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C. HolmesR	4-4 W-L	52.2 IP	2.39 ERA	2.50 SO/BB	1.10 WHIP
S. LugoR	4-7 W-L	128.2 IP	4.41 ERA	2.20 SO/BB	1.39 WHIP

.C. Holmes

4-4, 52.2 IP, 2.39 ERA

.S. Lugo

4-7, 128.2 IP, 4.41 ERA

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Shelby Miller	Elbow	09-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 15
Tyler Austin	Knee	08-23-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 24
Clay Holmes	Lower Leg	08-07-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 8
Hunter Harvey	Triceps	08-23-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 24
Justin Steele	Elbow	09-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 15
Hoby Milner	Abdomen	08-06-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 7
Phil Maton	Knee	08-23-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 24
Edward Cabrera	Hamstring	08-15-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 16
Ethan Roberts	Forearm	08-06-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 7
Gavin Hollowell	Shoulder	08-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 15
Daniel Palencia	Elbow	08-10-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 11
Cade Horton	Elbow	07-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Ben Brown	Neck	08-25-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 26
Porter Hodge	Elbow	04-30-2027Expected to be out until at least May 1
Matt Shaw	Hand	08-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 17
Riley Martin	Elbow	08-23-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 24

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Estevez	Shoulder	08-24-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 25
Cole Ragans	Elbow	05-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Jun 1
Maikel Garcia	Hand	08-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 17
Connor Seabold	Lat	08-29-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 30
James McArthur	Elbow	08-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 22
Jonathan India	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Alec Marsh	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Nick Mears	Shoulder	08-20-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 21
Beck Way	Back	08-11-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 12
Vinnie Pasquantino	Wrist	08-07-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 8
Luinder Avila	Elbow	01-31-2028Expected to be out until at least Feb 1, 2028

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Kauffman StadiumKansas City, MO

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KCRoyals

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	116	436	80	126	69	26	60	136	.289	.386	.550	.936	22	7	29	7	443
N. Hoerner 2B	114	454	48	118	54	7	38	45	.260	.321	.363	.684	24	1	17	3	318
D. Swanson SS	111	382	72	83	63	17	42	101	.217	.294	.406	.700	15	3	16	1	313
S. Suzuki RF	99	374	63	101	64	19	53	111	.270	.364	.476	.840	20	0	2	0	310
A. Bregman 3B	113	448	61	111	50	12	56	83	.248	.338	.384	.722	23	1	3	1	310
M. Busch 1B	115	436	50	105	63	14	67	117	.241	.352	.390	.742	19	2	2	1	304
I. Happ LF	112	408	66	86	48	18	62	148	.211	.323	.404	.727	21	2	4	1	280
C. Kelly C	86	268	39	71	40	7	33	50	.265	.352	.381	.733	10	0	0	1	191
M. Conforto RF	76	172	24	39	24	9	24	58	.227	.323	.448	.771	11	0	1	0	123
T. Taylor CF	3	6	1	1	0	0	0	1	.167	.286	.167	.453	0	0	0	0	118
M. Amaya C	63	160	28	38	18	3	19	47	.238	.348	.350	.698	9	0	0	0	105
M. Shaw RF	56	130	20	32	20	4	12	27	.246	.322	.415	.737	6	2	4	1	102
P. Ramirez 2B	42	106	15	31	14	1	10	21	.292	.350	.415	.765	8	1	5	0	82
J. Dean RF	17	8	3	3	3	0	2	4	.375	.500	.625	1.125	0	1	1	0	13
K. Alcantara DH	20	21	4	5	5	1	2	9	.238	.304	.381	.685	0	0	0	1	13
S. Kingery 2B	8	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	1	0	5
J. Triantos 2B	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	0	0	1
D. Carlson LF	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	116	3982	595	988	558	144	497	999	.248	.338	.415	.753	194	20	86	17	3031

HITTING	G
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	116
N. Hoerner 2B	114
D. Swanson SS	111
S. Suzuki RF	99
A. Bregman 3B	113
M. Busch 1B	115
I. Happ LF	112
C. Kelly C	86
M. Conforto RF	76
T. Taylor CF	3
M. Amaya C	63
M. Shaw RF	56
P. Ramirez 2B	42
J. Dean RF	17
K. Alcantara DH	20
S. Kingery 2B	8
J. Triantos 2B	4
D. Carlson LF	3
Total	116

