ATLANTA — Seattle Mariners slugger Cal Raleigh was just as successful with the first robot umpire All-Star challenge as he was in the Home Run Derby. The Raleigh family supports Cal en route to Home Run Derby title Seattle’s catcher signaled for an appeal to the Automated Ball-Strike System in the first inning Tuesday, getting a strikeout on San Diego’s …
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Cal Raleigh is the worst interview I’ve ever done. Let’s set the scene. It’s mid-August of 2022, a month and change before Raleigh will dramatically end the longest playoff drought in major professional sports. After a disappointing MLB debut in ‘21, the Mariners third-round pick has been putting together a solid season. I’m credentialed for the second time that week, …
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The National League bested the American League Tuesday night at Truist Park in Atlanta in one of the most entertaining All-Star Games in quite some time. The AL erased a 6-0 deficit in the final three innings, putting them in position for what would have been the largest comeback win in All-Star Game history, but the NL prevailed in the …
Read More »ATLANTA (AP) — Cal Raleigh was just as successful with the first robot umpire All-Star challenge as he was in the Home Run Derby. Seattle’s catcher signaled for an appeal to the Automated Ball-Strike System in the first inning Tuesday, getting a strikeout for Detroit’s Tarik Subal on San Diego’s Manny Machado. “You take ‘em any way you can get …
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Seattle’s Cal Raleigh won his first All-Star Home Run Derby after leading the big leagues in long balls going into the break, defeating Tampa Bay’s Junior Caminero 18-15 in the final round on Monday night. The Mariners slugger, nicknamed Big Dumper, advanced from the first round on a tiebreaker by less than an inch over the Athletics’ Brent Rooker, then …
Read More »ATLANTA (AP) — Cal Raleigh approached the All-Star Home Run Derby like a day on the lawn. Dad was on the mound and baby brother was behind the plate. Only this time, there were tens of thousands looking on at Truist Park and a $1 million prize. “It goes all the way back to him coming home and me forcing …
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No catcher had ever won the MLB Home Run Derby. After reaching the semifinal round by less than an inch, Cal Raleigh put on a clinic at the 2025 MLB Home Run Derby in Truist Park, Atlanta, hitting 18 home runs in a final-round thriller to narrowly defeat Rays’ third baseman Junior Caminero. The Seattle Mariners’ catcher, who entered the …
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ATLANTA — To know what Monday night meant, you have to go back to the video. Cal Raleigh was 8 years old when he hoisted a bat in his backyard and declared himself a Home Run Derby champ. The old footage, courtesy of his father, made the rounds when Raleigh was announced as a contestant. It hits different a few …
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Jesse RogersJul 14, 2025, 11:08 PM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. ATLANTA — Seattle Mariners star and MLB home run leader Cal Raleigh became the first catcher to win the All-Star Home Run Derby as he outlasted young Tampa Bay Rays infielder Junior Caminero in the final on Monday night to …
Read More »The Big Dumper is a Home Run Derby champion, with a little help from his family. Seattle Mariners star Cal Raleigh became the first catcher to win the event in its four decades of existence on Monday, edging out Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Junior Caminero in the final 18 to 15. Caminero would have been the youngest Derby champion …
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