Should I draft Cal Raleigh or Paul Goldschmidt?

See our analysis of the choice to draft Cal Raleigh or Paul Goldschmidt.

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

Please note dynasty rankings are based upon our 2024 Preseason Projections and do not consider in-season performance.

Last Updated: Mar 23, 2024

Slight Recommendation

Cal Raleigh

Change Player

Paul Goldschmidt

Change Player

SEA · C

STL · 1B,DH

Batting
2024 Preseason Projections
Draft Value	2.31	2.12
ADP	155.78	71.15
PROJ	267.00	382.00
AB	502	587
R	67	92
H	109	157
2B	26	32
3B	1	0
HR	29	27
RBI	75	86
SB	1	9
K	149	156
BB	49	81
AVG	.217	.268
OBP	.294	.356
SLG	.446	.460
OPS	.740	.816

Most Recent and Popular Comparisons
	Draft Cal Raleigh or Sean Murphy Draft Cal Raleigh or Ha-Seong Kim Draft Cal Raleigh or Nico Hoerner Draft Cal Raleigh or Kyle Schwarber Draft Cal Raleigh or Bo Naylor	Draft Paul Goldschmidt or Christian Walker Draft Paul Goldschmidt or Triston Casas Draft Paul Goldschmidt or Luis Arraez Draft Paul Goldschmidt or Gunnar Henderson Draft Paul Goldschmidt or Jung Hoo Lee

Batting
Season Statistics
PROJ	122.0	119.0
AB	267	316
R	30	39
H	54	71
2B	8	10
3B	0	0
HR	14	11
RBI	50	33
SB	4	4
K	98	100
BB	32	29
AVG	.202	.225
OBP	.289	.294
SLG	.390	.361
OPS	.678	.655

Recent News
	Mariners' Cal Raleigh: Records fourth steal in loss Published June 30th, 2024 via CBS Sports Cal Raleigh nabs Austin Martin trying to steal \| 06/29/2024 Published June 29th, 2024 via MLB.com Mariners Moose Tracks, 6/29/24: Cal Raleigh, James Wood, and Orlando Cepeda Published June 29th, 2024 via Lookout Landing Cal Raleigh's RBI gives Seattle walk-off win in10 Published June 29th, 2024 via MLB.com Cal Raleigh on his walk-off RBI in the 10th \| 06/28/2024 Published June 29th, 2024 via MLB.com Mariners win 3-2 thriller in extras, Cal Raleigh's walk-off hit seals victory over Twins in front of sellout crowd Published June 28th, 2024 via BVM Sports Raleigh drives in winning run as Mariners beat Twins Published June 28th, 2024 via TSN Mariners win another wild one in extras on Cal Raleigh's infield grounder Published June 28th, 2024 via The Seattle Times	Cardinals' Paul Goldschmidt: Launches homer in loss Published June 29th, 2024 via CBS Sports Cardinals' Paul Goldschmidt: Picks up fourth steal Published June 26th, 2024 via CBS Sports Paul Goldschmidt Getting An Off Day Monday Published June 24th, 2024 Cardinals' Paul Goldschmidt: Rare day off Monday Published June 24th, 2024 via CBS Sports 3 landing spots for Paul Goldschmidt if the Cardinals trade him Published June 23rd, 2024 via MSN St. Louis Cardinals' Success Propels Paul Goldschmidt to Potential New York Yankees Trade Rumors Published June 23rd, 2024 via BVM Sports Paul Goldschmidt thinks MLB's UK return could resemble a Premier League derby Published June 23rd, 2024 via Yahoo Lifestyle UK Paul Goldschmidt 'fun' fact at Rickwood Field sets researchers back decades Published June 22nd, 2024 via MSN

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