Jac Caglianone

22-Year-Old First Baseman1B
Kansas City Royals AA
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.
Blisters ball at 120.9 mph
1BKansas City Royals  AA
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.
ANALYSIS
As Clegg notes, the hardest-hit ball the Royals have ever had in the Statcast era was 118 mph off the bat of Eric Hosmer in 2017. Further, Caglianone's two homers this season have both traveled more than 460 feet, per Pete Grathoff of The Kansas City Star. While it's a stretch to think the Royals would jump their top prospect over Triple-A and straight the big-league level, that's not unheard of by any stretch. Kansas City is tied for dead last in the majors this season with only six home runs as a team.
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Minor League Left/Right Batting Splits (AA)
Since 2023
 
 
+315%
OPS vs RHP
2025
 
 
+432%
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2024
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .236 18 0 2 .063 .111 .125
Since 2023vs Right .979 29 2 9 .320 .379 .600
2025vs Left .177 18 0 2 .063 2.000 .125
2025vs Right .941 29 2 9 .320 11.000 .600
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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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Cut from big-league camp
1BKansas City Royals  AA
March 17, 2025
The Royals reassigned Caglianone to minor-league camp Monday.
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Shows off power
1BKansas City Royals  AA
February 24, 2025
Caglianone hit a 435-foot home run with a 115.4 mph exit velocity in Sunday's Cactus League game against the White Sox, Anne Rogers of MLB.com reports.
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Earns spring training invite
1BKansas City Royals  AA
January 10, 2025
The Royals have extended Caglianone an invitation to big-league camp during spring training, Anne Rogers of MLB.com reports.
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Goes sixth overall
1BKansas City Royals  AA
July 14, 2024
The Royals have selected Caglianone with the sixth overall pick in the 2024 First-Year Player Draft.
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