#MLBVideos: Cal Raleigh’s 38 first half homers were the most before the All-Star break in AL history!

Cal Raleigh’s 38 first half homers were the most before the All-Star break in AL history!

Here is Cal Raleigh. One out, one on. Bottom of the ninth inning. Cal Raleigh out to left field. Does it have enough? At the wall gone. A home run for Cal Raleigh. His first this year. Off to a slow start. Cal Raleigh. But all of a sudden in the home run. Back to Cal’s home run. A little hanging breaking ball. Saw something up out over the plate. It’s a moonshot in the Y anchors to right field. Does it have the height? This is back and it’s gone. Cal Raleigh homers to right field in San Francisco. And in just his fourth full season of the majors has tied the Mariners franchise record for the most home runs ever hit by a Mariners catcher. A 24 foot high wall in right field and it had just enough to get over the top. It’s two nothing Mariners 10. Fly ball right field. Cal Raleigh destroys it. Gone. History for Cal Raleigh. The most home runs ever by a Mariners catcher and many more to come. It has given the Mariners an eighth inning lead. 02 shot out of a cannon straight away center field. Cal Raleigh bombs away. Batter’s eye take cover. Raleigh gets one right down Broadway and he just pounds his ball to dead center field. Fly ball right field. It is back in the corner. He’s done it again. Cal Raleigh has homered for the third straight game. Ah, talk about strength. Cal Raleigh reaches out and touches this ball with a little flick of the pick as this ball continues to carry into the seats out there in right field. That’s the fourth consecutive game against the Texas Rangers that he has homered. Cal Raleigh, an absolute blast out to right field. He just keeps hitting homers. Cal Raleigh has homered in four of his last five games. And that one was a bomb. I think Martinez has got to be like, what is going on? Cal Raleigh. A blast to left field. It is back. It is gone. Over the wall. Career home run number 100 for Cal Raleigh who has homerred yet again from both sides of the plate. He is the second fastest Mariner to the 100 home run mark. What a moment once again for Cal Raleigh. Yeah, 13 home runs from the right side last year. The third most for switch hitters in the majors. Cal became the fourth player in MLB history to homer from both sides of the plate twice within a threeame span and the first catcher to do it. There is Cal Raleigh. Mariners down to their final three outs. Fly ball right field. Cal Raleigh just continues to absolutely mash. It is his sixth home run in the last six games. He is on fire. It’s a one-run game in the ninth inning. You need one. Actually, you need two, but you need one and you get one from Cali. He has tightened up his stance. He is not as wide right now. Crushed. This ball is blasted and it might keep going off the facade of the second deck. Cal Raleigh doing damage. They will not let him back. his 11th career home run against these Blue Jays and he has just tortured this team north of the border. Erin, they are literally gonna escort him to the airport. Put him at the front of the customs line. Cal Raleigh fly ball lofted right field number 10. Inbound gone. I tell you what, Cal Raleigh had some exhausting at bats. talking 10 plus pitches wasting no time jumping on that heater and that’s that pitch these Mariners are going to have to hunt against Max Marin how good that slider is but that fast ball is that’s where all the damage comes from 391 against that pitch now getting something middle of the plate jumped all over it obliterates this a moonshot how far way back there number 11 may not be found for a while 432 ft 111 mph off the bat. Just continue to marvel at how he is able to do everything he does to be able to have that power from both sides of the plate. Fly ball right field on its way. Grand slam. His second home run tonight. It is Cal Raleigh five and the Rangers nothing. He just threw that curveball one too many times. He does not miss. The Rangers are quickly becoming the Blue Jays to Cal Raleigh. Swing and a miss. Here’s a throw. Langford on the move. Tag applied. Strike him out. Throw him out. And that’s how the first inning comes to a close. Langford cut down at second by the Platinum Glove winner Cal Raleigh after the punch out to Cory Seager. And here is Cal Raleigh batting for Garver. And a huge spot. Bases loaded, one down. Alano the tying run. and Julio to go ahead. Raleigh into right field. Base hit. Palco on his way home. This ties the game. Julio sprints to the plate. He scores standing. Cal Raleigh. A pinch hit. Go ahead. Two-run single has put the Mariners in front in the ninth inning. And the Mariners have the lead four to three here in the top half of the ninth inning. Cal Raleigh comes through in the clutch out to center field. Cal Raleigh really bangs this one deep over the wall for a home run. Makes it a little more interesting. I just marvel at how Cal Raleigh can climb over to the right side and do this. He’s shorter, a little more compact than he is on the right side than he is the left side. 420 ft. Two seam. Two seam. Two seam. And we saw two four seamers. One not even close and the other four seamer now in center field. Fly ball to left. Hit pretty well by Raleigh. This is Lockidge back at the