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4/25/25 | Kansas City Royals 1B Prospect Jac Caglianone Makes Major Move, Starts in OF. When the Kansas City Royals scooped up Jac Caglianone in the first round of the 2024 MLB Draft, his future as a two-way player was a major question. Now, another wrinkle has been added to the slugger's path to the big leagues. Caglianone still has yet to pitch as a pro, instead opting to focus on his development as a position player in 2025. Source: https://www.si.com/onsi/minor-league-baseball/news... |
4/25/25 | Royals No.1 Prospect Jac Caglianone's Position Change Catches Attention. Fans were surprised to see Jac Caglianone starting in right field on Thursday. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/royals-no-1-prosp... |
4/23/25 | Jac Caglianone Records 2 Hits off MLB Legend Clayton Kershaw. Top prospect Jac Caglianone made headlines after recording two hits off MLB legend Clayton Kershaw. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/jac-caglianone-re... |
4/22/25 | Kansas City Royals Top Prospect Gets Two Hits Off of Future Hall of Fame Member. Jac Caglianone, the top prospect of the Kansas City Royals, continues to add to his list of achievements in just his first three weeks of Double-A baseball. On Tuesday night, he added this one: go 2-for-2 against a future Baseball Hall of Fame inductee. Source: https://www.si.com/onsi/minor-league-baseball/news... |
4/17/25 | Gators Baseball Legend, Royals Top Prospect Make Joins Elite Company. Former Florida Gators two-way star and Kansas City Royals top prospect Jac Caglianone found another way to make history in his your pro ball career. According to Topps, he became just the fifth player to ever hit a ball with an exit velocity of 121 mph. Source: https://www.si.com/college/florida/baseball/gators... |
4/15/25 | Why Royals have UF's Jac Caglianone at AA despite calls for promotion?. Former Royals All-Star Eric Hosmer has seen enough. Caglianone, who was the Royals' top pick in last year's MLB draft out of Florida, has had quite the first week of the season. Last week, Caglianone had two hits, including a single that had an exit velocity of 120.9 mph. Baseball writer Chris Clegg noted the hardest hit ball by a Royals player in the Statcast era was by Hosmer (118 mph). Source: https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/04/15/why-roy... |
4/11/25 | Royals No. 1 Prospect Jac Caglianone's Latest Insane Feat: 120.9 MPH Scorcher. Every day at this point, Kansas City Royals top prospect Jac Caglianone is doing something new and outlandish. Caglianone, the 22-year-old first baseman who the Royals selected sixth-overall in the Major League Baseball Draft last July, was sent to Double-A to start the season after tearing the cover off the ball in big-league spring training. Through six games in Double-A, Caglianone has gone 9-for-26 (.346) with a pair of home runs, both of which astonishingly traveled over 460 feet. The first of those home runs, hit over 116 miles per hour, was one of the hardest-hit balls anywhere in baseball to begin the young season. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/royals/news/royals-no-1-pro... |
4/10/25 | Gators Baseball Star, Royals Top Prospect Tearing Up Minor Leagues. Florida Gators two-way star and Kansas City Royals top prospect Jac Caglianone has quickly become a phenom in the professional realm. In 14 games of Cactus League play, Caglianone had a slash line of .500/.609/1.167 with three home runs, three doubles and seven RBIs. A reminder that that third number is his slugging and not his OPS. This OPS is an equally absurd 1.776. Source: https://www.si.com/college/florida/baseball/gators... |
4/09/25 | Top Kansas City Royals prospect off to hot start with Northwest Arkansas Naturals. Kansas City Royals' top prospect Jac Caglianone is off to a hot start with the Northwest Arkansas Naturals. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/top-kansas-city-r... |
4/06/25 | Kansas City Royals' Top Prospect Continues Incredible Start to His Double-A Season. If you are Jac Caglianone, the top prospect of the Kansas City Royals, just what do you do for an encore? A day after hitting a home run out of ONEOK Field in Tulsa, Okla., on Saturday night, Caglianone followed with a terrific performance on Sunday. Playing for the Double-A Northwest Arkansas Travelers against the Tulsa Drillers (Los Angeles Dodgers affiliate), Caglianone was 3-for-5 with two runs, a double, a walk, three RBIs and four total bases. Source: https://www.si.com/onsi/minor-league-baseball/news... |