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
S. Imanaga SP	23	23	8-9	0	0	132.2	3.60	116	54	53	25	29	125	.232	1.09	300
C. Rea SP	23	19	8-8	1	1	117.2	4.59	119	62	60	18	41	90	.261	1.36	209
C. Kelly C	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	18.00	2	2	2	2	0	0	.400	2.00	191
B. Brown RP	20	8	4-2	1	2	68.0	1.85	45	16	14	2	19	65	.186	0.94	190
M. Boyd SP	13	13	7-1	0	0	72.2	3.59	69	31	29	8	20	63	.249	1.22	185
J. Assad SP	19	10	6-1	1	1	75.1	3.58	67	31	30	13	20	51	.241	1.15	179
J. Webb RP	51	0	4-2	6	10	50.2	2.49	44	17	14	6	17	56	.229	1.20	165
D. Peterson SP	6	6	3-1	0	0	33.0	4.36	27	17	16	5	10	22	.220	1.12	157
R. Zeferjahn RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	1.2	5.40	1	1	1	1	0	2	.167	0.60	145
R. Rolison RP	41	2	6-1	1	3	46.0	2.35	36	14	12	4	20	46	.225	1.22	137
E. Cabrera SP	14	14	5-4	0	0	72.1	5.10	72	46	41	14	29	65	.262	1.40	133
A. Civale RP	5	0	0-0	1	1	9.1	2.89	10	3	3	1	2	9	.270	1.29	112
T. Thornton RP	33	0	5-4	3	4	35.2	2.78	26	14	11	4	14	17	.211	1.12	99
C. Thielbar RP	41	0	3-2	3	7	35.1	4.84	32	20	19	10	13	43	.235	1.27	95
H. Milner RP	38	0	1-0	1	2	35.2	3.53	34	14	14	4	9	18	.256	1.21	70
D. Palencia RP	19	0	2-1	3	3	16.2	2.70	17	5	5	2	6	19	.266	1.38	61
G. Hollowell RP	14	0	0-0	1	1	14.1	2.51	11	5	4	2	8	13	.208	1.33	32
T. Ferguson RP	16	0	0-1	0	1	15.2	3.45	10	6	6	3	2	19	.175	0.77	27
C. Horton P	2	2	1-0	0	0	7.1	2.45	4	2	2	1	2	4	.167	0.82	26
D. Pomeranz RP	6	0	2-0	0	1	5.2	7.94	7	5	5	2	4	1	.304	1.94	26
E. Roberts RP	23	0	0-2	0	1	25.2	4.21	22	14	12	3	14	17	.237	1.40	24
R. Martin P	8	1	0-0	0	0	8.1	2.16	5	2	2	1	2	10	.179	0.84	21
P. Maton RP	31	0	0-1	0	2	27.2	6.18	34	19	19	5	16	31	.306	1.81	19
T. Blach RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	2	.111	0.33	9
Y. Rios RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.2	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0.00	6
J. Wicks SP	4	2	0-2	2	2	10.1	10.45	18	12	12	1	2	8	.383	1.94	6
J. Murray RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	18.00	6	6	6	2	2	6	.400	2.67	5
A. Kelly RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.1	0.00	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	0.75	3
H. Harvey RP	4	0	0-1	0	0	4.0	6.75	5	3	3	2	1	4	.294	1.50	0
Total	116	116	67-49	25	43	1037.2	4.05	956	495	467	172	343	898	.244	1.25	2632

PITCHING	GP
S. Imanaga SP	23
C. Rea SP	23
C. Kelly C	1
B. Brown RP	20
M. Boyd SP	13
J. Assad SP	19
J. Webb RP	51
D. Peterson SP	6
R. Zeferjahn RP	2
R. Rolison RP	41
E. Cabrera SP	14
A. Civale RP	5
T. Thornton RP	33
C. Thielbar RP	41
H. Milner RP	38
D. Palencia RP	19
G. Hollowell RP	14
T. Ferguson RP	16
C. Horton P	2
D. Pomeranz RP	6
E. Roberts RP	23
R. Martin P	8
P. Maton RP	31
T. Blach RP	1
Y. Rios RP	1
J. Wicks SP	4
J. Murray RP	2
A. Kelly RP	1
H. Harvey RP	4
Total	116

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	97	381	55	109	41	13	42	74	.286	.356	.457	.813	24	1	31	5	333
J. Caglianone RF	107	382	49	97	45	18	27	112	.254	.309	.453	.762	18	2	4	2	248
C. Jensen C	108	381	50	87	54	15	41	127	.228	.301	.415	.716	24	1	1	0	242
S. Perez DH	108	418	40	90	48	16	18	93	.215	.263	.376	.639	17	1	0	0	227
I. Collins LF	104	328	40	78	34	6	44	86	.238	.337	.366	.703	18	3	6	5	208
M. Massey 2B	95	289	38	76	39	9	16	53	.263	.297	.426	.723	20	0	2	0	193
V. Pasquantino 1B	79	293	34	68	33	6	37	60	.232	.318	.345	.663	11	2	4	0	185
N. Loftin 3B	78	233	31	58	35	5	26	38	.249	.332	.399	.731	18	1	1	0	173
M. Garcia 3B	69	268	32	70	30	3	24	45	.261	.320	.373	.693	17	2	5	3	170
K. Isbel CF	59	173	17	42	13	3	10	42	.243	.293	.347	.640	7	1	5	0	92
T. Tolbert SS	50	80	22	26	6	3	6	15	.325	.368	.475	.843	3	0	15	3	91
S. Marte RF	54	137	14	35	12	1	8	37	.255	.311	.314	.625	5	0	2	2	64
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
J. Rojas 3B	26	64	6	15	6	1	3	9	.234	.269	.328	.597	3	0	1	0	33
J. Rave RF	16	38	6	10	2	2	4	8	.263	.333	.579	.912	4	1	1	0	32
L. Maile C	5	15	2	4	5	1	1	5	.267	.313	.533	.846	1	0	0	0	13
A. Velazquez SS	6	15	0	1	0	0	0	2	.067	.067	.067	.134	0	0	1	0	2
Total	116	3891	480	954	457	116	357	919	.245	.312	.396	.708	210	15	89	24	2340

