Big Dumper in Tacoma: Cal Raleigh to rehab with Triple-A Rainiers

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Cal Raleigh is coming to Cheney Stadium.

The Mariners star catcher will join the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers on a major league rehab assignment beginning Tuesday, the club announced.

Raleigh will begin his rehab assignment with High-A Everett on Sunday before heading south on Interstate 5. He’ll play the rest of the week as Tacoma’s catcher, MLB.com’s Daniel Kramer reported. Dump your plans for next week. Come see Cal at R House! Cal Raleigh is scheduled to begin a Major League rehab assignment Tuesday, June 9th with the Tacoma Rainiers. 

Raleigh was placed on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain on May 14. In 41 games this season, the 29-year-old is batting .161 (26-for-161) with seven home runs and 18 RBI.

“I’m feeling great,” Raleigh said at T-Mobile Park on May 31. “(I’m) trying to get rolling as fast as I can while being smart… and making sure that when I do come back, it’s not going to hinder me anymore.”



Tacoma hosts Albuquerque in the first of a six-game series at Cheney Stadium on Tuesday morning. First pitch is scheduled for 11:35 a.m. PDT.

Raleigh could return to the Mariners lineup during their next homestand at T-Mobile Park (June 16-21).

‘Big Dumper’ led the major leagues with 60 home runs in 2025, the most in a single season among catchers and switch-hitters in MLB history.

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