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Raleigh

Raleigh is hitting .429 with three home runs and a 2.214 OPS since starting his rehab assignment last weekend. We would say he’s ready to come back and rejoin the Mariners’ lineup.

Raleigh started at catcher and played five innings behind the dish. That was all he needed to crush a pair of homers, including a grand slam, during his second rehab contest. The 29-year-old backstop figures to need a couple additional tune-up contests since he’s been out since mid-May recovering from an oblique strain. It wouldn’t be surprising if he were ready to rejoin Seattle’s lineup later this week.

Raleigh will head to Triple-A Tacoma next week before potentially making it back to Seattle at some point around mid-June. The 29-year-old slugging backstop has been on the shelf recovering from a right oblique strain since mid-May. It was his first-ever trip to the injured list during his six-year career. There’s stil plenty of time for him to turn things around in the second half following a slow start to the year at the dish.

Raleigh resumed baseball activities last week after hitting the injured list for the first time in his entire six-year career with a right oblique strain back on May 14. The 29-year-old backstop figures to be ready for a minor league rehab assignment at some point in the near future.

It’s the first time Raleigh has done any baseball-related activities since hitting the injured list for the first time in his career with a right oblique strain back on May 14. The 29-year-old backstop figures to be ready to return in a couple weeks but remains without a definitive timeline.

Wilson noted that Raleigh underwent another MRI that came back better than his previous one, which is definitely encouraging. The Mariners are hopeful that he’ll only need to miss a couple of weeks. Mitch Garver will continue to handle the bulk of the action behind the plate in Raleigh’s absence.

This is the first time Raleigh has been on the injured list in his MLB career. The 29-year-old missed three games last week with right-side discomfort and was then pulled from last night’s game with the same issue. The fact that he had been trying to play through the discomfort suggests that it may not be a lengthy stay on the IL for Raleigh, but he should be out for a few weeks at least. He needs to be held everywhere, despite his current struggles.

Raleigh was removed from Wednesday’s game with “right-side discomfort,” but Mariners manager Dan Wilson said the move was precautionary. However, Raleigh also missed three games with right-side tightness last week, so this is clearly an ongoing issue. There’s a chance that the Mariners will place their All-Star on the injured list until this issue subsides fully. Mitch Garver will catch and bat eighth on Thursday.

Wilson downplayed concern after Raleigh appeared to be in some right-side discomfort during the eighth inning before being replaced by Mitch Garver behind the plate in the ninth. The 29-year-old backstop dealt with some right side tightness last week that caused him to miss three games. He was 0-for-4 with two strikeouts prior to exiting. There should be some additional clarity on his status prior to Thursday’s series finale.

Raleigh came into this one hitless over his last 36 at-bats, the longest active streak in baseball. He drew a walk and scored a run in the second inning, then later knocked a base hit in the seventh to snap the streak. Raleigh did it again for good measure in the ninth, collecting his second hit and scoring a third run. The 29-year-old backstop is slashing .166/.249/.325 with seven homers, 16 runs scored, and 18 RBI across 177 plate appearances.