Cal, Julio among 4 Mariners to receive All-MLB honors

SEATTLE -- The Mariners were well-represented when the All-MLB Awards presented by MGM Rewards were announced on Thursday, with Julio Rodríguez and Cal Raleigh each earning First Team honors, and Bryan Woo and Andrés Muñoz recognized on the Second Team.

The All-MLB honors, established in 2019, recognize baseball’s best at each position based on regular-season play.

The initiative was introduced to honor players’ full-season contributions, given that All-Star selections are based on first-half performance. Fans were asked to vote at MLB.com to help choose first- and second-team selections at each position (including three outfielders, a designated hitter, five starting pitchers and two relievers) among this year's nominees.

For context, only regular-season criteria were asked to be considered.

• Past All-MLB Teams

Seattle’s four players selected tied an MLB high in 2025, with the Dodgers and Phillies, and they represented a big boost from years past, as before Thursday’s announcement, Rodríguez (Second Team in 2022) was the franchise’s only selection since the honor was created six years ago.

Moreover, each among the group of Mariners in 2025 were also All-Stars last season, illustrating the totality of their full season’s body of work.

For Raleigh, it was the latest accolade in a historical season that also saw him finish second for the American League MVP Award, after pacing the sport with 60 homers and setting records in the category for a catcher, switch-hitter and in Mariners history.

Yet, that this was just his first All-MLB selection speaks to how far his prominence has grown outside the Pacific Northwest, as Raleigh has firmly established himself as the sport’s best all-around catcher.

Rodríguez, meanwhile, saw his stock grow towards Thursday’s announcement perhaps more than any other First Team selection, given his slow start but resounding finish. While the star center fielder earned his third All-Star selection last season, he did so primarily via his defense and name recognition, as his .694 OPS and 11 homers at the time of that announcement were among the lowest of those pegged for the Midsummer Classic.

Even he recognized that his production wasn’t up to par with his standards and made what he described as a ”very tough” decision to sit out All-Star festivities in Atlanta for a much-needed mental and physical reset for the second half.

And the move paid off mightily. From the morning that Rodríguez announced that decision, he went on to slash .299/.356/.598 (.954 OPS) with 21 homers and 51 RBIs while tying for first in the sport with 3.8 wins above replacement, per FanGraphs. And when the dust settled on his season, he achieved another coveted 30/30 season.

As for the Mariners’ pitchers selected, Woo blossomed into Seattle’s ace -- and workhorse -- over a breakout 2025, in which he led the team with a 2.94 ERA and 186 2/3 innings. A pectoral injury prevented him from pitching over the final week of the regular season, but he returned in the postseason in a relief role. For a rotation loaded with star power -- four of Seattle’s starters have now been All-Stars -- Woo emerged as their best last season, and with it, the distinction of being among the game’s elite.

Muñoz, meanwhile, was already regarded as one of the league’s best leverage relievers, but he upped the ante even further in 2025, with career-bests in saves (38) and ERA (1.73).