Seattle Mariners star Cal Raleigh etched his name in the record books of the MLB when he hit his 50th Homer of the Season against the San Diego Padres against the San Diego Padres on Monday and became the first catcher in baseball history.
However, with 30 games for Seattle, the MVP candidate has to do even more damage before the regular season is closed. The only question is how much.
In the first year of an extension of $ 105 million of $ 105 million, Raleigh soon proved to be a huge bargain for a Mariners team that is hungry to return to the late season.
After his 50th long ball, Raleigh is already 45th bound on the home run list of the MLB of all time. But even if he adds half a dozen to his last count before the regular season ends, the first All-Star has received a serious land.
Raleigh should rings a homer for every three games played, but a 60-home running season remains a possibility. It would take a historic last month of the fifth -year fonder. But he would become a member of an exclusive club with only six other names, including an active member, Raleigh’s close competition for MVP, New York Yankees Outfielder Aaron Judge.
Judge is not coming close to his career-best figures this season after missing time due to an injury, but his 62 homers in 2022 will be difficult to beat. However, when it looks at Raleigh’s 2025 averages, the Sudd seems to have a legitimate chance of doing this.
With 130 games under his belt this season, Raleigh is currently an average home run every 2.6 games. If he would play in each of the remaining 30 games of Seattle while he kept the same pace, Raleigh would just land around the record of Judge.
The Big Dumper will probably not sniff the number of Barry Bonds or Mark McGwire by the end of September. But he could pass other legends, including Alex Rodriguez (54 hours in 2007), Ken Griffey Jr. (56 hours in 1997 and 1998) and David Ortiz (54 hours in 2006), while De Standaard is set for what a catcher can be.
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