Jac Caglianone

22-Year-Old First Baseman1B
Kansas City Royals AAA
2025 Fantasy Outlook
The samples are small, but Caglianone's production fell off massively in his first foray into pro ball. He slashed .241/.302/.388 with two home runs and a 20.6 percent strikeout rate in 29 games at High-A and .236/.300/.449 with five home runs and a 19 percent strikeout rate in 21 games in the Arizona Fall League, which is a very hitter-friendly environment. He hit .419 with 35 homers, 58 walks and 26 strikeouts in 66 games as a junior at Florida en route to getting drafted sixth overall by Kansas City, but those numbers don't carry much weight, given the extreme run-scoring environment in college baseball last year. He's listed at 6-foot-5, 250 pounds, but he has very little body fat for a first baseman that size. Caglianone has a body builder's physique and hits and throws left-handed, so he looks the part of a franchise first baseman. His lack of significant strikeout issues so far in pro ball is encouraging, and there's no doubting Caglianone's power potential. In dynasty first-year player drafts, things are very muddled among the top six or seven college hitters, but there's a case for using a top-five pick on Caglianone due his combination of relative floor and ceiling. Read Past Outlooks
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$Signed a $7.5 million contract with the Royals in July of 2024.
On fire at Triple-A
1BKansas City Royals  AAA
May 26, 2025
Caglianone has gone 9-for-26 (.346) with five home runs, 10 RBI and five runs scored in six games since being promoted to Triple-A Omaha on Tuesday.
ANALYSIS
Caglianone moved up to Omaha after slashing .316/.385/.546 in 175 plate appearances at Double-A Northwest Arkansas to begin the season, and he hasn't skipped a beat at the next level. The 22-year-old looks to be on the fast track to making his MLB debut, and he's notably made three of his starts with Omaha so far in the corner outfield. Though first base might end up being Caglianone's long-term home in the majors, left field, right field and the designated-hitter spot represent his most logical avenues for playing time with Kansas City in 2025.
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Minor League Left/Right Batting Splits (AAA)
Since 2023
 
 
+62%
OPS vs LHP
2025
 
 
+72%
OPS vs LHP
2024
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left 1.661 8 2 4 .429 .375 1.286
Since 2023vs Right 1.023 29 3 6 .321 .345 .679
2025vs Left 2.018 8 2 4 .429 3.000 1.286
2025vs Right 1.175 29 3 6 .321 10.000 .679
2024vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Bumped up to Triple-A
1BKansas City Royals  AAA
May 18, 2025
The Royals promoted Caglianone from Double-A Northwest Arkansas to Triple-A Omaha on Sunday, Jaylon T. Thompson of The Kansas City Star reports.
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Two-homer game
1BKansas City Royals  AAA
May 7, 2025
Caglianone went 3-for-4 with two home runs, four RBI and a strikeout in Tuesday's game for Double-A Northwest Arkansas.
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Getting time in outfield
1BKansas City Royals  AAA
April 24, 2025
Caglianone made his first career start in the outfield in right field Thursday for Double-A Northwest Arkansas, MLB.com reports. He's hitting .284/.356/.500 with four home runs in 18 games.
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Blisters ball at 120.9 mph
1BKansas City Royals  AAA
April 11, 2025
Caglianone, who is slashing .346/.406/.615 through six games with Double-A Northwest Arkansas this season, hit an opposite-field single at 120.9 mph off the bat Thursday, Chris Clegg of The Dynasty Dugout reports.
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Cut from big-league camp
1BKansas City Royals  AAA
March 17, 2025
The Royals reassigned Caglianone to minor-league camp Monday.
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Crushing minor-league pitching
1BKansas City Royals  AAA
May 25, 2025
The Royals continue to have conversations about when the right time is to call up Caglianone to the major leagues, MLB Network Radio on SiriusXM reports.
ANALYSIS
In just his first year as a minor-league player, Caglianone is terrorizing opposing pitchers. He received a promotion to Triple-A Omaha last week after slashing .316/.385/.546 with Double-A Northwest Arkansas. Since his promotion to Triple-A, Caglianone has homered five times in four games. Despite all his success, Royals management is not expected to bring him up to the majors until they collectively feel the time is right. However, it's likely inevitable he'll force their hand sometime this summer with how well he's swinging the bat.
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