Caleb John Raleigh…resides in Cullowhee, NC…graduated from Smoky Mountain (NC) High School in 2015…first-team Louisville Slugger All-America in 2015… played 3 seasons at Florida State University (2016-18)…as a junior at FSU in 2018, was named 1st-Team All-ACC after batting .326 (75x230) with 44 runs, 18 doubles, 1 triple, 13 home runs, 54 RBI, 51 walks, a .447 on-base percentage and a .583 slugging percentage in 62 games with the Seminoles…in 2016, earned Freshman All-America from Baseball America, Louisville Slugger, National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and Perfect Game…in fall of 2019, returned to FSU to complete a degree in business entrepreneurship and is on track to graduate in the winter of 2020.
2019
Earned Cal League Rookie of the Year and was named to the Cal League Mid-Season and Post-Season All-Star teams, despite appearing in only 82 games with High-A Modesto…among Cal League leaders, ranked 3rd in home runs (22), 9th in RBI (66) and T15th in extra-base hits (41), despite abbreviated stint in Modesto…participated in the Cal League Home Run Derby…split the season between High-A Modesto (April 4-July 15) and Double-A Arkansas (July 16-end of the season), batting .251 (114x455) with 64 runs, 25 doubles, 29 home runs, 82 RBI, 3 HBP, 47 walks and 4 stolen bases in 121 games… named Cal League Player of the Week in three consecutive weeks: June 24-30, July 1-7 and July 8-14; was the only player in the Cal League to earn the honor three times… recorded a career-high 5 RBI twice: May 12 vs. Lancaster and June 23 at Visalia…hit first career grand slam home run on June 23 at Visalia…had 4 multi-home run games, all with Modesto: May 12 vs. Lancaster, June 26 at San Jose, July 6 at Stockton and July 10 vs. Lake Elsinore…hit 9 home runs in 11 games (7/3-14), 12 home runs in 17 games (6/26-7/14) and 15 home runs in 24 games (6/16-7/14)…hit safely in 11 of last 12 games with Modesto (7/1-14), batting .348 (16x46) with 9 home runs and 18 RBI…earned a promotion to Arkansas on July 15 after batting .261 (81x310) with 48 runs, 19 doubles, 22 home runs, 66 RBI, 3 HBP, 33 walks and 4 stolen bases in 82 games with Modesto… at the time of his promotion to Arkansas on July 15, led the Cal League in extra-base hits (41) and home runs (21), while ranking 2nd in RBI (66), 2nd in slugging percentage (.523), 3rd in total bases (166) and 3rd in OPS (.871)…made his Double-A debut on July 16 vs. Midland, going 1-for-3 with a walk…belted his 1st and 2nd career Double-A home runs in back-to-back games: Aug. 7 vs. NW Arkansas and Aug. 8 at Springfield…hit safely in 6 of final 8 games, Aug. 23-Sept. 2, batting .333 (11x33) with 7 runs, 3 doubles, 4 home runs, 7 RBI and 2 walks…4 of his 7 Double-A homers came over his final 6 games…drove in at least 1 run in each of the final 4 games (5 RBI) and 5 of the last 6 games (7 RBI)…overall, hit .228 (33x145) with 16 runs scored, 6 doubles, 7 home runs, 16 RBI and 14 walks in 39 games with the Travelers…following the season, named the No. 14 prospect in the Cal League by Baseball America.
2018
In pro debut with Short-Season-A Everett, hit .288 (42x146) with 25 runs, 10 doubles, 1 triple, 8 home runs, 29 RBI and 18 walks in 38 games…led the AquaSox in home runs… tallied 11 multi-hit contests…had two season-high 7-game hitting streaks…in 24 games in the month of August, hit .301 (28x93) with 6 homers and 21 RBI…named the 13th-best prospect in Northwest League by Baseball America following the season.
