There is no elegant way to spin a slump this loud. Cal Raleigh entered May 12 hitless in his last 36 at-bats, dragging his season slash line to .157/.238/.320 and forcing fans to hold their breath each time he’s at the plate. His last hit came on April 26, a home run against the Twins, which only makes the whole thing feel more jarring. Raleigh is coming off a 2025 season that made him one of the biggest power threats in baseball. Now? His hitless stretch has covered 40 plate appearances, with only three walks and 15 strikeouts mixed in. That’s the kind of run that makes even routine at-bats feel like events. That is also what made Harold Reynolds’ MLB Network breakdown land in such an interesting place. Reynolds, a former Mariner, was not pretending the slump is no big deal. He was offering something narrower and more useful: Raleigh looks “just a tick off” from the dangerous 2025 version.…