Former Florida State Seminoles baseball catcher Cal Raleigh is emerging as one of MLB's newest stars after the All-Star weekend in Atlanta.

Popularity for the TV-friendly event bounced back, back, back to normal after a down year in 2024 but its future media home is undetermined.

What a week it has been for Cal Raleigh. A two-homer game heading into the All-Star break gave him 38 for the season. Then he won the Home Run Derby. Then he batted cleanup in the All-Star Game and even won a ball-strike challenge. And now, the man nicknamed Big Dumper has a new endorsement deal.

MLB Home Run Derby was a big hit for ESPN. ESPN and ESPN2 televised the annual contest on Monday. Seattle Mariners All-Star catcher Cal Raleigh continued his torrid start to the 2025 season by winning without any room to spare.

Cal Raleigh is on fire, and the sports world has taken notice. Here's what pundits are saying, and where they rank the Mariners in this week's power rankings.

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.

Mike Salk (Brock & Salk) reacts to Cal Raleigh adding another accolade to his remarkable season in his home run derby win last night ---- Listen to The Brock