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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
Hunter Harvey	Triceps	06-25-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 26
Matthew Boyd	Knee	06-18-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 19
Justin Steele	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Edward Cabrera	Finger	06-04-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 5
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
Matt Shaw	Back	05-29-2026Expected to be out until at least May 30
Riley Martin	Elbow	06-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 22

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Estevez	Shoulder	06-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 15
Matt Strahm	Knee	05-30-2026Expected to be out until at least May 31
Cole Ragans	Elbow	05-28-2026Expected to be out until at least May 29
Kris Bubic	Elbow	06-08-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 9
James McArthur	Elbow	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
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

	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	52	208	23	53	31	4	25	18	.255	.342	.375	.717	13	0	10	1	171
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	53	189	28	43	23	6	20	56	.228	.316	.370	.686	5	2	12	4	138
I. Happ LF	49	182	35	39	20	10	36	73	.214	.350	.429	.779	7	1	2	0	138
M. Busch 1B	52	187	21	43	29	5	35	50	.230	.360	.380	.740	11	1	1	0	137
D. Swanson SS	50	169	30	32	27	7	24	43	.189	.289	.349	.638	4	1	3	0	125
A. Bregman 3B	52	208	22	52	16	4	25	40	.250	.338	.346	.684	6	1	2	0	122
S. Suzuki RF	39	145	22	36	18	7	20	43	.248	.345	.421	.766	4	0	0	0	101
C. Kelly C	39	125	17	37	17	2	15	26	.296	.380	.392	.772	6	0	0	0	87
M. Ballesteros DH	43	115	15	27	20	6	14	25	.235	.313	.435	.748	5	0	0	0	86
M. Shaw RF	42	95	10	23	12	3	6	18	.242	.291	.400	.691	6	0	3	1	63
M. Conforto RF	32	67	11	19	11	3	12	21	.284	.388	.537	.925	8	0	0	0	59
M. Amaya C	31	75	14	18	9	3	10	19	.240	.352	.387	.739	2	0	0	0	55
P. Ramirez 2B	2	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	.250	.400	.500	.900	1	0	0	0	5
S. Kingery 2B	8	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	1	0	5
D. Carlson LF	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
K. Alcantara LF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	53	1783	253	424	234	60	243	437	.238	.336	.389	.725	78	6	34	6	1292

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
S. Imanaga SP	11	11	4-5	0	0	64.2	4.04	52	30	29	10	17	67	.215	1.07	149
E. Cabrera SP	10	10	3-2	0	0	54.0	4.00	53	29	24	8	20	47	.262	1.35	110
C. Rea SP	11	8	4-3	1	1	54.0	4.83	57	30	29	8	17	44	.268	1.37	105
B. Brown RP	15	3	1-2	1	2	38.2	2.09	26	11	9	1	12	40	.187	0.98	92
J. Taillon SP	10	10	2-4	0	0	55.1	5.20	52	33	32	17	18	47	.244	1.27	88
H. Milner RP	23	0	1-0	1	2	23.1	1.93	16	5	5	2	6	10	.195	0.94	60
M. Boyd SP	5	5	2-1	0	0	24.0	6.00	25	17	16	2	6	31	.266	1.29	52
J. Assad RP	8	3	3-1	0	0	26.0	5.88	26	17	17	4	7	14	.263	1.27	51
D. Palencia RP	11	0	1-0	3	3	9.2	1.86	10	2	2	1	4	11	.263	1.45	46
R. Rolison RP	13	0	3-1	0	1	15.0	3.60	13	7	6	3	6	15	.245	1.27	43
J. Webb RP	22	0	0-1	1	3	21.2	2.91	22	10	7	3	8	25	.259	1.38	42
C. Thielbar RP	13	0	2-2	2	3	10.2	3.38	8	5	4	2	6	12	.200	1.31	38
T. Thornton RP	7	0	2-0	0	0	8.2	2.08	5	2	2	1	3	5	.167	0.92	32
E. Roberts RP	9	0	0-0	0	0	12.1	0.73	5	1	1	0	6	8	.135	0.89	27
C. Horton P	2	2	1-0	0	0	7.1	2.45	4	2	2	1	2	4	.167	0.82	26
R. Martin P	8	1	0-0	0	0	8.1	2.16	5	2	2	1	2	10	.179	0.84	21
T. Blach RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	2	.111	0.33	9
P. Maton RP	18	0	0-1	0	0	16.0	7.88	18	14	14	3	9	19	.286	1.69	8
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
G. Hollowell RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.2	10.80	2	2	2	1	4	1	.286	3.60	-2
Total	53	53	29-24	10	16	471.1	4.12	417	233	216	73	162	425	.236	1.23	1009

