The Seattle catcher is on a historic pace, hitting 38 home runs before the All-Star break. Some changes he made in the minor leagues have fueled his tear.

Almost immediately, Justin Turner could sense the bubbling frustration from Cal Raleigh. A veteran slugger with a World Series ring and an NL Championship Series MVP on his résumé, Turner arrived in Seattle just before the trade deadline in July 2024 and quickly began to form a connection with the Mariners catcher.

In a competition where distances are measured in hundreds of feet, you wouldn’t expect it to come down to a measurement of less than an inch. But that’s how Cal Raleigh advanced to the semifinals in Monday’s T-Mobile Home Run Derby at Atlanta’s Truist Park.

Star break? It's been a strange year for the long ball to this point in the 2025 season. For the first time in MLB history, five players have hit more than 30 homers at the All-Star break. Perhaps the two best players in the game,

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Raleigh is on pace to join Johnny Bench in 1974 and Joe Torre in 1970 as the only players whose primary position was catcher in MLB history to reach 700 plate appearances in a season, becoming too ...

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Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh is completely rewriting the record books here in 2025. Hitting his 30th home run on Saturday, Raleigh already has the most home runs by any catcher ever before ...

Cal Raleigh: – First switch-hitter EVER with 30+ HR before the All-Star break – Fastest to 30 HR in a season (75 games) ... What they bring is a good approach.” Raleigh, ...