The Royals made a big move on Tuesday, June 3, calling up power-hitting 1B/OF Jac Caglianone from Triple-A Omaha. Caglianone is expected to make his MLB debut tonight, projected to bat fifth for the Royals vs. the Cardinals, with a 7:45 p.m. ET start time.
The 22-year-old first baseman and outfielder has hit 15 home runs in 50 games in Double-A and Triple-A for the Royals this year in just his first full season after he was drafted out of Florida in 2024.
Below, find all of Jac Caglianone’s projections in his MLB debut tonight, including two Caglianone projections offered on PrizePicks tonight. Pick More or Less on Caglianone and other MLB projections on PrizePicks to win real money with your predictions.
Jac Caglianone Makes MLB Debut Today: Fast Facts
- It has been just 324 days since Caglianone was selected sixth overall in the 2024 MLB Draft by the Royals.
- Caglianone is a left-handed slugger standing at 6-foot-5, 250 lbs., currently transitioning from first base to the outfield, making four of his last five starts in right field.
- Caglianone is currently listed as the 10th best MLB prospect, per MLB.com, and the top prospect in the Royals farm system.
- At Florida, Caglianone set a school record with 75 career home runs and was a two-time All-American.
- Caglianone batted .319 at Triple-A Omaha in 12 games before this promotion, hitting six home runs in 47 at-bats.
- Caglianone reacted to the call up to the MLB on Monday by saying: “I need to call my dad.”
- The Royals are looking for a spark on offense, currently ranking 30th in home runs, 27th in wRC+, 29th in ISO (.113) — which measures power, and 28th in total runs scored.
- Caglianone’s .271 ISO in the minors would be the top among all Royals hitters in 2025; Bobby Witt Jr. currently leads the team with a .197 ISO in MLB.
Jac Caglianone Projection: 1.5 Hits+Runs+RBIs
- Caglianone has surpassed this Hits+Runs+RBIs projection in seven of his last nine games with at least three at-bats at Triple-A Omaha.
- Caglianone, a left-handed hitter, will face Cardinals SP Andre Pallante, a right-handed pitcher.
- 10 of Caglianone’s 15 home runs this year have come vs. right-handed pitching. He’s also batting .331 vs. righties this year, and .303 vs. lefties.
- Pallante has been far worse at home this year, with a 4.84 xFIP, and only 4.71 K/9, compared to 6.86 K/9 on the road.
- However, Pallante is limiting hard contact decently, giving up a 28.4% hard-hit rate to righties and a 20.2% fly-ball rate.
Jac Caglianone Projection: 4.5 Fantasy Score
- In 12 games at Triple-A Omaha, Caglianone went More than this fantasy score number in eight of them.
- Caglianone has 56 RBIs in 50 games in the minor leagues this year.
- Although Caglianone is striking out in 23.1% of at-bats this year in the minors, Pallante doesn’t possess especially impressive strikeout numbers, at 15.9%.
- Caglianone had a .383 BABIP in Triple-A, showing a tendency to get the ball in play. That number would place him sixth in the MLB.
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All Jac Caglianone Projections for Tuesday, June 3
Here are all of Royals OF Jac Caglianone’s projections for his MLB debut vs. the Cardinals on Tuesday, June 3, via the PrizePicks MLB board.
- 0.5 Singles
- 0.5 Total Bases (Goblin)
- 0.5 Doubles (Demon)
- 0.5 Walks (Demon)
- 0.5 Hits (Goblin)
- 0.5 RBIs (Demon)
- 0.5 Runs (Demon)
- 0.5 Hitter Strikeouts (Goblin)
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