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Mariners' Cal Raleigh earns 'Badonkadonk of the Year' award as MVP race enters final chapter

One of the best parts about end-of-season awards columns is that they often come up with entertaining ways of handing out their honors.

ESPN's Jeff Passan certainly did just that. He unveiled his list on Tuesday, and it includes the award for Badonkadonk of the Year. He gave it to Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh.

Here's how Passan explained the award and its honoree:

"Ball knowers understood who Raleigh was entering the 2025 season: the best catcher in MLB, a switch-hitting, Platinum Glove-winning, home-run-punishing hero with the most appropriate (and inappropriate) nickname in baseball -- the Big Dumper, for his lower half putting the maximus in gluteus.

"This, though?

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