ATLANTA — Cal Raleigh can officially add Home Run Derby champion to his running list of accomplishments this 2025 season. The Seattle Mariners catcher outslugged Junior Caminero en route to winning the annual slugging competition.

Backed by his father, Todd, who pitched, and his younger brother, Todd Jr., who served as catcher, Raleigh slugged a grand total of 54 homers across three rounds, including 18 in the finale to best the 22-year-old slugger from the Tampa Bay Rays. 

In winning, Raleigh takes home the $1 million prize and the now-annual Home Run Derby chain. He joins Ken Griffey Jr. as the only Mariners to win the competition, with Griffey winning in 1994, 1998 and 1999. He is also the first catcher to win the event.

Despite the presence of Team Raleigh, it took less than an inch for the backstop to make it from the semifinals. He was tied with the A’s Brent Rooker after the first round, but Raleigh’s longest home run clocked in at 470.61 feet, while Rooker’s longest was 470.53 feet. Distance serves as the tiebreaker in the first round, meaning Raleigh had just enough to make it to the semifinals.

With 19 blasts in the semis, Raleigh had more than enough to hold off Oneil Cruz and his 13 longballs. Junior Caminero topped out at 15 homers.

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