Jac Caglianone

Bats L Throws L6'5" 250 lbBorn 2003 Tampa, USADebut 2025Team KCDraft 2024 R1 #6 Kansas City Royals, FloridaContract 1 y/$784,000 (26) 2026: $784,000

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 116.9FIELD+ 99.5 at RFTotal 2.36 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	296	268	68	13	1	11	22	67	2	0.252	0.316	0.438	0.754	0.186	0.326	22.7	7.4	104.7	1.09
2027	458	415	109	20	1	22	35	109	5	0.264	0.327	0.475	0.801	0.211	0.343	23.7	7.5	121.0	2.60

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 22

His ten closest age-22 comparables averaged 86 HIT+ the next season; 9 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Daryl Boston	1985	46.5	100.2	224
2	Felix Pie	2007	49.4	61.4	93
3	Magneuris Sierra	2018	39.1	117.7	42
4	Juan Pierre	2000	50.3	88.1	683
5	Deion Sanders	1990	52.3	67.9	122
6	Michael Saunders	2009	44.9	88.1	327
7	Karim Garcia	1998	52.6	81.1	309
8	Jordan Schafer	2009	60.9	did not play
9	Fernando Martinez	2011	45.0	106.5	130
10	Midre Cummings	1994	34.9	63.5	165

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			458		109	20	1	22		5	35	109	0.264	0.327	0.475	0.801	121.0
2026*	KCA	119	461	58	119	22	2	22		6	29	118	0.279	0.332	0.495	0.827	126.1
2025	KC	62	232	19	33	6	1	7	18	1	18	52	0.157	0.237	0.295	0.532	48.8
Career		62	232	19	33	6	1	7	18	1	18	52	0.157	0.237	0.295	0.532	48.8

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	461	93.2	7.6	14.2	55.0	28.5	38.4	0.282	0.514	0.363	27.0
2025	232	89.4	4.1	12.0	42.4	26.8	38.5	0.237	0.431	0.321	26.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	KC	OF	52	402	92	1	2	0	0.979
2025	KC	1B	10	25	21	6	0	1	1.000	+0.7

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2025	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Bat	129	11 HR, 1 SB	0.357	1.131
2025	AA	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	Bat	175	9 HR, 2 SB	0.322	0.947
2024	A+	Quad Cities River Bandits	Bat	126	2 HR, 2 SB	0.241	0.690

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.339	0.376	0.382	0.346
2025	0.275	0.225	0.234	0.244

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.