Should I draft Cal Raleigh or Yainer Diaz?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Cal Raleigh or Yainer Diaz.

PLEASE NOTE this is a draft choice comparison analysis based upon Preseason Projections only. As the baseball season is already underway, you may instead prefer to view our breakdown of a trade for these players which is based upon several more factors including in-season performance.

Change Players in Draft Analysis

Select Player to Draft

Recommended

Cal Raleigh

Change Player

Yainer Diaz

Change Player

SEA · C

HOU · C,DH

Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	2.11	2.81
ADP	156.76	126.87
PROJ	267.00	286.00

AB	502	478
R	67	61
H	109	126
2B	26	25
3B	1	1
HR	29	23
RBI	75	75
SB	1	1
K	149	95
BB	49	22
AVG	.217	.264
OBP	.294	.295
SLG	.446	.464
OPS	.740	.760

Most Recent and Popular Comparisons
	Draft Cal Raleigh or Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Draft Cal Raleigh or Nico Hoerner Draft Cal Raleigh or Alec Bohm Draft Cal Raleigh or William Contreras Draft Cal Raleigh or Francisco Alvarez	Draft Yainer Diaz or Pete Alonso Draft Yainer Diaz or Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Draft Yainer Diaz or Bo Bichette Draft Yainer Diaz or Steven Kwan Draft Yainer Diaz or Jung Hoo Lee

Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	73.0	82.0
AB	137	162
R	21	16
H	31	43
2B	3	8
3B	0	1
HR	10	3
RBI	24	21
SB	0	0
K	52	25
BB	16	8
AVG	.226	.265
OBP	.305	.301
SLG	.467	.383
OPS	.772	.683

Recent News
	Jerry Dipoto Heaps Praise Upon Catcher Cal Raleigh in Latest Published May 17th, 2024 via Sports Illustrated Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh is MLB's best pitch framer, but it comes with risk Published May 17th, 2024 via The Seattle Times Luis Urías reaches on error, Cal Raleigh scores \| 05/15/2024 Published May 15th, 2024 via MLB.com Cal Raleigh's RBI single \| 05/13/2024 \| Seattle Mariners Published May 13th, 2024 via MLB.com Cal Raleigh returns to lineup Monday Published May 13th, 2024 via FantasyPros Cal Raleigh - MLB Catcher - News, Stats, Bio and more - The Athletic Published May 13th, 2024 via The New York Times Cal Raleigh out of lineup Sunday Published May 12th, 2024 via FantasyPros Mariners' Cal Raleigh: Getting Sunday off Published May 12th, 2024 via CBS Sports	Houston Astros' Yordan Alvarez sits; Yainer Diaz starts at DH Published May 17th, 2024 via Houston Chronicle Astros' Yainer Diaz: Starting to find some power Published May 17th, 2024 via CBS Sports Yainer Diaz Delivers in Astros' Dominant Victory Published May 17th, 2024 via FantasyPros Yainer Diaz's bases-clearing double \| 05/16/2024 Published May 16th, 2024 via MLB.com Yainer Diaz's RBI single \| 05/12/2024 \| Houston Astros Published May 12th, 2024 via MLB.com Astros owner Jim Crane laments Yainer Diaz staying on bench in 2023 Published May 11th, 2024 via MSN Yainer Diaz's RBI single \| 05/11/2024 \| Houston Astros Published May 11th, 2024 via MLB.com Yainer Diaz's sac fly \| 05/10/2024 \| Houston Astros Published May 10th, 2024 via MLB.com

New Seasons Now Available

Free Tools

Use our free tools to become a fantasy expert and dominate your league!

Get started in seconds
Sync unlimited leagues for free - no paywalls!
Customized for your league, roster and scoring settings
Support for football, baseball, basketball and hockey
Roto and point-based support
Live Draft Syncing
Draft decision analysis
Intuitive Mock Drafts
Insights on H2H matchups
Most scoring statistics supported
No manual entry required
Much, much more!!

Browser Extension

Should I draft Cal Raleigh or Yainer Diaz?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Cal Raleigh or Yainer Diaz.

Select Player to Draft

Select Player to Draft

Trust Us! This Is A