Cal Raleigh started the season as a pretty good catcher. He concluded it as a mustachioed folk hero.
Think back to late March. It wasn’t that long ago. The Seattle Mariners entered the 2025 season with typical Mariners-ish expectations: Maybe they’d compete for a playoff spot, or maybe after yet another underwhelming offseason with no major free agent acquisitions, they’d fall short. They won just three of their first 10 games. Cal Raleigh hit two home runs in that span, both in losses, neither feeling very significant at the time.
There was absolutely no indication that this season would turn out to be one of the greatest
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