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PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Shelby Miller	Elbow	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Tyler Austin	Knee	06-30-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 1
Caleb Thielbar	Hamstring	05-08-2026Expected to be out until at least May 9
Hunter Harvey	Triceps	05-07-2026Expected to be out until at least May 8
Matthew Boyd	Knee	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
Justin Steele	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Ethan Roberts	Finger	05-07-2026Expected to be out until at least May 8
Jordan Wicks	Elbow	05-07-2026Expected to be out until at least May 8
Cade Horton	Elbow	07-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Aug 1, 2027
Porter Hodge	Elbow	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Riley Martin	Elbow	06-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 22

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Estevez	Foot	05-11-2026Expected to be out until at least May 12
Cole Ragans	Triceps	05-11-2026Expected to be out until at least May 12
James McArthur	Elbow	05-23-2026Expected to be out until at least May 24
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
Bailey Falter	Elbow	05-06-2026Expected to be out until at least May 7
Noah Cameron	Back	05-09-2026Expected to be out until at least May 10

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cubs CHC-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Royals KC-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
N. Hoerner 2B	35	140	18	42	27	4	15	14	.300	.377	.457	.834	10	0	7	0	135
I. Happ LF	34	128	26	30	15	8	26	46	.234	.372	.484	.856	6	1	1	0	110
D. Swanson SS	35	117	25	24	24	6	21	30	.205	.324	.393	.717	2	1	2	0	106
A. Bregman 3B	36	143	13	35	13	3	20	24	.245	.339	.357	.696	5	1	1	0	88
M. Busch 3B	35	131	16	30	19	3	19	34	.229	.331	.366	.697	7	1	0	0	87
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	36	135	22	32	13	3	10	41	.237	.299	.363	.662	4	2	7	3	86
M. Ballesteros C	32	86	14	26	18	6	10	15	.302	.371	.570	.941	5	0	0	0	83
S. Suzuki RF	23	85	16	26	13	6	13	23	.306	.406	.541	.947	2	0	0	0	78
C. Kelly C	26	86	13	27	13	2	13	16	.314	.410	.430	.840	4	0	0	0	69
M. Shaw SS	32	81	10	23	10	3	5	16	.284	.322	.469	.791	6	0	2	1	58
M. Amaya C	21	55	10	12	6	2	9	15	.218	.348	.345	.693	1	0	0	0	38
M. Conforto RF	19	32	6	10	6	1	7	11	.313	.425	.531	.956	4	0	0	0	30
S. Kingery 2B	8	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	1	0	5
N. Lopez 3B	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
D. Carlson CF	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	36	1231	193	318	177	47	168	289	.258	.352	.428	.780	56	6	21	4	973

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
S. Imanaga RP	7	7	3-2	0	0	41.1	2.40	25	12	11	3	10	43	.169	0.85	122
E. Cabrera SP	7	7	3-0	0	0	41.1	3.27	39	17	15	5	14	37	.255	1.28	106
J. Taillon SP	7	7	2-1	0	0	40.1	4.24	32	20	19	11	14	36	.215	1.14	91
C. Rea SP	7	4	4-1	1	1	32.2	4.41	34	16	16	3	9	30	.262	1.32	86
B. Brown SP	12	0	1-1	1	2	25.2	2.10	18	8	6	1	8	24	.198	1.01	66
M. Boyd SP	5	5	2-1	0	0	24.0	6.00	25	17	16	2	6	31	.266	1.29	52
R. Rolison RP	6	0	3-0	0	0	8.2	3.12	6	3	3	1	2	10	.200	0.92	41
H. Milner RP	17	0	0-0	1	1	16.2	2.16	11	4	4	2	5	5	.190	0.96	37
C. Thielbar RP	11	0	2-2	2	3	8.2	3.12	6	4	3	2	5	11	.182	1.27	35
J. Assad RP	6	3	2-1	0	0	20.1	7.08	22	16	16	3	6	12	.275	1.38	32
D. Palencia RP	6	0	1-0	1	1	6.0	0.00	4	0	0	0	2	5	.190	1.00	28
C. Horton P	2	2	1-0	0	0	7.1	2.45	4	2	2	1	2	4	.167	0.82	26
J. Webb RP	15	0	0-1	1	3	13.2	3.95	16	9	6	3	7	16	.291	1.68	22
R. Martin P	8	1	0-0	0	0	8.1	2.16	5	2	2	1	2	10	.179	0.84	21
C. Martin RP	6	0	0-0	1	1	5.0	5.40	2	3	3	1	5	4	.118	1.40	14
E. Roberts RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	2.2	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	2	.125	0.38	6
V. Velasquez SP	1	0	0-0	0	0	2.1	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	1	.125	0.43	6
Y. Rios RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.2	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0.00	6
H. Harvey RP	4	0	0-1	0	0	4.0	6.75	5	3	3	2	1	4	.294	1.50	0
L. Little RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	9.00	2	1	1	1	0	1	.400	2.00	0
P. Maton RP	9	0	0-1	0	0	7.1	9.82	10	8	8	1	5	10	.323	2.05	-4
Total	36	36	24-12	8	12	322.0	3.83	272	149	137	43	106	299	.227	1.17	793

