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M. BoydL	6-1 W-L	59.0 IP	3.81 ERA	3.24 SO/BB	1.24 WHIP
S. LugoR	4-6 W-L	117.2 IP	4.36 ERA	2.47 SO/BB	1.37 WHIP

.M. Boyd

6-1, 59.0 IP, 3.81 ERA

.S. Lugo

4-6, 117.2 IP, 4.36 ERA

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Shelby Miller	Elbow	09-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 22
Tyler Austin	Knee	08-05-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 6
Hunter Harvey	Triceps	08-19-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 20
Justin Steele	Elbow	09-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 22
Hoby Milner	Abdomen	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Phil Maton	Knee	08-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 1
Edward Cabrera	Hamstring	08-11-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 12
Ethan Roberts	Forearm	07-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 28
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, 2027
Ben Brown	Neck	08-20-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 21
Porter Hodge	Elbow	04-30-2027Expected to be out until at least May 1
Matt Shaw	Hand	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Riley Martin	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Estevez	Shoulder	08-19-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 20
Cole Ragans	Elbow	05-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Jun 1
Maikel Garcia	Hand	08-03-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 4
Connor Seabold	Lat	08-03-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 4
Kris Bubic	Elbow	08-09-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 10
Kyle Isbel	Foot	07-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 28
James McArthur	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Jonathan India	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Bobby Witt	Back	07-30-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 31
Alec Marsh	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Nick Mears	Shoulder	08-03-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 4

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HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	106	396	70	114	60	23	55	123	.288	.388	.540	.928	19	6	26	7	393
D. Swanson SS	102	350	66	77	61	16	40	91	.220	.299	.411	.710	13	3	14	0	294
N. Hoerner 2B	104	418	44	106	48	5	36	38	.254	.317	.349	.666	23	1	14	3	285
M. Busch 1B	105	393	47	96	56	13	66	110	.244	.364	.399	.763	18	2	2	1	284
A. Bregman 3B	103	407	53	98	46	11	53	76	.241	.336	.369	.705	17	1	2	1	275
S. Suzuki RF	90	341	56	90	58	18	44	103	.264	.352	.472	.824	17	0	1	0	273
I. Happ LF	102	376	64	82	45	18	58	138	.218	.331	.420	.751	18	2	4	1	269
C. Kelly C	78	246	37	64	36	6	31	48	.260	.350	.374	.724	10	0	0	1	174
M. Conforto RF	70	156	23	37	24	9	21	52	.237	.326	.481	.807	11	0	1	0	119
M. Amaya C	57	146	28	36	18	3	18	40	.247	.360	.363	.723	8	0	0	0	105
M. Shaw RF	56	130	20	32	20	4	12	27	.246	.322	.415	.737	6	2	4	1	102
M. Ballesteros DH	59	156	16	36	23	6	17	36	.231	.303	.385	.688	6	0	1	0	100
P. Ramirez 2B	33	82	13	25	13	1	6	14	.305	.348	.451	.799	7	1	3	0	68
J. Dean RF	13	7	3	2	3	0	2	4	.286	.444	.571	1.015	0	1	0	0	10
S. Kingery 2B	8	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	1	0	5
K. Alcantara DH	19	20	3	4	3	0	1	9	.200	.238	.200	.438	0	0	0	1	5
J. Triantos 2B	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	0	2
D. Carlson LF	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	106	3638	548	901	514	133	460	913	.248	.339	.415	.754	173	19	73	16	2763

HITTING	G
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	106
D. Swanson SS	102
N. Hoerner 2B	104
M. Busch 1B	105
A. Bregman 3B	103
S. Suzuki RF	90
I. Happ LF	102
C. Kelly C	78
M. Conforto RF	70
M. Amaya C	57
M. Shaw RF	56
M. Ballesteros DH	59
P. Ramirez 2B	33
J. Dean RF	13
S. Kingery 2B	8
K. Alcantara DH	19
J. Triantos 2B	1
D. Carlson LF	3
Total	106

