Cal Raleigh wins Home Run Derby
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Dodgers outfielder Teoscar Hernandez was crowned 2024 Home Run Derby champion after defeating Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. in the finals. Hernandez slugged 14 homers in the final round, one more than Witt, to become the first Dodgers player to win the Derby title.
The best home run hitter in baseball won the 2025 Home Run Derby. Monday night at Truist Park, Mariners backstop Cal Raleigh outlasted Rays slugger Junior Caminero to become the first catcher to ever win the Home Run Derby.
Cal Raleigh has won the 2025 Home Run Derby, defeating Junior Caminero in the final. Raleigh leads MLB with 38 home runs this season. He is the first catcher to win the event and the second Seattle Mariner to do so after Ken Griffey Jr.
Seattle’s Cal Raleigh won his first All-Star Home Run Derby after leading the big leagues in long balls going into the break, defeating Tampa Bay’s Junior Caminero 18-15 in the final round.
Mariners All-Star Cal Raleigh took home the 2025 T-Mobile Home Run Derby crown during MLB's 2025 All-Star Week in Atlanta
Seattle Mariners slugger Cal Raleigh won the 2025 MLB Home Run Derby, the first time a catcher has taken home the title
Big Dumper helped drive a big boost to ratings for Monday night’s Home Run Derby. ESPN said that viewership for Cal Raleigh’s Home Run Derby victory was up 5% from 2024, according to Nielsen ratings.
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The family connection clicked better than anyone could imagine: Raleigh became the first catcher in Home Run Derby history to win the event, outlasting Tampa Bay's Junior Caminero in the finals to become the first Seattle Mariner since Ken Griffey Jr. to win the event.
The video went viral last week, featuring an 8-year-old Cal Raleigh forecasting what would eventually take place on Monday night. Recorded 20 years ago, on a handheld camera because smart phones did not yet exist,