BIOGRAPHY
Lucas Raley was born on September 19, 1994, in Hinckley, Ohio. He is an outfielder in the MLB.
Raley graduated from Highland High School in Medina, Ohio. He was named to the Ohio All-State Baseball Team as a senior. After going undrafted out of high school, he enrolled at Lake Erie College, where he played college baseball. As a junior at Lake Erie, he hit .424 with 12 home runs, 39 RBIs, and a .528 on-base percentage in 47 games. After his junior year, he was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the seventh round of the 2016 MLB draft, and he signed for $150,000.
After signing, Raley was assigned to the Arizona League Dodgers. After batting .625 in five games, was promoted to the Ogden Raptors, and after batting .417 in five games with Ogden, he was promoted to the Great Lakes Loons. He finished the season with Great Lakes batting .245 with two home runs and 17 RBIs in 56 games. In 2017, Raley played for the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes where he slashed .295/.375/.473 with 14 home runs and 62 RBIs in 123 games and was named a California League All-Star. He began 2018 with the Tulsa Drillers, being selected to the Texas League All-Star Game.
On July 31, 2018, Raley was traded to the Minnesota Twins, along with Devin Smeltzer and Logan Forsythe for Brian Dozier. He was assigned to the Chattanooga Lookouts and finished the season there. In 120 total games between Tulsa and Chattanooga, he hit .275 with twenty home runs and 69 RBIs. He split 2019 between the GCL Twins and the Rochester Red Wings, playing in 33 games due to injury and hitting .310/.361/.517/.878 with 8 home runs and 23 RBI. He played for the Salt River Rafters of the Arizona Fall League follwing the 2019 season.
Raley was added to the Twins 40-man roster on November 20, 2019.
On February 9, 2020, Raley was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers. On April 9, 2021, Raley was promoted to the major leagues for the first time. He made his MLB debut that night as a defensive replacement in right field in the eighth inning. In his first at-bat, he grounded out to first base against Sam Clay of the Washington Nationals. His first career hit came on April 14, an opposite-field double against Daniel Bard of the Colorado Rockies. On April 16, Raley hit his first career home run off of Dan Altavilla of the San Diego Padres. He appeared in 33 games for the Dodgers during the season, hitting .182 with two home runs and four RBI. He also appeared in 72 games for the Triple-A Oklahoma City Dodgers, hitting .294 with 19 homers and 69 RBI.
On March 18, 2022, Raley was traded to the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for Tanner Dodson. Raley began the 2022 season with the Durham Bulls, where he batted .299/.374/.575 with 7 home runs and 25 RBIs in 24 games. He was promoted to the major league roster on June 21, 2022, following injuries to Kevin Kiermaier and Manuel Margot.
Raley was traded to the Seattle Mariners following the 2023 season.
