Cal Raleigh has slugged his way into the top of the American League MVP race. The MLB home run leader entered the weekend against Texas facing the top of their rotation and didn't step up to the challenge.
After a solo home run in game one on Thursday, the slugger would go on to strike out nine times in the following three weekend games. Jack Leiter, Merrill Kelly and Jacob deGrom would combine to make Raleigh's life a weekend long nightmare.
The most impressive and biggest takeaway for Rangers' pitchers was giving Raleigh what die hard baseball fans have labelled the "Platinum Sombrero.