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	36	143	15	41	16	3	17	30	.287	.358	.434	.792	10	1	11	2	115
M. Garcia 3B	34	133	19	34	13	3	14	25	.256	.322	.406	.728	9	1	4	2	93
V. Pasquantino 1B	34	125	15	24	17	4	16	30	.192	.281	.352	.633	4	2	1	0	80
S. Perez C	35	139	14	29	16	5	4	31	.209	.245	.353	.598	5	0	0	0	70
C. Jensen C	34	108	14	24	17	6	13	39	.222	.309	.407	.716	2	0	0	0	69
K. Isbel CF	29	85	12	24	8	3	6	22	.282	.351	.435	.786	4	0	5	0	65
I. Collins LF	31	94	14	24	12	3	15	32	.255	.366	.394	.760	4	0	2	3	65
J. Caglianone 1B	32	105	14	26	8	4	11	37	.248	.331	.429	.760	5	1	0	1	60
L. Thomas RF	28	64	7	15	6	1	14	14	.234	.380	.297	.677	1	0	3	1	45
M. Massey 2B	24	65	7	14	9	2	3	18	.215	.243	.385	.628	5	0	1	0	37
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
N. Loftin 1B	12	35	7	9	9	0	6	3	.257	.366	.343	.709	3	0	0	0	32
E. Diaz C	4	11	2	4	3	1	1	1	.364	.417	.818	1.235	2	0	0	0	14
S. Marte RF	13	33	2	10	2	0	0	10	.303	.314	.394	.708	3	0	0	1	12
T. Tolbert SS	8	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	1	1	2
Total	36	1193	151	287	144	37	128	306	.241	.319	.391	.710	58	5	28	11	793

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	7	7	3-2	0	0	44.1	3.05	32	15	15	5	15	36	.204	1.06	114
K. Bubic SP	7	7	3-1	0	0	40.2	3.32	27	15	15	3	19	42	.189	1.13	109
L. Erceg RP	16	0	2-1	10	12	15.1	3.52	10	7	6	0	11	14	.196	1.37	105
S. Lugo SP	7	7	1-1	0	0	43.2	2.68	41	14	13	1	13	37	.256	1.24	99
D. Lynch SP	14	0	1-0	1	2	14.2	1.84	5	6	3	1	4	18	.100	0.61	54
C. Ragans RP	7	7	1-4	0	0	32.1	5.29	26	20	19	10	21	41	.224	1.45	47
N. Cameron P	6	6	2-2	0	0	31.2	5.40	40	22	19	5	11	28	.301	1.61	46
N. Mears RP	14	0	2-1	0	2	12.2	2.13	6	3	3	0	7	10	.146	1.03	36
M. Strahm RP	14	0	1-0	0	1	13.2	3.29	10	5	5	2	6	14	.196	1.17	33
S. Kolek RP	1	1	1-0	0	0	6.0	4.50	4	3	3	1	0	3	.182	0.67	22
E. Morgan RP	7	0	0-1	1	1	10.1	2.61	8	3	3	2	6	9	.205	1.35	20
J. Schreiber RP	14	0	0-2	1	1	12.1	4.38	11	6	6	2	8	5	.256	1.54	10
A. Lange RP	13	0	0-2	0	0	14.2	6.14	14	11	10	2	10	19	.250	1.64	8
M. Black P	4	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	0.00	7	0	0	0	2	5	.350	1.93	7
T. Tolbert SS	1	0	0-0	0	0	0.2	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	1.50	2
L. Avila SP	4	1	0-1	0	0	9.0	7.00	16	7	7	1	4	9	.400	2.22	0
S. Cruz RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	14.40	7	8	8	4	4	7	.318	2.20	0
M. Spence SP	1	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	13.50	4	6	6	1	5	3	.267	2.25	-1
B. Falter SP	2	0	0-0	0	0	3.1	13.50	8	5	5	1	2	4	.444	3.00	-3
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
Total	36	36	17-19	13	20	319.1	4.28	281	162	152	42	150	304	.237	1.35	692

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