ATLANTA — The Big Dumper did it. After putting together a record-setting first half, Cal Raleigh won Major League Baseball’s 2025 Home Run Derby at Truist Park, earning himself the title of baseball’s top slugger. The Seattle Mariners slugger who hit ...

Hours later, Stephanie was standing on the infield grass at Truist Park as her son, Major League Baseball’s home run leader and the unlikely face of this All-Star Week, celebrated an emphatic victory in the 2025 Home Run Derby.

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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.

Raleigh isn't the first player to choose his father as his Home Run Derby pitcher. Bryce Harper won the derby in 2018 with his dad, Ron, pitching to him, while Robinson Cano won in 2011 with his dad, Jose, on the mound. Adley Rutschman, meanwhile, had his dad pitch in the 2023 Home Run Derby.

Cal Raleigh reached another landmark in his incredible season Saturday night when he drilled his 40th homer on the season.