Mariners Slugger Cal Raleigh On Home Run Derby Win, Meeting Expectations Amid Standout Season

ATLANTA – No MLB subordinate has deed much location runs starring into nan All-Star break than Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh. The catcher's league-leading 38 homers done 94 games puts him connected gait to surpass Aaron Judge's historical 62 location tally season. 

Raleigh's breakout 2025 play earned him a first-career All-Star selection. On Monday, Raleigh became nan first catcher successful history to win nan location tally derby trophy. He's besides nan first switch-hitter to declare nan derby crown.

Raleigh's 18 agelong balls successful nan last information surpassed Tampa Bay Rays infielder Junior Caminero's 15 homers.

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Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh (29) during nan 2025 Home Run Derby astatine Truist Park. (Brett Davis/Imagn Images)

Raleigh's historical derby infinitesimal was a family-filled event. His younger relative Todd Raleigh Jr. was nan catcher, while Todd Raleigh threw pitches to nan Mariners slugger.

"It goes each nan measurement backmost to him coming location and maine forcing him to propulsion maine a shot and deed it successful nan backyard aliases successful nan location aliases thing (he) astir apt shouldn’t beryllium doing," nan first-time All-Star said arsenic he recalled moments from his childhood.

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Raleigh later told "The Pat McAfee Show" that his relative had "lived his champion life."

"He's benignant of an awkward teenager… evidently for illustration anybody," Raleigh said of his 15-year-old brother. "I had nary expectations of him speaking up, but he was pumping maine up nan full time. I was benignant of surprised."

Cal Raleigh #29 of nan Seattle Mariners interacts pinch fans during nan 2025 All-Star Red Carpet Show presented by Deer Park astatine Battery Ave connected Tuesday, July 15, 2025 successful Atlanta, Georgia. (Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

Raleigh said to Fox News Digital connected Tuesday successful nan American League clubhouse up of nan All-Star crippled and took a infinitesimal to bespeak connected nan champion infinitesimal he'd knowledgeable starring up to Tuesday night.

"So far, nan (home run) derby astir apt takes nan cake," Raleigh said. "Getting to do that pinch my family was fun."

Seattle Mariners' Cal Raleigh competes during nan MLB shot All-Star Home Run Derby, Monday, July 14, 2025, successful Atlanta.  (Brynn Anderson/AP Photo)

It's acold excessively early to cognize if Raleigh will take sides his location tally derby crown successful 2026. But, he appeared to beryllium unfastened to nan anticipation of participating again.

"I gotta make it there. We'll see. If they induce maine backmost that would beryllium great," Raleigh noted.

While Judge's standout 2022 capacity still represents nan astir location runs an AL subordinate has deed successful a azygous season, nan New York Yankees prima trails Raleigh by conscionable 3 homers successful 2025. The mini spread betwixt Raleigh and Judge's homer totals hearkens backmost to nan 1998 location tally title betwixt Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa. 

McGwire yet outlasted Sosa, hitting 70 location runs to nan then-Cubs star's 66. Some person wondered if Cal Raleigh and Judge will person a akin title this season.

Raleigh, 28, said he wasn't aged capable astatine nan clip to retrieve nan specifications of McGwire's and Sosa's 1998 seasons.

"I was a small earlier my time. (I'm a) small excessively young," Raleigh admitted. "But I watched nan ‘30 for 30’ (documentary) connected it. Obviously cognize what it did for baseball, which is awesome. Anything for illustration that that sheds a ray to nan crippled is great." 

While Raleigh did not supply a nonstop reply astir whether he and Judge could nutrient a akin title successful 2025, he did picture nan Yankees outfielder arsenic an "unbelievable" player.

"He's a week distant from 10 much (home runs). What a player," Raleigh said.

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Raleigh's sanction has been floated arsenic nan imaginable American League MVP front-runner fixed his awesome accumulation this year. Raleigh acknowledged nan recognition, but said his attraction remains connected being a squad player.

"It is what it is. It intends I'm doing thing right, which is good, but astatine nan aforesaid time, conscionable focusing connected nan process and nan squad first, and past immoderate comes aft that is great."

Raleigh went 1-for-2 successful his All-Star crippled debut pinch a azygous successful nan 4th inning. The National League defeated nan American League successful the first swing-off tiebreaker successful nan game's history.

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