3/28/25 | Royals Urged To Keep 22-Year-Old Superstar In Minor Leagues Until All-Star Break. It's rare for fans of a playoff team to be overly excited about a player who hasn't debuted yet, but that's currently the case with the Kansas City Royals. First baseman Jac Caglianone, the Royals' first-round pick in the 2024 Major League Baseball Draft, showed out in spring training, launching three home runs and slugging 1.167 over 23 plate appearances. After playing just 29 games in High-A last year post-draft, Caglianone is beginning the season in Double-A. He's 22, so it wouldn't be unusual to see him make it to the majors on a quick trajectory--and the 2025 Royals definitely need some more pop in their lineup. The Royals expect him to be the second-best player on their team, behind Bobby Witt Jr., at some point in the near future. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/royals/news/royals-urged-to... |
3/24/25 | MLB Writer Predicts Royals' Top Prospect Will Debut In 2025. The Kansas City Royals had an early draft pick last year after a 56-106 finish in 2023. Ultimately, they made the most of their first-round pick, selecting two-way player Jac Caglianone. Caglianone will primarily play first base at Double-A to start the 2025 season, but may not be far away from making his Major League debut. In fact, if all goes according to plan, it may not be too big of a stretch to see him make it to the Major Leagues at some point in 2025. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/royals/news/mlb-writer-pred... |
3/20/25 | The 21 players making scouts take notice in spring training. Jon Heyman The 21 players making scouts take notice in spring training By Jon Heyman Published March 20, 2025, 7:52 p.m. ET Jac Caglianone is pictured during live batting practice for the Royals on Feb. 16. AP See Also new york mets Comparing Francisco Lindor's résumé to Derek Jeter, Carlos Beltran — and how he can solidify himself as a Hall of Famer Nobody should make lasting judgments over spring performances. But these 21 prospects and young big leaguers are making scouts take notice with big springs. 1. Jac Caglianone, Royals: The former two-way star at the University of Florida and 2024 draftee, now exclusively a first baseman, is killing it. “Caglianone and Bobby Witt will be cornerstone Source: https://nypost.com/2025/03/20/sports/the-21-player... |
3/18/25 | Royals Skipper Praises Top Prospect After Strong Spring Showing. The Kansas City Royals got a chance to see their top prospect, Jac Caglianone in action. Caglianone was their first round pick in last year's Major League Baseball draft. Caglianone impressed the Royals in spring training. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/royals/royals-skipper-prais... |
3/17/25 | What’s next for Jac Caglianone after being assigned to Royals’ minor-league camp. It won’t be long before Jac Caglianone lands in Kansas City. It just won’t happen right away. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/next-jac-cagliano... |
3/10/25 | Will Jac Caglianone Make Royals' 2025 Roster? Insider Details Most Likely Scenario. The most electric player to watch so far this spring for the Kansas City Royals hasn't come close to touching a big-league field yet. On Sunday, Royals number-one prospect Jac Caglianone launched yet another mammoth home run: a 114.6 mile-per-hour, 444-foot moonshot off Milwaukee Brewers starter Aaron Civale. If he keeps this up, the more Kansas City fans will long for his debut to come sooner rather than later. The Royals desperately need more offense, and Caglianone looks every bit the part of a future cleanup hitter. Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/royals/news/will-jac-caglia... |
3/09/25 | Touted Royals prospect Jac Caglianone adds towering home run to spring highlight reel. The Kansas City Royals have a star in the making. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/touted-royals-pro... |
3/02/25 | ‘Gifted human.’ ‘Physically imposing.’ KC Royals top prospect is earning rave reviews. Jac Caglianone is already making history as a Kansas City Royals prospect. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/gifted-human-phys... |
2/27/25 | Kansas City Royals mailbag: Last roster spots, Jac Caglianone & India in the outfield. You asked questions about the Kansas City Royals in 2025. We answered them in this week’s mailbag. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/kansas-city-royal... |
2/25/25 | Caglianone Gaining Attention in Spring Training. If there was one swing, one pop of the bat and one gigantic human being that could catch the eyes of everyone on the baseball diamond while watching the Florida Gators, it was Jac Caglianone. Now, the program's all-time leader in home runs is doing it again, this time at the Major League level in Spring Training for the Kansas City Royals. Caglianone, who just six months ago was drafted at pick six overall, did not take long to showcase his well-known power in the Cactus league. In just his third spring training at bat, the 22-year-old first baseman showed why he holds multiple UF home run records. Source: https://www.si.com/college/florida/baseball/caglia... |