With his 40th home run, Raleigh became both the first catcher and the first switch-hitter in baseball history to reach the 40 home run mark before the end of July.

Cal Raleigh reached another landmark in his incredible season Saturday night when he drilled his 40th homer deep into the right field bleachers at Angel Stadium.

Raleigh has the chance to not only crush the record for homers in a season by a catcher set by Salvador Perez with 48 in 2021, but he is also currently on pace to equal the Aaron Judge’s single-season record for most bombs in a season in American League history with 62,

The Seattle Mariners have acquired lefty-batting first baseman Josh Naylor from the Diamondbacks. Arizona gets left-hander Brandyn Garcia and right-hander Ashton Izzi back in the deal. The Diamondbacks announced the trade on Thursday evening.

The Seattle Mariners finally pulled the trigger on a trade, bringing in Josh Naylor from the Arizona Diamondbacks to boost their offense.

Ichiro Suzuki began his U.S. professional career in Seattle with the Mariners and played a total of 14 seasons with the organization. Born in Japan, Ichiro played nine seasons in the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) league before crossing the Pacific Ocean to join the Mariners.

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki will become the first Asian member of the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame during Sunday's induction.