Amid a 3-for-52 funk at the plate, would-be Royals savior Jac Caglianone on Sunday in Arizona absorbed another jarring twist to his big-league initiation. Girded as he might have been for Anthony DeSclafani's pitch bearing in on his right foot,

That power flashed big-time on Wednesday, when he crushed a 466-foot homer over the batter's eye off Pittsburgh Pirates starter Bailey Falter. The long ball, measured at 110.8 mph off the bat, put the Royals up 3-0. It was the fourth homer in 32 games of Caglianone's career.