
  • Barrels/PA
    The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Expected BA
    Expected Batting Average.
  • Expected SLG
    Expected Slugging Percentage.
  • Sprint Speed
    The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
  • Ground Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
  • Line Drive %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
  • Fly Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.
BB/K
0.40
 
BB Rate
11.1%
 
K Rate
28.0%
 
BABIP
.251
 
ISO
.216
 
AVG
.220
 
OBP
.312
 
SLG
.436
 
OPS
.748
 
wOBA
.327
 
Exit Velocity
91.0 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
39.6%
 
Barrels/PA
9.2%
 
Expected BA
.233
 
Expected SLG
.476
 
Sprint Speed
21.4 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
31.1%
 
Line Drive %
17.0%
 
Fly Ball %
51.9%
 
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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All aboard the Big Dumper express! Raleigh earned the moniker from Jarred Kelenic with his breakout sophomore season hitting timely homers with stellar defense as Raleigh seemingly aimed to remind Seattle what they once had in Mike Zunino. Raleigh's batting average was nothing to write home about as it hovered there most of the season with some peaks (.254 in down the stretch) and valleys (.136 into June), but his 121 wRC+ was well above the 89 figure the catching position as a whole produced league-wide. Like Zunino, the story here is raw power and Raleigh has plenty of it with the ability to launch a baseball to all fields with a prevalance to crank and yank them down the right field line. His numbers against righties and lefties are nearly identical and the defense means he is the primary catcher as long as the recovery from offseason hand surgery goes well. He is one of the primary reasons the catching position is no longer considered a black hole as he went from undraftable in 15 team leagues last season to a likely top 8 catcher on draft boards this season.
Raleigh is a fairly interesting prospect but struggled to a .180/.223/.309 line in his 47-game MLB debut last year after posting a far superior .324/.377/.608 line in 44 games for Triple-A Tacoma. His underlying numbers in the majors suggest he deserved that poor performance, as he combined a 35.1 percent strikeout rate with a 4.7 percent walk rate, but the Mariners clearly believe he'll do better going forward. He'll compete for playing time at catcher this spring but could win the bulk of playing time.
Raleigh was a third-round draft pick by Seattle in the 2018 draft out of Florida State. He had a solid debut in the rookie leagues, hitting .288/.367/.534 for short-season Everett, but took off with power in 2019, combining for 29 homers while playing in the California and Texas leagues. The scouting reports always said he could hit for power from either side of the plate, and there is nothing long-term in the way preventing Raleigh from being a fantasy factor in Seattle as early as the 2022 season. In keeper leagues, you will want to get ahead of the curve for a catcher like this with above-average potential at a position where such players are tough to find most years. It would be a surprise to see Raleigh in the big leagues in 2021 for anything more than a cup of coffee.
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Goes yard Friday
CSeattle Mariners
September 27, 2024
Raleigh went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Friday's 2-0 win over the Athletics.
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Lifts 31st homer
CSeattle Mariners
September 22, 2024
Raleigh went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a hit-by-pitch in Sunday's 6-5 loss to the Rangers.
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On base three times Saturday
CSeattle Mariners
September 22, 2024
Raleigh went 2-for-5 with an RBI single and a walk in a win over the Rangers on Saturday.
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Receiving breather Sunday
CSeattle Mariners
September 15, 2024
Raleigh is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Rangers.
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Reaches 30-homer mark
CSeattle Mariners
September 11, 2024
Raleigh went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Tuesday's loss to the Padres.
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Latest Fantasy Rumors
Well positioned
CSeattle Mariners
March 20, 2023
Raleigh is slashing a solid .273/.304/.545 through 22 Cactus league at-bats. While he doesn't have a home run, his prodigious slugging has remained.
ANALYSIS
Raleigh broke out last season, mashing 27 bombs en route to a .489 slugging percentage. Tom Murphy represents the primary competition for at-bats at catcher, and he's gotten plenty of opportunities this spring, but Raleigh's lessened workload aligns with the load management of other key starters. There's always concern for sustained production after an emergent season, but the 26-year-old Raleigh has advantages in youth, defensive metrics, and pop over Murphy.
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