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
S. Imanaga SP	21	21	7-8	0	0	121.0	3.72	104	51	50	22	29	113	.230	1.10	269
B. Brown RP	20	8	4-2	1	2	68.0	1.85	45	16	14	2	19	65	.186	0.94	190
C. Kelly C	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	18.00	2	2	2	2	0	0	.400	2.00	174
C. Rea SP	21	17	7-7	1	1	105.2	4.85	112	59	57	17	38	81	.271	1.42	173
J. Assad RP	17	8	6-1	1	1	65.1	3.86	57	29	28	12	16	42	.237	1.12	161
M. Boyd SP	11	11	6-1	0	0	59.0	3.81	56	26	25	6	17	55	.249	1.24	151
J. Webb RP	46	0	3-2	5	9	45.1	2.78	42	17	14	6	17	52	.241	1.30	135
E. Cabrera SP	14	14	5-4	0	0	72.1	5.10	72	46	41	14	29	65	.262	1.40	133
D. Peterson SP	5	5	3-1	0	0	26.2	5.06	22	15	15	4	10	14	.224	1.20	131
R. Rolison RP	37	2	5-1	1	3	40.2	2.66	34	14	12	4	19	42	.238	1.30	115
A. Civale RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	4.1	4.15	5	2	2	1	2	5	.278	1.62	94
T. Thornton RP	29	0	3-3	3	3	32.1	2.51	23	11	9	4	10	15	.207	1.02	88
C. Thielbar RP	36	0	3-2	2	5	31.0	4.06	25	15	14	8	13	40	.214	1.23	86
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
J. Woodford RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	2.0	13.50	5	3	3	1	0	3	.500	2.50	34
G. Hollowell RP	13	0	0-0	1	1	13.1	2.70	10	5	4	2	8	13	.204	1.35	30
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. Ferguson RP	12	0	0-1	0	1	11.1	4.76	9	6	6	3	0	15	.209	0.79	15
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
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
Total	106	106	60-46	22	38	944.1	4.22	876	468	443	161	321	825	.246	1.27	2252

PITCHING	GP
S. Imanaga SP	21
B. Brown RP	20
C. Kelly C	1
C. Rea SP	21
J. Assad RP	17
M. Boyd SP	11
J. Webb RP	46
E. Cabrera SP	14
D. Peterson SP	5
R. Rolison RP	37
A. Civale RP	2
T. Thornton RP	29
C. Thielbar RP	36
H. Milner RP	38
D. Palencia RP	19
J. Woodford RP	1
G. Hollowell RP	13
C. Horton P	2
D. Pomeranz RP	6
E. Roberts RP	23
R. Martin P	8
P. Maton RP	31
T. Ferguson RP	12
T. Blach RP	1
Y. Rios RP	1
J. Wicks SP	4
J. Murray RP	2
H. Harvey RP	4
L. Little RP	1
Total	106

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	94	369	51	103	39	13	41	73	.279	.350	.450	.800	22	1	30	5	316
C. Jensen C	99	346	44	83	52	14	36	112	.240	.309	.428	.737	23	0	1	0	227
J. Caglianone RF	98	347	46	87	37	16	25	107	.251	.308	.450	.758	17	2	3	1	219
S. Perez DH	99	384	38	80	44	15	17	86	.208	.259	.365	.624	15	0	0	0	207
I. Collins LF	96	300	38	73	34	6	41	80	.243	.344	.370	.714	18	1	6	5	197
L. Thomas CF	92	270	30	62	37	10	38	73	.230	.327	.400	.727	16	0	6	3	187
V. Pasquantino 1B	78	290	34	68	33	6	37	59	.234	.321	.348	.669	11	2	4	0	185
M. Massey 2B	87	259	36	71	36	8	16	48	.274	.312	.440	.752	19	0	2	0	182
M. Garcia 3B	69	268	32	70	30	3	24	45	.261	.320	.373	.693	17	2	5	3	170
N. Loftin 3B	69	209	30	52	34	5	22	34	.249	.331	.407	.738	16	1	1	0	161
K. Isbel CF	56	164	16	40	11	3	10	41	.244	.298	.354	.652	7	1	5	0	87
T. Tolbert SS	43	64	19	20	5	2	5	11	.313	.357	.422	.779	1	0	12	3	71
S. Marte RF	49	127	13	33	9	1	8	36	.260	.319	.315	.634	4	0	2	2	58
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
J. Rojas 3B	20	49	5	13	6	1	1	9	.265	.280	.388	.668	3	0	0	0	26
J. Rave RF	9	18	3	4	1	1	3	7	.222	.333	.611	.944	2	1	0	0	14
L. Maile C	4	12	2	3	4	1	1	3	.250	.308	.583	.891	1	0	0	0	12
A. Velazquez SS	4	13	0	1	0	0	0	2	.077	.077	.077	.154	0	0	1	0	2
Total	107	3600	450	885	429	109	336	861	.246	.315	.397	.712	196	11	81	23	2355

