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Luke Raley's lost season is an overlooked disaster for Mariners

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Luke Raley was poised for a breakout season in 2025, but injuries and roster changes have turned his campaign into a quiet disaster for the Mariners.

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The Seattle Mariners entered 2025 with high expectations, not just as a team, but for individual players poised to take the next step. One of those players was Luke Raley.

After a quietly impressive 2024 campaign in which he posted a 129 OPS+, launched 22 home runs, and racked up 3.2 rWAR despite being used mostly in a platoon role, it felt like Raley was on the cusp of something bigger.