Who will start in place of Cal Raleigh? Mariners to turn to award winning catcher
Seattle is handing the keys to the catcher position to an award-winning veteran.
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The Seattle Mariners got some terrible news on Thursday morning when it was revealed that Cal Raleigh, their superstar catcher who hit 60 home runs last season, is landing on the injured list. After an 0-for-38 streak was snapped on Tuesday night, Raleigh tweaked something in his side, and as Adam Jude of The Seattle Times reports, Raleigh was placed on the IL with a right oblique strain. Now, with Raleigh out for some time, who will the Mariners turn to as their new starting catcher?
Fortunately, Seattle has an award-winning catcher already ready to start for Seattle with Raleigh out. Mariners have an award-winning replacement for Cal Raleigh Seattle is going to turn to Mitch Garver, a 35-year-old veteran catcher who previously won a World Series with the Texas Rangers and was also a Silver Slugger back in 2019 with the Minnesota Twins . During that award-winning season, Garver hit .
273 with a . 995 OPS with 4. 1 bWAR thanks to a ridiculous 31 homers in 93 games.