wall. And that ball is gone. It’s the third homer tonight for Seattle. And the Mariners, thanks to Cal Raleigh, now have a five nothing lead. You know what this is, Lane? This is called grown man strength. He really didn’t square up that baseball, but he has enough strength and power line to line. If he catches any of that barrel, it has a chance in any ballpark in this game. How could you not be impressed with Cal Raleigh, who is a tremendous defensive catcher, a great game planner, and there he is as a switch hitter being able to hit from both sides of the plate with power. Now one off the major league lead in home runs. Andrew Morone, left-handed reliever, a high riser, a true rain maker, and gone. Wow. You want to talk about up to the clouds? Cal Raleigh has homered in back-to- back games and has put the Mariners in front in the seventh inning. He has done it. He’s given the Mariners the lead. Number 15 on the year and it’s a big one. Cal Raleigh a home run machine and the Mariners lead two to one. He leads things off in the sixth. Mariners down a run. Out to left field back by the wall and Cal Raleigh another game tying home run. Now when the game starts to get late there are few who come up with bigger hits than this man Cal Raleigh. Absolutely. And that is a tough pitch to pull into the left field seat. A change up down and away from we knew you’re going to get a steady dose of them with a nice one hop. Everything happened to be perfect. Myers tag. Got him at second base. That’s a huge out. I tell you what, we saw a couple of the White Sox runners trying to test Cal Roy didn’t get good throws to throw on. Pitchers were a little lagging getting to home, getting the ball to home, but man, what a throw. I love how they’re teaching catchers now to throw it up the line. Awesome job, man. A skyscraper. Is it fair? Is it fair? Fair ball. A meteor. Cal Raleigh all the way to the back wall. Two pitches and the Mariners have a 53 lead. Just like that. That was lightning struck. My goodness. Is that that is like quick lightning. That brings up Cal Raleigh. Oh, Cal a rising fly ball. This is way back, way back. And it goes all the way up there. The Mariners go backto back. A second deck job by Cal Raleigh. So, can we end any conversation to the fact that Cal Raleigh is the best catcher in baseball, period? Hands down. No contest. Don’t even want to argue. out to left field and he’s done it again. It’s a multi homer night for Cal Rollins. Cal with his 13th multi home run game of his career. He keeps doing things that just make you shake your head. What a start to a great season for Cal Raleigh. First pitch, a rocket right field. Cal Raleigh leaves the yard again. With one swing, Cal Raleigh becomes the first catcher in baseball history to hit 20 home runs before the end of the month of May. It has never happened until right now. Another one. Is it on its way? There gone. It’s another jack for Cal Raleigh. He is unstoppable. Absolutely amazing. Two and two. Cranked to right field. There he goes again. Cal Raleigh, another big swing for Seattle. If you’re Bailey Ober, I feel like he probably thinks he executed that every now and then as a as a big league pitcher. You got to tip your hat because Cal Raleigh, a superstar player, just took its superstar type swing on an incredibly tough pitch. First pitch to Cal Raleigh. Fly ball right field, sailing back. Gone. Legend Cal Raleigh. The Mariners lead in the seventh. And who else would it be other than Cal Raleigh right now who has just been on fire. Six home runs in his last six games. I think the Twins have seen enough of Cal Raleigh. Just absolutely amazing. Now there goes Clemens. Here’s the throw. Here’s the tag. Got him. Cal Raleigh doing it all once again. This is laced into left field. base hit. Not a surprise. Cal Raleigh has tied this game up. And he just drives his one out there to left center field. And that’s a tip your cap kind of hit, isn’t it? If you’re Elyn. No, it’s a great pitch. Great location. Cal squares it up for a base hit and an RBI. Well, they pitch to him and Cal sends a moonshot to right field. It is gone. on. They dared him to hit it and Cal Raleigh just connected on his major league leading 24th home run. A go ahead skyscraper and it’s three to one Mariners. Julio on his way. This is a towering fly ball out to right field. Adele can’t make the catch and it’s over the line. It is a threerun home run for Cal Raleigh. Number 25 had just enough. Talked about the need for traffic in front of the home run. Jorge Palano and Julio getting on and then Cal Raleigh just doing his thing. Hammered right field. Blasted out of here. Cal Raleigh with his second home run tonight. Annihilated. He leans into another. his 26th this year. It’s a two-run game. What a monster Cal Raleigh has become. I mean, he is just some kind of strong on a 3-2. Fly ball out to right field and this bangs off the wall. Crawford scores. Julio is held at third. Play at second. Cali safe with an RBI double. One- nothing Mariners. [Applause] Going after the first pitch, a high rising fly ball at the wall. Grand slam number 27 from Cal Raleigh is a big one. Baseball’s got a new home run leader all alone to the top. Cal Raleigh. Cal might have a chance for a knockout shot here. One, two. Hit hard past Toro. Young scores. Crawford