Raleigh 'trying to make up for lost time'
Anthony Rizzo looks at what's behind Cal Raleigh's struggles this season, where he's "chasing" at the plate while trying to balance the Mariners' playoff push.
Video Transcript
Mariners offense has been a struggle all year long.
You take a look at some of the ranks, they're in the bottom of baseball, and the million-dollar question is what happened to Cal Raleigh?
60 home runs last year.
He only has 51 hits this year.
From your vantage point, what's the deal?
It seems like he's just chasing.
He's trying to make up for lost time, right?
They, they are one win away from the World Series last year.
Off-season speeds up, he becomes super famous this off-season, on every commercial, and that pulls you away a little bit, and then he, he ramps up for the World Baseball Classic faster.
And now you see him just chasing uncharacteristically for him, which just tells me as a hitter, I've been there plenty of times where I'm just trying to get two or three hits in at bat.
I'm gripping the bat a little bit harder.
It's really just slowing the game down.
And for Cal, the next six weeks, just be yourself.
Just be you.
You don't need to make up for anything.
You're Cal Raleigh, you're the leader of this team.
Your pitching staff loves you, so just be you, and go for the next six weeks and see what happens.
