Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh made a household name for himself by winning the Home Run Derby at Truist Park in Atlanta. With the win, he became the first catcher in baseball history to win the Derby,

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.

While the Seattle Mariners slugger has plenty to look back on from his first-ever All-Star selection, he can also look forward to trying to maintain his blistering home run pace.

Cal Raleigh achieved the first of four successful ball-strike challenges in the All-Star Game using the ABS system, which could make its regular-season debut in MLB next year.

Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh enters the Derby as the favorite, with his MLB-leading 38 home runs at the All-Star break just one short of Barry Bonds' first-half mark from 2001 – the year he went on to set the single-season home run record.

This article was originally published on www.si.com as Cal Raleigh Advanced Past Brent Rooker in Home Run Derby in Questionable Fashion.