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Seattle’s Cal Raleigh turns into first catcher and switch-hitter to win House Run Derby
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Seattle’s Cal Raleigh turns into first catcher and switch-hitter to win House Run Derby

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Last updated: July 15, 2025 7:14 am
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ATLANTA — Seattle’s Cal Raleigh gained his first All-Star House Run Derby after main the large leagues in lengthy balls going into the break, defeating Tampa Bay’s Junior Caminero 18-15 within the closing spherical Monday night time.

The Mariners breakout slugger nicknamed Large Dumper superior from the primary spherical on a tiebreaker by lower than an inch over the Athletics’ Brent Rooker, then gained his semifinal 19-13 over Pittsburgh’s Oneil Cruz, whose 513-foot first-round drive over Truist Park’s right-center subject seats was the longest of the night time.

Hitting second within the closing spherical, the 22-year-old Caminero closed inside three dingers, took three pitches and hit a liner to left subject.

Seattle Mariners’ Cal Raleigh competes in the course of the MLB baseball All-Star House Run Derby, in Atlanta, on Monday.Brynn Anderson / AP

Turning into the primary switch-hitter and first catcher to win the title, Raleigh had reached the All-Star break with a serious league-leading 38 residence runs. He turned the second Mariners participant to take the title after three-time winner Ken Griffey Jr.

Raleigh was pitched to by his father, Todd, former coach of Tennessee and Western Carolina. His youthful brother Todd Raleigh Jr. did the catching.

Simply the second Derby switch-hitter after Baltimore’s Adley Rutschman in 2023, Raleigh hit his first eight left-handed, took a timeout, then hit seven right-handed. Going again to lefty, he then hit two extra within the bonus spherical and stayed lefty for the semifinals and the ultimate.

Caminero beat Minnesota’s Byron Buxton 8-7 within the different semifinal.

Atlanta’s Matt Olson, Washington’s James Wooden, the New York Yankees’ Jazz Chisholm Jr. and the Athletics’ Brent Rooker had been eradicated within the first spherical of the annual energy present.

Cruz and Caminero every hit 21 lengthy balls and Buxton had 20 within the opening spherical. Raleigh and Rooker had 17 apiece, however Raleigh superior on the tiebreaker of their longest homer, 470.61 toes to 470.53.

Cruz’s lengthy drive was the hardest-hit at 118 mph.

The longest derby homer since Statcast began monitoring in 2016 was 520 toes by Juan Soto within the mile-high air of Denver’s Coors Area in 2021. Final 12 months, the longest drive at Arlington, Texas, was 473 toes by Atlanta’s Marcell Ozuna.

Wooden hit 16 homers, together with a 486-foot shot and one which landed on the roof of the Chop Home behind the right-field wall. Olson, disappointing his hometown followers, didn’t go deep on his first 9 swings and completed with 15, He additionally was eradicated within the first spherical in 2021.

Chisholm hit simply three homers, the fewest for the reason that timer format began in 2015.

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