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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#382
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$Signed a $7.5 million contract with the Royals in July of 2024.
Cut from big-league camp
1BKansas City Royals  AA
March 17, 2025
The Royals reassigned Caglianone to minor-league camp Monday.
ANALYSIS
Caglianone never had a real chance to make the Royals' Opening Day roster, but he nonetheless turned heads in camp, putting up a 1.871 OPS with three home runs over 13 Cactus League tilts. The 22-year-old is likely to begin the season at Double-A Northwest Arkansas and could push to debut in 2025 if he's able to make enough contact.
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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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