Jac Caglianone

Jac Caglianone

23-Year-Old OutfielderOF
Kansas City Royals
2026 Fantasy Outlook
Caglianone's 2025 season should serve as the latest cautionary tale against prospect optimism. His stats between Double-A Northwest Arkansas and Triple-A Omaha to begin the year were impressive, indicating he was ready to advance to the highest level of competition. However, he managed just a .157/.237/.295 slash line and seven homers across 232 plate appearances with Kansas City. After returning from a hamstring injury in September, Caglianone was only slightly better at .183/.310/.333. Strikeouts were not a major problem during his time in the majors, but at 22 years old, he just could not make quality contact on a consistent basis. There may be some post-hype appeal with the right fielder/first baseman, but his rookie numbers suggest he's a ways off from putting it together, and Caglianone may even need more time back at Triple-A to refine his skills. Read Past Outlooks
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#197
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Signed a one-year contract with the Royals in February of 2026.
Sitting Wednesday
OFKansas City Royals
May 6, 2026
Caglianone is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Guardians.
Analysis
After starting each of the Royals' first five games of May and going a collective 4-for-17 with two home runs, two walks, four RBI and three runs, Caglianone will receive a night off Wednesday. Starling Marte will check in for Caglianone in right field and will bat sixth.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
5
6
17
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
2
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2024
 
 
+9%
OPS vs LHP
2026
 
 
+10%
OPS vs RHP
2025
 
 
+28%
OPS vs LHP
2024
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2024vs Left .646 94 7 4 7 0 .195 .255 .391
Since 2024vs Right .590 266 27 7 19 1 .185 .271 .319
2026vs Left .682 27 2 1 2 0 .231 .259 .423
2026vs Right .752 101 13 3 6 0 .247 .337 .416
2025vs Left .631 67 5 3 5 0 .180 .254 .377
2025vs Right .492 165 14 4 13 1 .148 .230 .262
2024vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2024
 
 
+3%
OPS at Home
2026
 
 
+4%
OPS at Home
2025
 
 
+5%
OPS on Road
2024
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2024Home .613 182 22 6 12 0 .184 .269 .344
Since 2024Away .597 178 12 5 14 1 .191 .264 .333
2026Home .749 76 11 3 4 0 .224 .316 .433
2026Away .723 52 4 1 4 0 .271 .327 .396
2025Home .517 106 11 3 8 0 .156 .236 .281
2025Away .545 126 8 4 10 1 .158 .238 .307
2024Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Stat Review
How does Jac Caglianone compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • BB/K
    Walk to strikeout ratio
  • BB Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
  • K Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
  • ISO
    Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
  • AVG
    Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
  • OBP
    On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
  • SLG
    Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
  • OPS
    On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
  • wOBA
    Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Hard Hit Rate
    A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
  • Barrels/PA
    The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Expected BA
    Expected Batting Average.
  • Expected SLG
    Expected Slugging Percentage.
  • Sprint Speed
    The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
  • Ground Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
  • Line Drive %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
  • Fly Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.
BB/K
0.28
 
BB Rate
8.6%
 
K Rate
30.5%
 
BABIP
.333
 
ISO
.174
 
AVG
.243
 
OBP
.320
 
SLG
.417
 
OPS
.738
 
wOBA
.327
 
Exit Velocity
93.3 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
36.8%
 
Barrels/PA
9.4%
 
Expected BA
.238
 
Expected SLG
.427
 
Sprint Speed
24.4 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
44.7%
 
Line Drive %
23.7%
 
Fly Ball %
31.6%
 
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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.
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Slugs third homer
OFKansas City Royals
May 1, 2026
Caglianone went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Friday's 7-6 win over the Mariners.
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Sitting against lefty
OFKansas City Royals
April 30, 2026
Caglianone is not in the starting lineup for Thursday's game against the Athletics.
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Ties game with homer
OFKansas City Royals
April 26, 2026
Caglianone went 1-for-2 with a two-run home run in Sunday's 11-9 extra-inning win over the Angels.
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Slugs first homer Monday
OFKansas City Royals
April 20, 2026
Caglianone went 1-for-4 with a solo home run and a walk in Monday's 7-5 loss to the Orioles.
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Taking seat versus lefty
OFKansas City Royals
April 19, 2026
Caglianone is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Yankees.
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Set for MLB debut Tuesday?
OFKansas City Royals
June 2, 2025
The Royals have called up Caglianone to the big leagues, and he's expected to make his MLB debut against the Cardinals on Tuesday, according to Jeff Passan of ESPN.com.
Analysis
A first-round pick in the 2024 MLB Draft, Caglianone has been crushing minor-league pitching in 2025 and has gotten a much-deserved call-up to the bigs. Caglianone has a .323/.391/.600 slash line in 225 plate appearances at the Double-A and Triple-A levels this year. The slugger should give a huge boost to a dreadful Royals offense, as Kansas City is tied with the Pirates for the second-lowest run total in baseball, ahead of only the Rockies.
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