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When the Kansas City Royals promoted Jac Caglianone from Triple-A Omaha , they had to find a way to get his bat in the lineup.

Caglianone, 22, offered a new power element. The Royals, who scored one run in their final 18 innings against the Detroit Tigers last weekend, desperately needed to reignite their stagnant offense.

Royals manager Matt Quatraro switched things around. He moved Maikel Garcia into the third spot and bumped Vinnie Pasquantino and Salvador Perez down in the order.

The reason? Get the speed guys on base to score more runs.

“It’s a little bit different getting used to not knowing that I’m up in the first inning,” Pasquantino said. “Really no difference because those guys are on base all the time. Just more opportunities to try to do my job.”

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