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Jac Caglianone slugs his way to majors, earning call up from Kansas City Royals
By Paul Harvey
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Jac Caglianone has reportedly slugged his way to a promotion with the Kansas City Royals expected to call up the former Florida baseball slugger on Monday. ESPN’s Jeff Passan reported the move on Sunday night.
All signs have been pointing toward a midseason call-up for Caglianone after he was on a blistering pace to start the season. While he struggled a bit in 29 games at High A in his first professional season, he started hitting at Double A to begin the 2025 season and hasn’t cooled off yet.
In 38 games at the Double A level, Caglianone slashed .322/.394/.553 with 9 home runs and 8 doubles. Though a much smaller sample size, Caglianone has only improved after a promotion to Triple A.
During 12 games at Triple A, Caglianone has 6 home runs in 47 at-bats and significantly cut down on his strikeouts. He has 9 strikeouts and 5 walks at the Triple A level with a 1.093 OPS.
The Royals are also in dire need of a spark offensively this season. Kansas City is tied for the 2nd-fewest runs in all of MLB (194) at the start of action on June 2. The Royals also have just 34 home runs on the season, by far the fewest in the majors. The Pittsburgh Pirates have the next fewest total with 43.
Following reports of Caglianone’s promotion, he is already down to +900 to win the AL Rookie of the Year Award this season, according to DraftKings. Oakland A’s shortstop Jacob Wilson is currently the leader at -400, and fans can track the odds with the best available Florida sports betting apps in their area.
Paul Harvey lives in Atlanta and covers SEC football.