HITTING	G
B. Witt SS	94
C. Jensen C	99
J. Caglianone RF	98
S. Perez DH	99
I. Collins LF	96
L. Thomas CF	92
V. Pasquantino 1B	78
M. Massey 2B	87
M. Garcia 3B	69
N. Loftin 3B	69
K. Isbel CF	56
T. Tolbert SS	43
S. Marte RF	49
J. India 2B	17
J. Rojas 3B	20
J. Rave RF	9
L. Maile C	4
A. Velazquez SS	4
Total	107

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	21	21	5-7	0	0	132.1	3.60	117	55	53	16	38	104	.238	1.17	278
S. Lugo SP	21	21	4-6	0	0	117.2	4.36	123	65	57	15	38	94	.274	1.37	211
N. Cameron SP	20	19	5-8	0	0	107.2	4.93	115	64	59	14	37	100	.270	1.41	170
L. Erceg RP	41	0	4-3	12	18	39.1	5.26	43	27	23	5	23	27	.287	1.68	135
D. Lynch IV RP	43	0	4-2	1	3	43.1	2.08	28	13	10	2	12	34	.178	0.92	120
K. Bubic SP	9	9	3-2	0	0	50.1	4.11	36	23	23	4	26	51	.200	1.23	113
S. Kolek SP	10	10	4-3	0	0	54.0	4.50	55	30	27	8	12	34	.262	1.24	111
L. Avila SP	20	11	5-3	0	0	67.1	4.81	67	37	36	6	39	59	.269	1.57	110
A. Lange RP	41	0	1-5	10	12	42.0	6.00	40	30	28	4	23	43	.252	1.50	103
S. Cruz RP	35	2	2-3	2	3	37.0	4.62	31	20	19	10	17	45	.225	1.30	78
T. Tolbert SS	5	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	25.07	17	13	13	4	3	0	.586	4.29	71
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
N. Pearson RP	1	0	1-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	1.00	54
J. Schreiber RP	44	0	0-3	1	3	40.1	3.79	39	20	17	7	16	29	.264	1.36	54
M. Strahm RP	39	0	3-3	0	3	34.2	6.75	36	27	26	10	14	29	.257	1.44	46
B. Way RP	19	1	1-1	0	0	23.1	3.86	27	13	10	4	10	21	.293	1.59	34
R. Dobnak SP	4	2	0-0	0	0	19.0	1.42	17	3	3	2	9	10	.239	1.37	33
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	5	0	0-0	0	0	6.1	2.84	8	2	2	0	2	9	.296	1.58	11
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
B. Falter RP	5	2	0-2	0	0	9.2	13.97	24	15	15	4	6	6	.471	3.10	-23
M. Spence RP	3	1	0-2	0	0	9.1	21.21	19	22	22	3	9	6	.413	3.00	-29
Total	107	107	45-62	27	46	941.2	4.85	945	546	507	141	405	804	.262	1.43	1817

PITCHING	GP
M. Wacha SP	21
S. Lugo SP	21
N. Cameron SP	20
L. Erceg RP	41
D. Lynch IV RP	43
K. Bubic SP	9
S. Kolek SP	10
L. Avila SP	20
A. Lange RP	41
S. Cruz RP	35
T. Tolbert SS	5
C. Ragans RP	8
N. Pearson RP	1
J. Schreiber RP	44
M. Strahm RP	39
B. Way RP	19
R. Dobnak SP	4
C. Seabold RP	5
N. Mears RP	21
E. Morgan RP	16
M. Black RP	12
J. Cuas RP	5
C. Estevez RP	1
B. Falter RP	5
M. Spence RP	3
Total	107

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