Here is how Jac Caglianone spent his first full day in KC as a member of Royals
Royals outfielder Jac Caglianone hasn’t had an abundance of downtime lately.
Caglianone has worn the jersey of six different teams in the past 12 months. Heck, in the past two months, he’s been with the Royals’ Double-A and Triple-A affiliates before finally joining the big-league club.
An off-day last week was spent driving to Kansas City from Nebraska.
After a road trip through St. Louis and Chicago, the Royals returned to Kansas City on Sunday night. With a scheduled off-day on Monday, Caglianone had a chance to catch his breath and get acquainted with Kansas City.
How did he spend that time?
“Looked around for places to live,” Caglianone said Tuesday at a news conference. “Been living out of a hotel for a little while. That was really it. Went to a card shop. Just chill all day.”
Caglianone visited the Art of Sports in Leawood. Did he find any gems there?
“I did,” Caglianone said with a smile as the media members laughed.
Caglianone is a card collector and he was in search of his teammates.
“I found a few Royals cards. They had a (Cole) Ragans from the All-Star Game,” Caglianone said. “I got a (Michael) Massey rookie, a couple Bobs. I got a Bob and Sal of them like celebrating. So snagged those.”
That’d be shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. and catcher Salvador Perez.
Witt is an avid card collector, so he’s pleased his rookie teammate shares the hobby.
“It’s always cool to kind of talk about it and stuff like that,” Witt noted.
While Caglianone was shopping, he did not see any Jac Caglianone cards, as he noted with a chuckle.
Perhaps they were sold out, but you can bet they’ll be in stock now that the Royals’ top prospect is with the team.
This story was originally published June 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM with the headline "Here is how Jac Caglianone spent his first full day in KC as a member of Royals."
