Royals predicted to get breakout year from lefty slugger who was 'awful' in 2025
This would be a very welcome breakout for the Royals.
Royals predicted to get breakout year from lefty slugger who was 'awful' in 2025 originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Kansas City Royals are competing with the Detroit Tigers and the Cleveland Guardians for the AL Central title in 2026.
While they weren't in the fight come the end of the 2025 season, the Royals should be a serious postseason contender this year. If they want to get over the hump, they will need more from their offense, especially a 6-foot-4 lefty slugger. Keith Law of The Athletic is predicting that lefty slugger, coming off an "awful" 2025 season, will have a breakout year in 2026.
That lefty slugger is Jac Caglianone, a top prospect who didn't live up to the hype in his first season in the Majors. Royals predicted to get breakout year from Jac Caglianone "I feel like everyone and their brother is calling for a Caglianone breakout this year," Law writes, "and why not, given how incredibly hard he hits the ball and how well he hit everything up through Triple-A. " Caglianone is coming off a terrible 2025 regular season, where he hit just .
157 with a . 532 OPS. It was a brutal start to his MLB career, but there's still plenty of optimism with the lefty Royals slugger.