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ST. LOUIS (KOAM) — The sixth overall pick of the 2024 amateur draft bats sixth in the Kansas City Royals’ lineup as the designated hitter facing the St. Louis Cardinals in his major league debut.
22-year-old Jac Caglianone hit .319 with nine home runs and 43 RBIs in 38 games with Triple-A Omaha after playing the first 12 games of the season with Double-A Northwest Arkansas — living up to the lofty expectations the Royals had when they drafted him.
Kansas City is looking for an offensive boost after entering play with a major league-worst 34 home runs and having scored 194 runs, tied with Pittsburgh for the second-fewest in the majors.
Caglianone’s new big league teammates, however, aren’t looking for him to be a hero.
Caglianone’s debut comes a week after the Royals selected the contract of his former teammate John Rave from Omaha, where the outfielder was hitting .301 with nine homers and 17 steals in 44 games.
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