Overview

• Raleigh advanced past Brent Rooker in the first round when his longest homer measured 470.61 feet to Rooker’s 470.53, a 0.08-foot margin determined by Statcast.
• He then outslugged Oneil Cruz 19-13 in the semifinals before defeating Junior Caminero 18-15 in the final to secure the Derby crown.
• Oneil Cruz launched a 513-foot shot—the joint longest non-Coors Field Derby homer—and Junior Caminero totaled 44 home runs across his rounds.
• By winning, Raleigh became the first catcher and first switch-hitter ever to capture the title and the first Seattle Mariner champion since Ken Griffey Jr.
• MLB’s bracket-style, pitch-limited format continues from 2024, but the first-round tiebreaker rule has drawn calls for clearer, real-time reporting of precise distance data.