Cal Raleigh Victorious In 2025 Home Run Derby, Becomes 1st Catcher Ever To Win In Thrilling Fashion

Cal Raleigh, nan Seattle Mariners slugger who is MLB's leader successful location runs astatine nan All-Star break, is nan agelong shot king successful Atlanta. 

And he made history successful nan process.

Raleigh hit Tampa Bay Rays budding prima Junior Caminero, 18-15, successful nan last information to triumph nan 2025 Home Run Derby astatine Truist Park connected Monday nighttime to footwear disconnected All-Star festivities. 

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Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh (29) during nan 2025 Home Run Derby astatine Truist Park. (Brett Davis-Imagn Images)

"Big Dumper," arsenic he’s affectionately known, is nan first catcher to ever triumph nan arena since it began 4 decades ago. Raleigh is besides nan 2nd Mariners subordinate to ever win, arsenic Ken Griffey Jr., nan Hall of Famer who was successful nan dugout watching, was nan only 1 earlier this performance. 

Raleigh, who has belted 38 homers successful what has go his breakout play for nan Mariners, was each smiles arsenic he and his father, who sounded to him passim nan contest, celebrated nan victory. 

As victor, Raleigh besides gets $1 cardinal from MLB, while Caminero, who stood to beryllium nan youngest Derby champion of each clip astatine 22 years old, gets $750,000 arsenic runner-up. 

There was a infinitesimal successful nan last round, too, wherever it appeared location mightiness person been immoderate controversy, arsenic 1 of nan shot boys shagging nan non-home tally balls successful nan outfield seemingly robbed a Caminero location run. 

Caminero entered nan prize information needing 5 location runs to win, but he didn't get adjacent arsenic he deed excessively galore successful play for nan Raleigh victory. 

But Raleigh almost didn’t make it retired of nan first round, arsenic he made it by virtually an inch. 

Tampa Bay Rays infielder Junior Caminero (13) during nan 2025 Home Run Derby astatine Truist Park. (Brett Davis-Imagn Images)

Athletics’ right-handed hitter Brent Rooker and Raleigh some topped retired successful nan first information astatine 471 feet pinch their longest location runs. Being that they each had 17 homers, it came down to nan nonstop region and Raleigh’s longest shot was calculated astatine 470.63 feet compared to Rooker’s 470.53-foot bomb. 

Other than these 2 superb performances, Pittsburgh Pirates slugger O'Neil Cruz had nan astir memorable location tally of nan night. The lefty, who has clocked exit velocities higher than 120 mph successful his career, deed a shot 513 feet, putting each of his 6-foot-7 framework into it. 

Atlanta Braves prima Matt Olsen was capable to person a coagulated agelong toward nan extremity of his first round, but he wasn't capable to ace into nan apical four. Instead, nan last spot went to Byron Buxton, who had a awesome prize information to make it to nan semifinals. 

Buxton, though, had conscionable 7 homers successful nan adjacent round, leaving Caminero pinch conscionable an eight-homer people he had to reach. He did truthful pinch easiness and had a bully magnitude of remainder while Raleigh and Cruz battled it retired head-to-head.

Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh (29) bats during nan 2025 Home Run Derby astatine Truist Park. (Jordan Godfree-Imagn Images)

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Washington Nationals young prima James Wood had a respectable 16 homers successful nan first round, while New York Yankees infielder Jazz Chisholm Jr. couldn't find nan correct changeable pinch conscionable 3 homers tallied. 

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