Son of former Tennessee baseball head coach leads MLB in home runs
Raleigh has hit 24 home runs and recorded 49 RBIs for the Mariners in 2025. Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers is second in home runs (23), while New York's Aaron Judge is third (21) in MLB.
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He played at Florida State and was an All-America standout. Raleigh was selected in the third round of the 2018 MLB draft (No. 90 overall) by the Mariners and debuted on July 11, 2021. He earned Gold Glove Award and Platinum Glove Award honors in 2024.
Raleigh is the son of former Tennessee head coach Todd Raleigh.
Todd Raleigh coached the Vols from 2008-11. At Tennessee, he compiled a 108-113 (42-78 SEC) record in four seasons. Todd Raleigh went to Tennessee after serving as head coach at Western Carolina from 2000-07. He compiled a 257–209 (132–101 SoCon) record with the Catamounts.
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