MLB · RF · Kansas City Royals
Jac Caglianone
B/T L/L · 6' 4" · 250 lb · born Tampa, FL, USA · age 23 · draft 2024 rd 1 · played RF 95, 1B 39, DH 12 · MLB debut 2025-06-03
553 plate appearances scored this season His season card →
A moment
Payton Tolle's immaculate inning — Payton Tolle struck out the side on nine pitches. Nine pitches, three strikeouts, one pitcher, and no ball ever called. Read it →
The Line of the Day
5-6, HR, 2B, 6 RBI — Thu, Aug 27 · night game vs. Toronto Blue Jays The scorecard →
The card rack
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FlagshipJac Caglianone [Red Rookie Variation] #75 · 2026 Bowman · 214 recent sales 7N ▼0.3%
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Scout’s note
Jac Caglianone, 23, from Tampa, has 30 home runs and a .746 OPS in 205 big-league games — real power from the left side for a young corner outfielder.
Note written · FVR scout (GLM-5.2)
We wrote about Caglianone here — The Buzz August 28, 2026 · August 18, 2026 · August 9, 2026 · The Overnight: 4-for-4, 2 HR, 2 2B, 4 RBI (August 8, 2026)
Where he stands
throughAgainst the 406 qualified major-league hitters — 100+ balls in play this season, the same field the boards are chosen out of. Right is better on every row.
- EV95112.399
- Deserved (xVal)0.47896
- Got (aVal)0.46696
- Luck gap (park-adjusted)flipped-0.00350
today · 30 days ago, against the 375 men who qualified then · the tick is the midpoint · the number at the right is the percentile, the number beside it the measurement itself.
What he’s paid
Not statedA market fact, not an engine read: what a club decided about him, on the season before this one. Figures from Cot’s.
- Service time
- 1 yr 118 d
- Options left
- 3 / 3
After this season, as the sheet has it
| Season | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cash | Arb 1 | Arb 2 | Arb 3 |
| Tax hit | — | — | — |
Cash and the tax hit are two different rulebooks and are never subtracted from one another — see the payroll board for his club, Kansas City Royals.
A second set of books
The same contract, read by MLB Spreadsheets (Ethan Hullihen), as of . We keep two sources on this because one source cannot check itself.
- Tax AAV
- $0.78M
- Guaranteed
- $0.78M
- Term
- 1 yr
- His class
- Pre-Arb
What the sheet prices each season at
| Season | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salary | Minimum | Minimum | Minimum | Arb 1 | Arb 2 | Arb 3 |
A base salary under his own reading, and never subtracted from the cash figure above: a signing bonus lands in one and not the other, so the two disagree on most men without either being wrong. And the sheet does not mark which future seasons are GUARANTEED — a club option and a projected arbitration award are both just a number here, so read past the end of the deal as his forecast rather than as money owed.
The tax AAV above is his number under the CBA’s own rulebook, not the average we work out from Cot’s total. On a contract with deferred money the two come apart on purpose — and neither is subtracted from the other.
The Wire
△ On the field: Royals core intact: Witt remains MVP-caliber, Caglianone can flirt with 30 HR.
X chatter, trailing 2 days · as of 2026-10-17 · newest post 2026-10-15 · summarized by Grok (xAI) · how this works →
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The Bureau on Jac Caglianone
The scouting press, in their own words
Dynasty Podcast Ep #150 is up: Tom, Raj & Greg on the LCS, playoff pitching strategy, and the dynasty outlooks for the Tigers and Royals. Players in the mix include Riley Greene, Kevin McGonigle, Max Clark, Zyhir Hope, Bobby Witt Jr., Jac Caglianone, Carter Jensen & more.
69 wins, injuries everywhere, but the Royals' dynasty core is still intact. Witt remains MVP-caliber. Caglianone can flirt with 30 HR. Gomez is a DSL star to buy with #1 prospect upside. Full 2027 outlook: https://t.co/yCMDh7dWT8
American League and National League Players of the Month •AL – Jac Caglianone, KC •NL – Pete Crow-Armstrong, CHC American League and National League Pitchers of the Month •AL – Noah Cameron, KC •NL – Jesús Luzardo, PHI American League and National League Rookies of the
Umpire favor
+0.2 net runs over 30 graded games — an even shake from the zone this season.
The line
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