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Est. Return 2/1/2023
2022 Stats
AVG
.211
HR
27
RBI
63
R
46
SB
1
2023 Projections
2023 Fantasy Outlook
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. Read Past Outlooks

Dealing with hand injury
Raleigh has been playing through a broken thumb and torn ligament in his left hand, Adam Jude of the Seattle Times reports.
ANALYSIS
After the Mariners were eliminated from the postseason, Raleigh disclosed that he played through the injuries for over a month. Though there's been no official word, he will likely need surgery this offseason to repair the issues.
After the Mariners were eliminated from the postseason, Raleigh disclosed that he played through the injuries for over a month. Though there's been no official word, he will likely need surgery this offseason to repair the issues.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2020
+3%
OPS vs RHP
2022
+7%
OPS vs RHP
OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
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Since 2020vs Left | .692 | 134 | 3 | 16 | .214 | ||||
Since 2020vs Right | .713 | 429 | 26 | 60 | .199 | ||||
2022vs Left | .734 | 100 | 3 | 14 | .212 | ||||
2022vs Right | .785 | 315 | 24 | 49 | .211 | ||||
2021vs Left | .577 | 34 | 0 | 2 | .219 | ||||
2021vs Right | .519 | 114 | 2 | 11 | .168 | ||||
2020vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2020vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2020
+34%
OPS on Road
2022
+60%
OPS on Road
OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
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Since 2020Home | .605 | 274 | 10 | 27 | .186 | ||||
Since 2020Away | .809 | 289 | 19 | 49 | .219 | ||||
2022Home | .600 | 210 | 9 | 21 | .180 | ||||
2022Away | .961 | 205 | 18 | 42 | .244 | ||||
2021Home | .622 | 64 | 1 | 6 | .203 | ||||
2021Away | .465 | 84 | 1 | 7 | .163 | ||||
2020Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2020Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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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.
* 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
0.31BB Rate
9.2%K Rate
29.4%BABIP
.226ISO
.278AVG
.211OBP
.284SLG
.489OPS
.774wOBA
.333Exit Velocity
90.9 mphHard Hit Rate
36.8%Barrels/PA
9.4%Expected BA
.216Expected SLG
.461Sprint Speed
22.5 ft/secGround Ball %
28.5%Line Drive %
15.8%Fly Ball %
55.7%Prospect Rankings History
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2022
2021
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.
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Resting for regular-season finale
Raleigh is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Tigers.
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Collects three hits, homer
Raleigh went 3-for-5 with a solo home run in a 9-6 win in Game 2 of Tuesday's doubleheader.
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Sitting for matinee
Raleigh is not in the lineup for Game 1 of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Tigers.
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Day off Saturday
Raleigh isn't in the lineup Saturday against Oakland.
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Walkoff blast ends playoff drought
Raleigh hit a solo home run in his only at-bat in Friday's 2-1 win over the Athletics.
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