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	53	210	25	62	23	7	23	41	.295	.362	.471	.833	14	1	16	3	178
M. Garcia 3B	51	205	27	54	20	3	19	32	.263	.323	.385	.708	14	1	4	3	134
V. Pasquantino 1B	50	186	21	37	23	5	23	41	.199	.285	.328	.613	5	2	2	0	112
S. Perez C	51	197	19	42	24	8	9	42	.213	.258	.360	.618	5	0	0	0	106
C. Jensen C	49	151	20	35	23	6	20	52	.232	.320	.397	.717	7	0	0	0	98
I. Collins LF	46	144	18	32	16	3	22	47	.222	.337	.326	.663	6	0	3	3	86
J. Caglianone RF	48	157	18	38	11	5	13	51	.242	.308	.408	.716	9	1	1	1	83
K. Isbel CF	44	131	15	34	11	3	8	35	.260	.315	.389	.704	6	1	5	0	80
M. Massey 2B	38	101	11	23	12	3	4	21	.228	.252	.396	.648	8	0	1	0	58
L. Thomas CF	39	86	8	18	9	1	19	23	.209	.352	.267	.619	2	0	3	3	51
N. Loftin 2B	22	54	9	12	13	0	8	8	.222	.343	.333	.676	6	0	0	0	47
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
S. Marte RF	21	51	3	15	2	0	4	16	.294	.351	.353	.704	3	0	0	1	19
T. Tolbert SS	9	5	2	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	2	1	5
Total	53	1748	207	416	200	48	181	428	.238	.313	.378	.691	88	6	37	15	1091

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	10	10	4-2	0	0	63.1	2.70	45	20	19	7	20	55	.200	1.03	172
L. Erceg RP	21	0	3-1	11	14	20.1	4.43	19	12	10	0	13	18	.257	1.57	121
S. Lugo SP	11	11	2-4	0	0	65.0	3.74	67	28	27	3	23	54	.271	1.38	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	4	4	3-0	0	0	26.0	2.77	17	8	8	3	5	14	.185	0.85	83
N. Cameron SP	9	9	2-3	0	0	47.2	4.72	53	28	25	5	16	44	.276	1.45	79
D. Lynch RP	21	0	1-0	1	2	21.2	1.66	13	7	4	1	7	26	.165	0.92	66
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
M. Strahm RP	17	0	1-1	0	1	16.1	3.86	14	7	7	3	7	17	.222	1.29	30
N. Mears RP	20	0	2-3	0	2	18.2	3.86	16	8	8	2	9	14	.242	1.34	29
J. Schreiber RP	22	0	0-2	1	1	20.1	3.10	19	7	7	3	10	12	.257	1.43	27
A. Lange RP	21	0	0-2	0	0	24.0	4.88	20	14	13	2	13	23	.235	1.38	25
L. Avila RP	9	1	0-2	0	0	18.1	4.42	20	9	9	1	10	19	.294	1.64	15
E. Morgan RP	9	0	0-1	1	1	12.1	5.11	15	7	7	3	6	9	.294	1.70	15
M. Black RP	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	5
E. Cerantola RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	9.00	2	3	3	1	4	5	.200	2.00	2
S. Cruz RP	11	0	0-2	0	1	10.1	8.71	11	11	10	5	8	14	.262	1.84	-1
M. Spence RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	13.50	4	6	6	1	5	3	.267	2.25	-1
B. Falter RP	4	1	0-1	0	0	7.1	9.82	15	8	8	1	6	6	.429	2.86	-9
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
Total	53	53	22-31	14	23	470.0	4.19	425	232	219	56	215	434	.243	1.36	937

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