Cal Raleigh

Cal Raleigh

28-Year-Old CatcherC
Seattle Mariners
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Raleigh's 34 homers led all catchers. His 91 long balls since 2022 are 18 more than the next backstop's. However, Raleigh's power comes at the expense of batting average. He's fanned at a 28 percent clip over the past two seasons, and his 50 percent fly-ball rate in that span suppresses BABIP. Volume is usually a benefit, except with batting average. Still, playing more than most non-catchers is a huge boon to his counting stats. Raleigh is one of the best in the league behind the plate, so he's going to continue to log more playing time than others at the position. Raleigh's skills are stable, so if you construct a roster to absorb his batting average, Raleigh's counting stats yield a huge edge. An above-average walk rate boosts "Big Dumper" in points and OBP formats. Read Past Outlooks
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$Signed a six-year, $105 million contract extension with the Mariners in March of 2025. Contract includes a $20 million vesting option for 2031.
Goes deep again
CSeattle Mariners
June 22, 2025
Raleigh went 2-for-3 with a two-run homer, three runs scored and two walks in Sunday's win over the Cubs.
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Raleigh belted a two-run shot in the first inning Sunday for his 31st long ball of the year. It was his third straight game with a home run, and he has five over his last five games. The superstar catcher has produced three straight 30-homer seasons and is quickly approaching his career best of 34 set last season. Raleigh is slashing .276/.383/.659 with 45 extra-base hits and 66 RBIs through 75 appearances.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
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#5
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2
32
22
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
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#3
#4
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#9
3
17
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+6%
OPS vs RHP
2025
 
 
+5%
OPS vs LHP
2024
 
 
+10%
OPS vs RHP
2023
 
 
+22%
OPS vs RHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .780 376 50 27 61 8 .227 .287 .493
Since 2023vs Right .827 1150 156 68 180 7 .239 .337 .489
2025vs Left 1.079 97 16 10 17 5 .315 .371 .708
2025vs Right 1.025 232 39 21 49 4 .258 .388 .637
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
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+15%
OPS on Road
2025
 
 
+14%
OPS on Road
2024
 
 
+24%
OPS on Road
2023
 
 
+9%
OPS on Road
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .756 748 87 38 105 7 .226 .318 .438
Since 2023Away .872 778 119 57 136 8 .246 .332 .540
2025Home .972 162 25 14 33 5 .257 .358 .614
2025Away 1.112 167 30 17 33 4 .295 .407 .705
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
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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
0.54
 
BB Rate
13.5%
 
K Rate
24.9%
 
BABIP
.276
 
ISO
.387
 
AVG
.278
 
OBP
.383
 
SLG
.665
 
OPS
1.049
 
wOBA
.438
 
Exit Velocity
92.2 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
41.4%
 
Barrels/PA
11.7%
 
Expected BA
.255
 
Expected SLG
.584
 
Sprint Speed
21.5 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
25.3%
 
Line Drive %
20.2%
 
Fly Ball %
54.5%
 
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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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.
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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Slugs 30th homer
CSeattle Mariners
June 22, 2025
Raleigh went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in Saturday's 10-7 loss to the Cubs.
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Monster performance in win
CSeattle Mariners
June 20, 2025
Raleigh went 3-for-4 with two home runs, a walk, three RBI, four runs scored and a stolen base in Fridays 9-4 win over the Cubs.
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Sensational campaign continues
CSeattle Mariners
June 17, 2025
Raleigh went 3-for-4 with a home run, a double, six RBI, an additional run scored and a stolen base in Tuesday's 8-0 win over Boston.
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Getting rare day off
CSeattle Mariners
June 8, 2025
Raleigh is not in the lineup for Sunday's game against the Angels.
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Slugs two more long balls
CSeattle Mariners
June 7, 2025
Raleigh went 2-for-5 with two home runs and four RBI in Saturday's 8-6 loss to the Angels.
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Latest Fantasy Rumors
Sets new record
CSeattle Mariners
June 22, 2025
Raleigh crushed his 30th homer of the season in Saturday's 10-7 loss to the Cubs and established a new record in the process, according to Daniel Kramer of MLB.com.
ANALYSIS
Raleigh passed Mickey Mantle, José Ramírez and Lance Berkman for the most homers by a switch-hitter before the All-Star break. He also passed Johnny Bench for the most long balls by a primary catcher within that same criteria. Raleigh's heroics didn't stop Saturday, though, and he crushed his 31st homer of the season in Sunday's win over the Cubs.
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