Cal Raleigh goes hitless in 36 straight at-bats as near-MVP catcher's stunning collapse continues

After narrowly missing retired past play connected taking down Aaron Judge for the American League's Most Valuable Player Award, Cal Raleigh is successful the moving this twelvemonth for the polar opposite.

The Seattle Mariners catcher became conscionable the seventh subordinate successful MLB past to mash 60 location runs successful a play successful 2025, and portion reaching that constituent would person been a situation this year, each sheet quality is simply a conflict astatine the moment.

Raleigh went 0-for-4 connected Monday nighttime successful the Mariners' 3-1 nonaccomplishment to the Houston Astros, continuing a skid successful which helium is present hitless successful his past 36 at-bats.

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Cal Raleigh of the Seattle Mariners reacts aft striking retired during the eighth inning against the Atlanta Braves astatine T-Mobile Park successful Seattle connected May 5, 2026. (Jack Compton/Getty Images)

Before this skid, Raleigh was already struggling astatine the plate, hitting .205 with a .707 OPS successful his archetypal 30 games. But now, his mean has dipped to .157, the second-worst successful baseball, and his OPS is down to .559, the 10th-worst.

As a lefty, he's slashing .167/.256/.370, and connected the close side, those are down to .133/.196/.200.

The past clip helium got a deed was mode backmost connected April 27.

There isn't overmuch nether the hood that says Raleigh is going to crook things around, either. Sure, a agelong this mediocre cannot travel without immoderate atrocious luck, but aft ranking successful the 85th percentile successful hard-hit percent (at slightest 95 mph exit velo), helium is present successful the 10th percentile of that class this season. His tube percent and mean exit velocity are besides some overwhelmingly worse than past year.

Cal Raleigh of the Seattle Mariners reacts astatine bat during the sixth inning against the Atlanta Braves astatine T-Mobile Park successful Seattle connected May 6, 2026. (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

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A large contented for Raleigh has been the fastball -- aft hitting .230 against it with a .594 slugging percent past year, those are present down to .093 and .222 this year. He has swung and missed connected 36.0% of fastballs, arsenic opposed to 26.3% past year. He deed much than fractional of four-seamers astatine 95 mph oregon harder past year, but conscionable 23.3% this year.

Entering the season, the Mariners were close successful the speech to vie for the American League pennant. They're presently 20-22 and volition apt crook things astir whenever Raleigh does. They're 2 games retired of the AL West title, down lone the Athletics, with plentifulness of play left.

Seattle Mariners' Cal Raleigh reacts aft striking retired against the Toronto Blue Jays during the sixth inning successful Game 6 of the American League Championship Series successful Toronto connected Oct. 19, 2025. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press)

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But the play whitethorn beryllium getting precocious aboriginal for the switch-hitting catcher who little than a twelvemonth agone was chasing Judge for an MVP.

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