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.

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.

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

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 hit his 33rd homer to become the fifth player in MLB history to reach that total before July, joining Ken Griffey Jr., Sammy Sosa, Mark McGwire and Barry Bonds.

One look at fWAR rankings shows Cal Raleigh trails Aaron Judge in MVP race Here's a look at the American League leaders in fWAR entering play on Tuesday. As you can see, it isn't particularly close.

ESPN saw a 5% increase in year-over-year viewership during the Seattle Mariners slugger's Home Run Derby victory.