Royals Rumblings - News for October 22, 2024
Is Jac Caglianone gassed from a long season?
Noah Furtado at The Athletic writes about the pitching potential of Jac Caglianone.
Royals director of player development Mitch Maier said Caglianone’s projectability as a two-way player is “a rare opportunity that has to be thought through.”
“For me, it’s like I’m going to make this happen,” Caglianone said. “I’m the type of person where I get super driven and I get fixated on things. So if I have the opportunity to do it, I’m going to jump on it. I won’t really accept failure. I’ll keep pushing at it until it clicks.”
Keith Law scouts Arizona Fall League players and notes Caglianone looks tired.
Caglianone, the sixth pick in the MLB Draft this July, played a full college season for Florida, through the College World Series, and then played another 29 games after he signed. He’s been going since mid-February, and he looks gassed.
He’s struck out 11 times in 37 PA at this writing with a .229/.243/.286 line, striking out three times on sliders in front of me and once on a fastball. This isn’t who he is, and other than a really nice play at first base to start a 3-6 double play, I feel like he’s not getting anything from these reps.
Darragh McDonald at MLB Trade Rumors has his offseason outlook for the Royals.
There’s also the broadcast revenue situation to consider. The Royals were one of the clubs with Bally Sports in 2024 but they may not be able to continue that relationship going forward. Diamond Sports Group, the company that has owned Bally for years, has been in bankruptcy for almost two years now and is planning to significantly scale back its MLB operations in 2025. As of a few weeks ago, they were reportedly planning to cut ties with 11 of the 12 clubs they broadcasted in 2024, with the Royals one of the many on the chopping block. It’s possible that a new deal could be worked out, but that would come with lower fees than the club had received previously. The Royals reportedly received $45MM as part of their deal with Diamond as recently as 2022.
Trey Donovan at Farm to Fountain gives his grade cards to the starting pitching staff.
2024 proved to be a good year for Singer as it showed he is willing to learn and develop a third and even fourth offering. He put together a year that could be a jumping-off point. While a lot of the numbers don’t favor his game there is potential. The only thing that went drastically wrong with this season is he struggled in the last two months of the year, sporting an ERA over five.
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