on his way home. Cal Raleigh digging for second. He drives in two more runs and the Mariners blow this one open in the fourth inning. It’s a 7 nothing Mariners lead. Up in the strike zone able to get the hands to it. Knockout shot. It is Cal single, a double, and a homer in this one in his first three at batic. Cal Raleigh making his way back out to second base after that two-run double. He has made this a 7 nothing Mariners lead. Grand slam and now two more ribbies. So Cal Raleigh 60 RBI’s this year. Only Sey Suzuki, we’ll be seeing him shortly to begin the next road trip with the Cubs. And Pete Alonzo, only those two have more time to judge. Those six RBI’s tonight match a careerhigh. Oh, Cal Raleigh peppers this out towards left field. And this ball is gone. Cal Raleigh with his 28th home run this year. Now tied for the most home runs by a catcher before the All-Star break in the history of baseball. To talk about how Cal Raleigh is doing something that’s never been done before. Well, this is smashed down the line. This ball is gone. It’s out of Wley. It’s a go ahead. Two-run home run by Cal Raleigh. A historic blast. Now more home runs than any catcher ever in the history of baseball before the All-Star break. Number 29, Cal Raleigh. The man can’t be stopped. Two-1. Cal Raleigh. A highf fly ball left field back at the wall. Gone Cal Raleigh hit another one out. Number 30 this season. His third consecutive 30 homer campaign and the most ever hit by a switch hitter before the All-Star break. Just another historic home run by Cal Raleigh. He goes after the first pitch. A high riser center field. Cal Raleigh bombs away again straight away center field. It’s his fourth home run in three games on the north side. He just continues to charge through the record books. Number 31 this year for Cal Raleigh. And here’s Cal Raleigh with a chance hit the historic home run. Another milestone. Another record. Well, there goes number 32. Cal Raleigh annihilates another one. He has homered in four consecutive games for the first time in his big league career. An exclamation mark on a monster night for the Mariners. And chance for MVP inside target field into right field and it drops in for a base hit. Young is in to score. Crawford pushes into second. Cal Raleigh is two for two. An RBI single. Call that a victory for the Twins. It’s two nothing Mariners in the third inning. Deep out to right center field. Does he get enough of it? Yes. Number 33, Cal Raleigh. Now tied for the third most home runs through the end of June in major league history. Just an epic first half for Cal Raleigh, man. Unreal. The hanging breakable. Number 33. Gets to a good count here. Three balls in a strike. This is blasted way back. Cal Raleigh. How far? All the way up to the second deck. Cal Rleyy’s 34th home run this year matches a careerhigh on the 4th of July. Well, we talked about Bailey Falter trying to throw that fast ball in and Cal was all over it. Sitting on that pitch, cheated a little bit, got the head out. Happened to the bleaches. Falter has sat down 16 of the last 17 since Cal’s first inning home run. Highf fly ball way back there. Back at the wall. God, he’s hit it out again. It’s a careerhigh 35th home run. Happy Independence Day, Cal Raleigh. He has now tied Ken Griffy Jr. for the most home runs ever hit before the All-Star break by a Seattle Mariner. History continues for Cal Raleigh. Cal the deep drive to right field way back and gone up to the second deck in right field. Cal Raleigh. When will we stop being amazed? His 36th home run. It is now the most ever by a Seattle Mariner before the Allstar break. Simply incredible stuff from the Mariners catcher. Raleigh with a fly ball left field sending Green back. That ball is gone. He’s done it again. Cal Raleigh cannot be stopped. Number 37. He didn’t even get this one, Alex. It’s a change up. He catches it out in front. It’s 98 mph. I mean, his career high was 34 home runs. He did that last year. He’s the only catcher in baseball to have backto-back over 30 home run seasons. He’s at 37. Raleigh deep left field. He’s done it again. Are you kidding me? It’s unbelievable. It’s remarkable. It is a first half the likes of which we have never seen from a catcher in baseball history. 38 home runs. Wow. Just get out of his way. His eighth multi homer this season. It’s a grand slam to make it 123. I I just I I cannot put into words when this guy hits a ball. It is completely destroyed. 107. Cal Rally came in here as the favorite. So the pressure I feel like is going to be on Cal. He’s got to go first and be the first catcher guys to win a home run derby. Major Leagueer in homers by a lot. Cal Raleigh. He had 14 more than anyone in this field. And he is in a crush mode right now. He got one more and he goes deep to center. Hey, I love that he’s listening to his brother as well. It’s working. Listen to the brother. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. All right, there’s the number. Cal Raleigh. 18 bombs. He’s down to one out and he needs three homers. No, it will not get out. The Dominican dominance comes to an end. The Big Dumper is your home run derby champion for 2025. [Applause]

What a first half for Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh!

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