Headlines

  • Red Sox Likely To Activate Alex Bregman Tomorrow
  • Astros To Promote Brice Matthews
  • Phillies Reportedly Targeting Controllable Relievers
  • Yankees Prioritizing Pitching, Also Searching For Infield Help
  • Orioles Trade Bryan Baker To Rays
  • Yankees Release DJ LeMahieu
  • Previous
  • Next
Register
Login
  • Hoops Rumors
  • Pro Football Rumors
  • Pro Hockey Rumors

MLB Trade Rumors

Remove Ads
  • Home
  • Teams
    • AL East
      • Baltimore Orioles
      • Boston Red Sox
      • New York Yankees
      • Tampa Bay Rays
      • Toronto Blue Jays
    • AL Central
      • Chicago White Sox
      • Cleveland Guardians
      • Detroit Tigers
      • Kansas City Royals
      • Minnesota Twins
    • AL West
      • Houston Astros
      • Los Angeles Angels
      • Oakland Athletics
      • Seattle Mariners
      • Texas Rangers
    • NL East
      • Atlanta Braves
      • Miami Marlins
      • New York Mets
      • Philadelphia Phillies
      • Washington Nationals
    • NL Central
      • Chicago Cubs
      • Cincinnati Reds
      • Milwaukee Brewers
      • Pittsburgh Pirates
      • St. Louis Cardinals
    • NL West
      • Arizona Diamondbacks
      • Colorado Rockies
      • Los Angeles Dodgers
      • San Diego Padres
      • San Francisco Giants
  • About
    • MLB Trade Rumors
    • Tim Dierkes
    • Writing team
    • Advertise
    • Archives
  • Contact
  • Tools
    • 2025 Trade Deadline Outlook Series
    • 2025-26 MLB Free Agent List
    • Contract Tracker
    • Transaction Tracker
    • Agency Database
  • NBA/NFL/NHL
    • Hoops Rumors
    • Pro Football Rumors
    • Pro Hockey Rumors
  • App
  • Chats
Go To Pro Hockey Rumors
Go To Hoops Rumors

Royals Sign First-Round Pick Jac Caglianone

By Anthony Franco | July 23, 2024 at 11:11pm CDT

The Royals announced the signing of sixth overall pick Jac Caglianone. Caglianone receives a $7.5MM bonus, reports Jim Callis of MLB Pipeline (X link). The selection comes with a slot value of roughly $7.21MM.

Caglianone is a two-way player from the University of Florida. His higher upside professionally is as a position player. Caglianone topped 30 home runs in each of his final two seasons in Gainesville. He hit 35 longballs — second among Division I hitters behind #3 pick Charlie Condon’s 37 — with a .419/.544/.875 slash line as a junior. Caglianone walked at an 18.4% clip while striking out only 8.2% of the time. He has top-of-the-scale raw power that gives him the chance to hit in the middle of a lineup.

Nevertheless, pre-draft scouting reports raised some questions about his pure hitting ability. Baseball America and The Athletic’s Keith Law each pointed to concerns about Caglianone’s chase rate as well as a tendency to get pull-oriented in his swing. Caglianone is likely limited to first base defensively, so he’ll need to hit a lot to provide value.

He’s not as highly regarded as a pitching prospect. While he can run his fastball into the upper 90s, his subpar control points to a bullpen future. It seems likely the Royals will prioritize his offensive development in the hope that he moves quickly and establishes himself as a 30+ home run hitter.

Share 0 Retweet 0 Send via email0

2024 Amateur Draft Kansas City Royals Jac Caglianone

Reds Likely To Trade From Bullpen Depth
Main
KBO’s Doosan Bears Sign Jared Young
View Comments (11)
Post a Comment

11 Comments

  1. padam

    12 months ago

    Kid is going to be a star.

    4
    Reply
  2. The Big Yo

    12 months ago

    He needs to decide to be a hitter and just a few starts 5/6 a year because I’m sorry folks there’s only one Ohtani.

    1
    Reply
    • TheStevilEmpire1

      12 months ago

      He projects as a low leverage/ mop up middle reliever, which is fine. Mop up guys have value to all teams. His future is clearly as a hitter.

      He’s limited defensively and his chase rate suggests he is likely going to strike out a fair share against MLB pitching. The upside is he also walks a lot and has big time power.

      At the end of the day, his ceiling is Jim Thome. Who wouldn’t want that production?

      1
      Reply
    • User 401527550

      12 months ago

      No kidding but there’s only one Caglianone.

      Reply
    • APD

      12 months ago

      And there was only one Babe… unlikely, definitely but not impossible

      1
      Reply
  3. letitbelowenstein

    12 months ago

    His whiff-to-plate appearance ratio is pretty darn impressive.

    1
    Reply
  4. Troy Percival's iPad

    12 months ago

    Curious why teams insist on “super-subs” who can be godawful at every position and equally as terrible in every way at the plate (Whit Merrifield, Willie Bloomquist, Kike Hernandez, Romy Gonzalez) but have zero interest in their 3/4/5 hitter being a 6th-ish inning reliever. It is a better use of roster space than a guy hitting .190 who can make just as many errors at 2B/SS as he can in LF/CF. Michael Lorenzen could have been someone’s 4th OF but no one was interested in trying.

