Royals calling up red-hot top prospect Jac Caglianone

Royals star prospect Jac Caglianone is getting referred to as as much as the majors, The Put up’s Jon Heyman confirmed. 

Kansas Metropolis has Monday off however returns to the diamond on Tuesday for a collection with the Cardinals, which is when Caglianone is predicted to make his MLB debut. 

This comes after the Royals chosen Caglianone No. 6 total within the 2024 MLB Draft, and he has torn by way of the minor leagues rapidly, leaping from Double-A to Triple-A this yr. 

Between Double-A and Triple-A, the outfielder hit 322/.389/.593 with 15 house runs, and following a promotion to Triple-A, he hit .319/.370/.723 with six house runs in 12 video games.

Caglianone was already the Royals’ high prospect, however he was ranked because the Tenth-best prospect in all of baseball, per MLB Pipeline. 

He began to listen to the chatter about him as he rose by way of the ranks. 

He instructed The Athletic it felt “fairly good” when discussing the joy over — on the time — his potential call-up. 

“It makes me really feel fairly good,” Caglianone mentioned. “I haven’t even been there but, and I can already really feel the love from the folks of Kansas Metropolis. So I’m tremendous grateful for it. Hopefully it stays that approach.”

Caglianone has at the least one main Kansas Metropolis sports activities fan excited for his arrival. 

Chiefs star quarterback Patrick Mahomes posted to X concerning the information after it had been first reported by ESPN. 

Mahomes shared a meme from “The Workplace” to indicate his pleasure over the information. 

The star QB is a minority proprietor within the Royals group. 

The choice to name him up comes at a time when the Royals have struggled to attain runs. 

Kansas Metropolis (31-29) has collected 194 runs by way of 60 video games, which is the second-fewest runs behind solely the depressing Rockies.