HITTING	G
B. Witt SS	97
J. Caglianone RF	107
C. Jensen C	108
S. Perez DH	108
I. Collins LF	104
M. Massey 2B	95
V. Pasquantino 1B	79
N. Loftin 3B	78
M. Garcia 3B	69
K. Isbel CF	59
T. Tolbert SS	50
S. Marte RF	54
J. India 2B	17
J. Rojas 3B	26
J. Rave RF	16
L. Maile C	5
A. Velazquez SS	6
Total	116

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	23	23	5-8	0	0	144.0	3.44	125	59	55	17	41	112	.234	1.15	302
N. Cameron SP	22	21	6-8	0	0	123.2	4.37	119	65	60	14	40	116	.250	1.29	230
S. Lugo SP	23	23	4-7	0	0	128.2	4.41	134	71	63	15	45	99	.274	1.39	219
L. Erceg RP	43	0	4-3	12	18	41.0	6.37	48	33	29	5	25	29	.302	1.78	127
D. Lynch IV RP	46	0	4-2	1	3	46.0	1.96	31	13	10	2	12	35	.185	0.93	125
S. Kolek SP	10	10	4-3	0	0	54.0	4.50	55	30	27	8	12	34	.262	1.24	111
A. Lange RP	44	0	1-6	10	13	45.2	6.11	44	33	31	5	26	48	.253	1.53	102
L. Avila SP	21	12	5-4	0	0	70.0	5.53	71	43	43	7	42	61	.272	1.61	100
S. Cruz RP	40	2	2-3	3	4	42.0	4.29	34	21	20	11	17	48	.219	1.21	98
T. Tolbert SS	5	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	25.07	17	13	13	4	3	0	.586	4.29	91
R. Dobnak SP	6	4	2-0	0	0	31.0	1.16	24	4	4	2	13	15	.212	1.19	76
N. Pearson RP	4	0	1-0	0	0	4.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	1	.083	0.50	62
J. Schreiber RP	46	0	0-3	1	3	41.2	3.67	39	20	17	7	18	31	.257	1.37	57
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
B. Way RP	19	1	1-1	0	0	23.1	3.86	27	13	10	4	10	21	.293	1.59	34
C. Seabold RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	9.00	7	6	5	0	4	5	.318	2.20	31
N. Mears RP	21	0	2-3	0	2	19.1	5.12	18	11	11	2	11	15	.257	1.50	24
E. Morgan RP	16	0	0-1	1	1	19.1	5.12	24	11	11	5	9	16	.300	1.71	22
M. Black RP	12	0	0-0	0	0	17.2	3.57	19	7	7	3	11	15	.279	1.70	21
J. Cuas RP	6	0	0-0	0	0	6.2	2.70	8	2	2	0	2	9	.286	1.50	12
E. McGee RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	2.1	3.86	5	1	1	0	0	2	.455	2.14	8
A. Bummer RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	27.00	4	3	3	1	0	0	.571	4.00	-1
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
M. Spence RP	3	1	0-2	0	0	9.1	21.21	19	22	22	3	9	6	.413	3.00	-29
Total	116	116	48-68	28	50	1019.0	4.80	1011	583	544	148	435	859	.260	1.42	1861

PITCHING	GP
M. Wacha SP	23
N. Cameron SP	22
S. Lugo SP	23
L. Erceg RP	43
D. Lynch IV RP	46
S. Kolek SP	10
A. Lange RP	44
L. Avila SP	21
S. Cruz RP	40
T. Tolbert SS	5
R. Dobnak SP	6
N. Pearson RP	4
J. Schreiber RP	46
C. Ragans RP	8
B. Way RP	19
C. Seabold RP	5
N. Mears RP	21
E. Morgan RP	16
M. Black RP	12
J. Cuas RP	6
E. McGee RP	2
A. Bummer RP	1
C. Estevez RP	1
M. Spence RP	3
Total	116

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