Mariners’ Cal Raleigh makes historical past as 1st catcher to win Residence Run Derby

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Cal Raleigh, the Seattle Mariners slugger who's MLB's chief in residence runs on the All-Star break, is the lengthy ball king in Atlanta.

And he made historical past within the course of.

Raleigh beat Tampa Bay Rays budding star Junior Caminero, 18-15, within the last spherical to win the 2025 Residence Run Derby at Truist Park on Monday night time to kick off All-Star festivities.

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Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh (29) throughout the 2025 Residence Run Derby at Truist Park. (Brett Davis-Imagn Photographs)

"Large Dumper," as he’s affectionately identified, is the primary catcher to ever win the occasion because it started 4 a long time in the past. Raleigh can be the second Mariners participant to ever win, as Ken Griffey Jr., the Corridor of Famer who was within the dugout watching, was the one one earlier than this efficiency.

Raleigh, who has belted 38 homers in what has turn out to be his breakout season for the Mariners, was all smiles as he and his father, who pitched to him all through the competition, celebrated the victory.

As victor, Raleigh additionally will get $1 million from MLB , whereas Caminero, who stood to be the youngest Derby champion of all time at 22 years outdated, will get $750,000 as runner-up.

There was a second within the last spherical, too, the place it appeared there might need been some controversy, as one of many ball boys shagging the non-home run balls within the outfield seemingly robbed a Caminero residence run.

Caminero entered the bonus spherical needing 5 residence runs to win, however he did not get shut as he hit too many in play for the Raleigh victory.

However Raleigh virtually didn’t make it out of the primary spherical, as he made it by actually an inch.

Tampa Bay Rays infielder Junior Caminero (13) throughout the 2025 Residence Run Derby at Truist Park. (Brett Davis-Imagn Photographs)

Athletics’ right-handed hitter Brent Rooker and Raleigh each topped out within the first spherical at 471 ft with their longest residence runs. Being that they every had 17 homers, it got here right down to the precise distance and Raleigh’s longest ball was calculated at 470.63 ft in comparison with Rooker’s 470.53-foot bomb.

Apart from these two sensible performances, Pittsburgh Pirates slugger O'Neil Cruz had essentially the most memorable residence run of the night time. The lefty, who has clocked exit velocities increased than 120 mph in his profession, hit a ball 513 ft, placing all of his 6-foot-7 body into it.

Atlanta Braves star Matt Olsen was capable of have a stable stretch towards the tip of his first spherical, however he wasn't capable of crack into the highest 4. As a substitute, the ultimate spot went to Byron Buxton, who had an ideal bonus spherical to make it to the semifinals.

Buxton, although, had simply seven homers within the subsequent spherical, leaving Caminero with simply an eight-homer mark he needed to attain. He did so with ease and had a great quantity of relaxation whereas Raleigh and Cruz battled it out head-to-head.

Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh (29) bats throughout the 2025 Residence Run Derby at Truist Park. (Jordan Godfree-Imagn Photographs)

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Washington Nationals younger star James Wooden had a decent 16 homers within the first spherical, whereas New York Yankees infielder Jazz Chisholm Jr. could not discover the appropriate stroke with simply three homers tallied.