
Cal Raleigh wins the Home Run Derby with his dad and brother playing key supporting roles
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With a hot and humid night making perfect conditions for the long ball, Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh won the 2025 T-Mobile Home Run Derby, defeating Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Junior Caminero in the finals.
It’s the year of The Big Dumper. With a hot and humid night making perfect conditions for the long ball, Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh won the 2025 T-Mobile Home Run Derby, defeating Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Junior Caminero in the finals. His prize? In addition to the classic trophy featuring two criss-crossed silver baseball bats, Raleigh received a gaudy bejeweled championship chain emblazoned with the words “Derby Champ.” Affectionately nicknamed for his prodigious posterior, Raleigh is living the dream. He is already close to record pace for home runs in a season, had his father on the mound as his pitcher for the derby and his 15-year-old brother was behind him as one of the event’s catchers. Much as he has looked all year, Raleigh just seemed absolutely unstoppable. “It just means the world,” Raleigh said after the contest. “… I just can’t believe I won.” “It’s just a great accomplishment, I think that everybody, every dad who has a kid, this is what they dream about,” Todd Raleigh said about his son’s victory after the event.













