Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh is getting a rest on Wednesday when the club takes on the Cleveland Guardians and left-hander Logan Allen. It's a perfect spot to give the switch-hitter a rest as Raleigh owns a .670 OPS against left-handed pitching versus a .749 OPS against righties for his career. The 27-year-old is off to a slow start this season as he is 4-for-19 without a homer in his 19 plate appearances, striking out in six of them. Despite the slow start, Raleigh remains a high-end catching option as his 57 homers over the last two seasons are the most among all big-league catchers, 11 more than second-place Salvador Perez.

Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh (heel) is back in the starting lineup ahead of Sunday's spring training contest against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Raleigh will be back in the lineup after sitting out of Saturday's game due to a minor heel issue. The 27-year-old will bat fifth and be behind the plate for Sunday's contest. Raleigh has become one of the better power hitting catchers in the league. He does have flaws at the plate, but his power numbers are legitimate which gives him solid fantasy value.

Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh was scratched from Saturday's starting lineup due to a bruised heel. The move was precautionary in nature and it's reported that he would have suited up if this was a regular-season contest. The switch-hitter led all big-league backstops with 30 home runs last season while he hit .232 with 78 runs and 75 RBI alongside a .762 OPS across 145 appearances a season ago. His elite defense combined with his big bat will ensure serious playing time in the 2024 season. ATC projects Raleigh to hit .226 with 26 home runs, 71 RBI, and a .753 OPS across 509 trips to the plate in the 2024 campaign.

Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh slugged a homer and added a single as part of another nice day at the plate in Cactus League action against the Milwaukee Brewers. The 27-year-old increased his spring totals to a cool .400 average (8-for-20) with three homers, 10 RBI, and even a stolen base across 25 plate appearances, good for a 1.520 OPS in the small sample. Raleigh paced all big league backstops with 30 home runs in the 2023 season while adding 78 runs scored, 75 RBI, and a .762 OPS across 569 plate appearances, good for the fourth-most in baseball among catchers. He is projected to hit 26 home runs with 71 RBI across 509 plate appearances by ATC in the 2024 season, making him a rock-solid fantasy option with a nice floor again for this season.

Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh blasted his first home run of the spring on Wednesday in a 9-7 Cactus League loss to the Kansas City Royals. It was a three-run shot off Royals relief pitcher Chris Stratton, and it was also his first hit of the spring. The switch-hitting backstop is now 1-for-3 with a walk, three RBI, and two runs scored in two Cactus League games. The home run came from the left side which has been his more powerful side throughout his career, with a .248 ISO as a lefty and a .170 ISO as a righty. The former third-round draft pick won't hit for a high average but with 30 HR last season and a 12.6% barrel rate, fantasy managers can count on the power numbers being there again in 2024.

Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh is not in the club's starting lineup Monday versus the Oakland A's and left-hander Kyle Muller. The switch-hitting backstop has struggled versus southpaws this season, hitting just .197 with a .611 OPS against them while his 66 wRC+ off lefties represents production 34% below the league average. Raleigh has nonetheless been on a tear of late, slugging 11 home runs since July 31 while driving in a hefty nine runs over his last six games. For the season, the 26-year-old is hitting .230 with 25 home runs, the latter of which paces all big-league catchers. Brian O'Keefe will get the starting behind the dish and hit ninth against Mullers Monday night in Seattle.

Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh went 2-for-4 with two solo homers in a 6-2 win over the Boston Red Sox on Monday. Raleigh hit solo homers in the second and seventh innings to help power Seattle to the win. The veteran catcher has been on a tear of late, with this going down as his second two-homer game in his past eight contests. Overall, Raleigh is hitting .231 with 16 homers, 49 runs, and 43 RBI over 312 at-bats in 2023.

Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh went 2-for-4 with two homers in a 9-8 win over the Blue Jays on Saturday. During the third inning, Raleigh smacked a home run against Blue Jays' pitcher, Kevin Gausman. In the fifth inning, the 26-year-old catcher cranked another bomb off Gausman. Despite a dismal batting average of .221, Raleigh has accumulated 14 homers and 38 RBI this season. For fantasy managers seeking a catcher, Raleigh could be a solid choice.

Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh is not in the starting lineup on Saturday against the Chicago White Sox. The 26-year-old backstop is just getting a day off in this one as Tom Murphy will start behind the plate to catch Logan Gilbert. Raleigh is slashing .214/.298/.413 with nine home runs and 29 RBI over 201 at-bats on the season and should be good to go for Sunday's series finale against the Chi Sox.

Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh is not in the lineup for Sunday's series finale against the Atlanta Braves. This looks to just be a routine day off for the 26-year-old backstop, who's been swinging a hot bat lately. On the season, he's slashing .235/.327/.462 with seven home runs and 22 RBI over 132 at-bats. Tom Murphy is starting behind the plate and batting eighth in his place.

Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh is not in the team's starting lineup against a left-handed hurler on Friday against the Detroit Tigers. Raleigh is a switch-hitting backstop, but he has only made two starts so far in 2023 against southpaws. With Raleigh starting on the bench on Friday, Tom Murphy will get the nod behind the plate and will hit seventh in the M's lineup against Tigers left-hander Matthew Boyd. The 26-year-old Raleigh has plenty of power at a weak position, but he's not going to help fantasy managers' team batting average. He's currently hitting .212 (24-for-113) with five doubles, a triple, five home runs, 18 RBI and 18 runs scored in 127 plate appearances and 32 games.

Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh is absent from Tuesday's starting lineup for the matchup with Andrew Heaney and the Texas Rangers. The slugging backstop is slashing .211/.301/.413 with five homers, 18 runs, 18 RBI, and no steals across 31 games. The club will have Tom Murphy behind the plate instead, batting seventh. The 32-year-old has put up ugly numbers so far through 12 games, batting .211 with no long balls, runs, RBI, or stolen bases over 12 games. However, over his career, he owns a .232 average with a .793 OPS, so with a southpaw on the mound, fantasy managers looking for a catcher can use Murphy as a streaming option.

Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh is out of the starting lineup for Friday's game against the St. Louis Cardinals. This is the second game in a row that Raleigh has missed, but it doesn't sound like he's dealing with an injury. It appears the Mariners are using basically a platoon situation between their two catchers. Tom Murphy will be behind the plate and bat seventh versus lefty Steven Matz on Friday.

Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh is out of Monday's starting lineup against the Chicago Cubs and left-hander Drew Smyly. The 26-year-old has appeared in nine of Seattle's first 10 games of the season while starting eight of them. With a healthy, righty-swinging Tom Murphy behind him, Raleigh will get his rest when the Mariners take on a left-handed starting pitcher this season. After breaking out with 27 home runs last season, Raleigh has one in nine games this time around while posting a .748 OPS across his first 37 trips to the plate, all but three of them coming against right-handed pitching.

Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh is being moved up to the cleanup spot for Wednesday's matchup against Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Angels. Wednesday marks the fifth start of the season for the switch-hitting backstop but the first out of the cleanup spot as he has hit out of the five-hole in each of his previous four starts. The promotion up the lineup doesn't come as a surprise considering Raleigh is hitting .333 on the young season and, while he has yet to hit a home run, he does have five RBI while his 27 long balls across 119 games last season are certainly worthy of hitting out of the cleanup spot.

Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh (thumb) made his spring debut in Tuesday's 9-8 win over the Guardians. Batting fifth, Raleigh went 0-for-3 with two strikeouts. The 26-year-old had surgery this off-season for a broken left thumb and torn ligaments, so he has been intentionally eased into action. Raleigh provided power from a weak fantasy position in 2022, slashing .211/.284/.489 with 27 home runs and 63 RBI in 415 plate appearances. While he will hurt fantasy managers in average, his power makes him a useful fantasy player in deeper leagues.

Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh (thumb) is scheduled to make his Cactus League debut on Tuesday to catch starter Luis Castillo against the Cleveland Guardians. The Mariners have been holding Raleigh back a bit in camp as a precaution. Raleigh needed surgery for a broken left thumb and torn ligaments in the offseason, but he's been doing baseball activities in spring training and should be ready for the start of the 2023 season, barring any setbacks in camp. The 26-year-old backstop hit just .211 in 2022, but he also led all catchers with 27 home runs, so he should be a highly coveted power bat at the shallowest position in fantasy. It also helps that he's in one of the better lineups in the American League.

Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh (thumb) underwent offseason surgery on his left thumb. Raleigh was able to catch left-hander Marco Gonzales' bullpen session on Tuesday in Arizona without any issues, though, so he should be ready for the start of the 2023 season. The 26-year-old still hasn't been cleared for full baseball activities, so he could be slightly behind the other catchers in camp. His surgery took place last fall and addressed a broken left thumb and a torn ligament in his hand. Raleigh clubbed 27 home runs and drove in 63 runs in 119 games in just his second MLB season for Seattle in 2022, so he'll be pretty attractive as a low-end starting catcher in fantasy drafts this spring, assuming he has no setbacks with his thumb in spring training.

Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh (thumb) has been battling through an injury down the stretch of the season. The 25-year-old revealed that he has been playing through broken left thumb and torn ligament in his left hand for over a month. The Mariners were eliminated on Saturday, so Raleigh will have the entire offseason to recover from this injury. He slashed .211/.284/.489 with 27 home runs and 63 RBI in 415 plate appearances this season. Raleigh looks like he's going to be the catcher for the Mariners for the foreseeable future.

Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh (thumb) aggravated a thumb injury during Sunday's contest against the Kansas City Royals. He initially injured his thumb while catching and was removed in the bottom of the sixth inning. The 25-year-old was dealing with a thumb issue and missed a few games earlier in the week. According to manager Scott Servais, Raleigh was removed from the game when the injured thumb took a hit catching. Strength tests on the field were "okay." Raleigh is considered day-to-day with his next chance to return to the lineup on Tuesday against the Texas Rangers.