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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	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Connor Seabold	Lat	07-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 28
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
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

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Chris Devenski	Illness	07-26-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 27
Oneil Cruz	Hand	08-07-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 8
Evan Sisk	Elbow	07-23-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 24
Endy Rodriguez	Lower Body	07-19-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 20
Spencer Horwitz	Hamstring	07-23-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 24
Konnor Griffin	Finger	09-03-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 4

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Royals KC-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pirates PIT-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	93	368	51	103	39	13	40	72	.280	.350	.451	.801	22	1	30	5	316
C. Jensen C	91	317	43	78	51	13	33	102	.246	.315	.435	.750	21	0	1	0	217
J. Caglianone RF	92	327	44	85	36	15	25	103	.260	.319	.459	.778	16	2	3	1	212
S. Perez C	91	356	33	75	39	12	14	79	.211	.253	.351	.604	14	0	0	0	179
L. Thomas CF	84	239	29	58	34	9	35	61	.243	.342	.423	.765	16	0	4	3	175
I. Collins LF	88	275	35	66	30	5	38	75	.240	.343	.360	.703	16	1	5	5	175
V. Pasquantino 1B	72	269	31	60	32	6	34	54	.223	.308	.342	.650	10	2	4	0	171
M. Garcia 3B	69	268	32	70	30	3	24	45	.261	.320	.373	.693	17	2	5	3	170
M. Massey 2B	79	235	32	63	33	7	15	42	.268	.308	.426	.734	16	0	2	0	163
N. Loftin 3B	61	183	27	44	29	4	21	28	.240	.330	.399	.729	15	1	1	0	143
K. Isbel CF	56	164	16	40	11	3	10	41	.244	.298	.354	.652	7	1	5	0	87
T. Tolbert SS	35	54	17	20	5	2	4	11	.370	.407	.500	.907	1	0	11	3	66
S. Marte RF	44	112	12	30	9	1	8	34	.268	.328	.330	.658	4	0	1	2	52
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
J. Rojas 3B	16	35	4	7	5	1	1	9	.200	.222	.343	.565	2	0	0	0	17
J. Rave RF	9	18	3	4	1	1	3	7	.222	.333	.611	.944	2	1	0	0	14
K. Misner CF	18	41	2	9	4	0	2	17	.220	.256	.244	.500	1	0	3	1	14
L. Maile C	2	6	2	1	3	1	1	2	.167	.286	.667	.953	0	0	0	0	9
Total	99	3337	424	826	404	100	317	800	.248	.317	.399	.716	183	11	75	23	2214

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	19	19	5-7	0	0	119.1	3.77	108	52	50	14	34	96	.243	1.19	245
S. Lugo SP	20	20	3-6	0	0	110.2	4.39	120	62	54	15	36	89	.280	1.41	186
N. Cameron SP	18	18	5-7	0	0	95.2	4.89	104	57	52	13	32	91	.272	1.42	157
L. Erceg RP	39	0	4-3	12	18	38.0	5.21	41	26	22	4	21	27	.283	1.63	137
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
D. Lynch IV RP	40	0	3-2	1	3	40.1	2.23	26	13	10	2	12	33	.178	0.94	105
L. Avila SP	18	9	4-3	0	0	56.2	5.08	58	32	32	6	34	50	.276	1.62	83
A. Lange RP	38	0	0-5	8	9	39.0	6.00	37	28	26	3	22	37	.252	1.51	76
T. Tolbert SS	4	0	0-0	0	0	3.2	17.18	11	7	7	2	2	0	.550	3.55	66
S. Cruz RP	31	2	2-2	0	1	33.0	4.64	27	18	17	9	16	41	.223	1.30	62
J. Schreiber RP	41	0	0-3	1	2	37.1	3.38	34	17	14	6	14	28	.250	1.29	55
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	17	0	1-0	0	0	20.2	3.05	22	7	7	4	9	19	.278	1.50	40
M. Strahm RP	35	0	3-3	0	3	31.1	7.18	34	25	25	9	13	25	.268	1.50	38
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
R. Dobnak RP	3	1	0-0	0	0	14.0	1.93	13	3	3	2	8	7	.241	1.50	21
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	99	99	40-59	23	40	871.2	4.88	880	506	473	131	378	752	.263	1.44	1591

