Why Dan Wilson Thinks Injured List Stint Could Help Cal Raleigh
The Seattle Mariners catcher has been out since mid-May with an oblique strain, but he's already homered three times in two rehab games at Triple-A Tacoma.
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Cal in the last couple days at all?
Have you been trying to Yeah, no, I haven't.
Okay.
I didn't talk to him after last night yet.
Okay.
but, you know, sounds like, you know, another pretty good, you know, afternoon for him or evening for him.
and, and that's great news, you know, continuing to progress as we, we had, as, as we had hoped.
And so, all good signs from, from what we're hearing and, and what we're seeing.
So it's good stuff.
Can this kind of, such a tough start to the year for him and then grinding kind of through the injury initially, this, kind of a few weeks off and obviously recovering, but can this ultimately, ultimately be maybe something positive for him?
I mean, I, I think so.
I mean, I think, you know, all of us need resets at some point, you know, or another, and, and I think this could be that for him.
And, and certainly having to work through some physical, you know, parts of it as well.
But, you know, getting a little bit of time off and, and, you know, coming at it from a different lens now, you know, having been on the IL, I think, can always be a, a plus.
So, yeah, you know, I think what, what we're seeing, at least in the, in the, the rehab games has, has been that, and it's great to hear, great to see, and sounds like the catching was, good for him as well, so, you know, on- well on his way to, to get, getting back in game rep.
