*****Official 2025 Royals Season Repository Thread*****

[PHOG]

As far as I'm concerned, Caglianone can't get here soon enough.

[GabyKeepsMeWarm]

Originally Posted by PHOG

As far as I'm concerned, Caglianone can't get here soon enough.

I think we all feel this way.

But the reality is muted. This dude won’t see MLB action at the earliest until 2026.

If he’s destroying the minor leagues in 2025, and Vinnie, Salvy are playing well, then Jac might make for an addition.

[Ocotillo]

Originally Posted by GabyKeepsMeWarm

I think we all feel this way.

But the reality is muted. This dude won’t see MLB action at the earliest until 2026.

If he’s destroying the minor leagues in 2025, and Vinnie, Salvy are playing well, then Jac might make for an addition.

Most likely 2026 will be his debut year.

But keep in mind that fellow collegians Cam Smith of the Astros (Florida State) and Christian Moore of the Angels (Tennessee) look like they are going to debut in the first half of the big league season and they were taken in the same draft class.

Player development has changed, too. If a highly-touted pitcher is throwing zeros in the high minors, teams don't want to waste their bullets on meaningless games and they are promoted to the majors.

As a result, Triple-A pitching become so watered down that there's a thought process that the only way a hitter is going to learn how to hit major league pitching is to face the filth the big league hurlers are throwing these days.