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Reynolds LF	99	357	70	102	59	14	63	97	.286	.402	.482	.884	24	2	7	0	337
B. Lowe 2B	92	363	61	90	65	21	38	110	.248	.317	.485	.802	21	1	1	0	289
R. O'Hearn RF	84	312	50	88	64	16	27	76	.282	.346	.478	.824	13	0	1	0	259
N. Gonzales 3B	93	346	53	107	44	5	28	68	.309	.370	.402	.772	15	1	4	2	242
O. Cruz CF	64	250	45	66	44	14	30	98	.264	.350	.472	.822	10	0	21	4	229
S. Horwitz 1B	74	246	36	69	33	10	40	40	.280	.386	.455	.841	11	1	1	0	208
K. Griffin SS	59	225	35	62	25	5	16	65	.276	.332	.404	.736	10	2	20	1	177
J. Mangum LF	78	239	35	72	19	2	14	44	.301	.354	.377	.731	10	1	18	6	172
H. Davis C	63	167	24	28	27	8	18	40	.168	.267	.341	.608	5	0	2	1	114
E. Valdez RF	30	102	22	31	30	11	10	42	.304	.363	.716	1.079	7	1	0	1	113
M. Ozuna DH	62	228	19	47	28	8	24	78	.206	.287	.333	.620	5	0	0	0	110
J. Triolo SS	64	196	21	46	16	1	16	49	.235	.302	.306	.608	11	0	6	1	102
E. Rodriguez C	35	100	15	26	16	5	21	29	.260	.388	.470	.858	6	0	2	0	88
J. Gonzalez 1B	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	65
T. Callihan RF	33	82	13	20	15	3	9	29	.244	.323	.451	.774	4	2	1	0	62
N. Yorke 3B	27	76	6	15	6	1	7	17	.197	.279	.276	.555	3	0	0	0	33
R. Flores C	5	12	2	4	2	1	4	2	.333	.500	.667	1.167	1	0	0	0	15
B. Cook CF	56	35	7	6	0	0	0	14	.171	.171	.200	.371	1	0	4	1	14
J. Garcia CF	13	35	2	7	2	0	1	10	.200	.243	.229	.472	1	0	0	0	9
J. Brannigan 3B	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	99	3440	526	903	503	128	368	931	.263	.341	.427	.768	159	11	88	17	2638

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
B. Ashcraft SP	19	19	9-3	0	0	113.1	3.49	99	48	44	14	27	128	.235	1.11	306
P. Skenes SP	20	20	8-8	0	0	108.1	3.57	87	50	43	11	24	130	.216	1.02	272
G. Soto RP	41	0	5-2	12	17	40.2	3.98	27	20	18	5	18	46	.185	1.11	189
C. Mlodzinski RP	21	9	6-3	2	2	83.2	3.12	84	36	29	6	28	66	.258	1.34	185
M. Keller SP	19	19	6-7	0	0	103.1	5.14	102	64	59	13	35	77	.256	1.33	179
Y. Ramirez RP	41	0	6-2	1	3	52.1	3.27	40	22	19	4	31	59	.209	1.36	125
B. Chandler SP	19	18	3-8	0	0	94.1	4.77	82	56	50	10	55	85	.230	1.45	120
J. Jones SP	9	9	2-1	0	0	40.0	4.05	32	19	18	5	12	48	.213	1.10	94
M. Montgomery RP	39	5	2-3	1	3	38.0	4.03	31	18	17	4	18	56	.217	1.29	82
E. Sisk RP	32	0	1-0	0	2	36.1	2.23	30	9	9	2	13	43	.231	1.18	79
T. Callihan RF	3	0	0-0	0	0	2.0	0.00	2	0	0	0	3	0	.250	2.50	62
B. Eisert RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	2.0	13.50	3	3	3	0	3	2	.375	3.00	53
D. Santana RP	43	0	2-5	2	4	40.2	6.20	41	30	28	8	21	37	.258	1.52	51
I. Mattson RP	33	0	0-0	0	2	31.2	4.26	31	15	15	3	14	28	.254	1.42	48
W. Dotel RP	9	0	1-2	0	0	18.1	5.89	16	12	12	2	9	19	.232	1.36	24
B. Bidois RP	15	0	0-0	0	0	15.2	6.32	19	16	11	5	12	20	.297	1.98	14
K. Curtis SP	1	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	0.00	2	0	0	0	2	4	.133	0.80	13
H. Stratton RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	2.1	7.71	5	2	2	0	0	2	.417	2.14	3
C. Devenski RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	2.1	7.71	5	2	2	1	0	3	.417	2.14	1
J. Urquidy RP	5	0	0-1	1	1	6.1	8.53	15	10	6	1	2	6	.441	2.68	1
A. Kelly RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	4.1	10.38	6	5	5	2	2	1	.333	1.85	0
H. Barco RP	5	0	0-1	0	1	11.2	7.71	14	12	10	3	9	8	.292	1.97	-1
Total	99	99	51-48	19	36	884.0	4.30	804	478	422	104	360	906	.239	1.32	1900

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