    2
    Reply
    • JRamHOF

      12 months ago

      Lorenzen hit a few bombs with the Reds. It’s too bad we couldn’t see more of him as a two-way player after the Angels decided to make him a starter

      2
      Reply
    • Joemo

      12 months ago

      So there was the new rule in place to limit position players pitching and the new two way player distinction. Position players can only pitch in blowouts (10 run difference either way) or anytime in extra innings.

      I’m not sure how that would affect a rookie coming in, but it’s not as simple as it would have been a few years ago.

      So a two way player has to pitch 20 MLB innings in the previous (or current) season, and appear in 20 games as a position player with 3PA per game.
      But how does a player get those initial innings? Do they have to go into each game with a specific distinction? So one game he’s a pitcher and eats a few innings, and then the next he’s a position player to get some PA? That I’m not sure of.

      Reply
      • Brick House Coffee Tables Inc

        12 months ago

        I believe that call ups inherit their classification based on what they do in the minors. So if he’s both hitting and pitching at AAA the year before and comes up on Opening Day, I think he’d qualify as a two-way player. Then he’d need to throw 20 IP each season to keep the designation.

        Reply
  5. RoyalsFanAmongWolves

    12 months ago

    Well, one thing is when we need a position player to pitch when we are getting blown out we could just ask Jac .

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Please login to leave a reply.

Log in Register

    Top Stories

    Red Sox Likely To Activate Alex Bregman Tomorrow

    Astros To Promote Brice Matthews

    Phillies Reportedly Targeting Controllable Relievers

    Yankees Prioritizing Pitching, Also Searching For Infield Help

    Orioles Trade Bryan Baker To Rays

    Yankees Release DJ LeMahieu

    Trevor Williams To Undergo UCL Surgery

    Nationals Fire PBO Mike Rizzo, Manager Dave Martinez

    Brewers Activate Brandon Woodruff

    Clarke Schmidt Expected To Undergo Tommy John Surgery

    Bobby Jenks Passes Away

    Braves Release Alex Verdugo

    Top 40 Trade Candidates For The 2025 Deadline

    Rays Reinstate Ha-Seong Kim

    Yankees Have Shown Interest In Ryan McMahon

    Royals Interested In Bryan Reynolds

    Rangers Option Josh Jung

    Kevin Pillar Announces Retirement

    Braves Place Spencer Schwellenbach On IL With Elbow Fracture

    Giants Exercise 2026 Option On Manager Bob Melvin

    Recent

    Mets To Designate Rico Garcia For Assignment

    J.D. Davis Signs With NPB’s Seibu Lions

    The Opener: 2025 Draft, Pitchers’ Duel, Mets

    Trade Deadline Outlook: New York Yankees

    Trade Deadline Outlook: Atlanta Braves

    Which Other Relievers Might The Orioles Shop?

    Lee Elia Passes Away

    Red Sox Likely To Activate Alex Bregman Tomorrow

    Poll: Which Teams Should Make The Biggest Push For Jarren Duran?

    MLB Finalizes Home Run Derby Field

    MLBTR Newsletter - Hot stove highlights in your inbox, five days a week

    Latest Rumors & News

    Latest Rumors & News

    • Sandy Alcantara Rumors
    • Luis Robert Rumors
    • Alex Bregman Rumors

     

    Trade Rumors App for iOS and Android App Store Google Play

    MLBTR Features

    MLBTR Features

    • Remove Ads, Support Our Writers
    • Front Office Originals
    • Front Office Fantasy Baseball
    • MLBTR Podcast
    • Trade Deadline Outlook Series
    • 2025-26 MLB Free Agent List
    • Contract Tracker
    • Transaction Tracker
    • Extension Tracker
    • Agency Database
    • MLBTR On Twitter
    • MLBTR On Facebook
    • Team Facebook Pages
    • How To Set Up Notifications For Breaking News
    • Hoops Rumors
    • Pro Football Rumors
    • Pro Hockey Rumors

    Rumors By Team

    • Angels Rumors
    • Astros Rumors
    • Athletics Rumors
    • Blue Jays Rumors
    • Braves Rumors
    • Brewers Rumors
    • Cardinals Rumors
    • Cubs Rumors
    • Diamondbacks Rumors
    • Dodgers Rumors
    • Giants Rumors
    • Guardians Rumors
    • Mariners Rumors
    • Marlins Rumors
    • Mets Rumors
    • Nationals Rumors
    • Orioles Rumors
    • Padres Rumors
    • Phillies Rumors
    • Pirates Rumors
    • Rangers Rumors
    • Rays Rumors
    • Red Sox Rumors
    • Reds Rumors
    • Rockies Rumors
    • Royals Rumors
    • Tigers Rumors
    • Twins Rumors
    • White Sox Rumors
    • Yankees Rumors

    Navigation

    • Sitemap
    • Archives
    • RSS/Twitter Feeds By Team

    MLBTR INFO

    • Advertise
    • About
    • Commenting Policy
    • Privacy Policy

    Connect

    • Contact Us
    • Twitter
    • Facebook
    • RSS Feed

    MLB Trade Rumors is not affiliated with Major League Baseball, MLB or MLB.com

    Do not Sell or Share My Personal Information

    hide arrows scroll to top

    Register

    Desktop Version | Switch To Mobile Version