After a busy All-Star break, Cal Raleigh is ready for a little regularity to return to his life as the Mariners open the second half of their season Friday.

Mariners president of baseball operations Jerry Dipoto answered questions on a range of topics that included Cal Raleigh, the MLB trade deadline and more.

The Mariners' meme came from a promotion the team started running at T-Mobile Park during the 2024 season, when fans who sent a message to the same email address could hire Raleigh to orchestrate their breakup.

Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh quipped that he was ready for things to go back to normal, while speaking with reporters for the first time since the All-Star break.But, what exactly, has Raleigh’s “normal” been in 2025?

Almost immediately, Justin Turner could sense the bubbling frustration from Cal Raleigh. A veteran slugger with a World Series ring and an NL Championship Series MVP on his résumé, Turner arrived in Seattle just before the trade deadline in July 2024 and quickly began to form a connection with the Mariners catcher.

Mariners' Cal Raleigh reacts to Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw’s viral MLB All-Star Game mic’d-up jab with humor and respect.

With his father pitching to him and his brother catching, the slugger nicknamed Big Dumper survives the first round via tiebreaker, defeats Pittsburgh’s Oneil Cruz in the semifinals and outlasts

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.