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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	08-13-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 14
Luinder Avila	Elbow	01-31-2028Expected to be out until at least Feb 1, 2028

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Mitch Keller	Arm	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Ryan O'Hearn	Quadriceps	09-17-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 18
Oneil Cruz	Hand	08-13-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 14
Endy Rodriguez	Hip	08-08-2026Probable for Aug 9
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	98	385	56	110	42	13	42	74	.286	.355	.455	.810	24	1	31	5	336
J. Caglianone RF	108	386	49	99	45	18	27	112	.256	.311	.456	.767	19	2	4	2	251
C. Jensen C	109	384	52	88	55	16	42	129	.229	.303	.422	.725	24	1	1	0	249
S. Perez DH	109	422	40	91	49	16	18	93	.216	.263	.374	.637	17	1	0	0	229
I. Collins LF	105	331	40	79	35	6	45	86	.239	.339	.369	.708	19	3	6	5	212
M. Massey 2B	96	293	38	76	39	9	16	53	.259	.293	.420	.713	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	79	237	31	58	35	5	26	39	.245	.327	.392	.719	18	1	1	0	172
M. Garcia 3B	69	268	32	70	30	3	24	45	.261	.320	.373	.693	17	2	5	3	170
T. Tolbert SS	51	83	23	27	6	3	6	16	.325	.367	.482	.849	4	0	15	3	94
K. Isbel CF	60	174	17	42	13	3	10	43	.241	.291	.345	.636	7	1	5	0	91
S. Marte RF	55	140	14	35	12	1	8	38	.250	.305	.307	.612	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	17	39	6	10	2	2	4	9	.256	.326	.564	.890	4	1	1	0	31
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	117	3925	484	961	461	117	359	926	.245	.312	.396	.708	213	15	89	24	2359

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	44	0	4-3	12	18	42.0	6.21	49	33	29	5	25	29	.302	1.76	128
D. Lynch IV RP	47	1	4-3	1	3	47.2	2.64	34	17	14	2	14	37	.193	1.01	117
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	94
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	5	0	1-0	0	1	4.2	0.00	2	0	0	0	2	2	.133	0.86	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
M. Black RP	13	0	0-0	0	0	22.2	3.57	22	9	9	4	14	17	.256	1.59	29
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
J. Cuas RP	7	0	0-0	0	0	8.0	2.25	10	2	2	0	2	10	.294	1.50	15
E. McGee RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	3.1	2.70	6	1	1	0	1	3	.400	2.10	8
A. Bummer RP	2	0	0-1	0	0	1.1	40.50	6	6	6	1	1	0	.600	5.25	-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	117	117	48-69	28	50	1028.0	4.82	1020	589	550	149	440	864	.260	1.42	1868

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Reynolds LF	118	434	78	116	63	15	70	126	.267	.377	.442	.819	27	2	7	0	362
B. Lowe 2B	109	433	70	110	73	24	43	135	.254	.320	.483	.803	25	1	2	0	333
N. Gonzales 3B	112	425	62	132	50	6	28	79	.311	.364	.402	.766	19	1	5	2	287
R. O'Hearn 1B	96	359	54	97	69	17	31	86	.270	.334	.454	.788	15	0	1	0	281
O. Cruz CF	64	250	45	66	44	14	30	98	.264	.350	.472	.822	10	0	21	4	229
S. Horwitz 1B	80	266	36	72	37	10	41	45	.271	.373	.436	.809	12	1	1	0	214
J. Mangum CF	95	308	41	91	25	3	19	62	.295	.350	.370	.720	12	1	20	7	209
K. Griffin SS	59	225	35	62	25	5	16	65	.276	.332	.404	.736	10	2	20	1	177
E. Valdez RF	48	155	28	38	38	14	30	68	.245	.367	.587	.954	9	1	0	1	153
J. Triolo SS	83	233	23	57	21	1	22	56	.245	.320	.309	.629	12	0	9	1	131
H. Davis C	74	200	27	34	30	8	21	48	.170	.268	.315	.583	5	0	2	1	126
E. Rodriguez C	45	135	20	36	20	7	23	41	.267	.373	.467	.840	6	0	6	1	116
J. Gonzalez SS	19	49	5	11	8	3	0	8	.224	.220	.449	.669	2	0	1	0	91
T. Callihan RF	40	95	13	20	15	3	9	38	.211	.283	.389	.672	4	2	1	0	58
N. Yorke 3B	27	76	6	15	6	1	7	17	.197	.279	.276	.555	3	0	0	0	33
B. Cook CF	66	45	11	9	2	0	0	18	.200	.200	.267	.467	1	1	5	1	25
R. Flores C	11	22	2	5	2	1	6	5	.227	.393	.409	.802	1	0	0	0	16
J. Garcia CF	17	46	2	8	2	0	1	15	.174	.208	.196	.404	1	0	0	0	7
R. Simon 2B	3	9	2	2	0	0	1	0	.222	.300	.222	.522	0	0	0	0	5
J. Brannigan 3B	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	118	4084	592	1048	567	143	427	1114	.257	.334	.412	.746	182	12	101	19	2853

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
B. Ashcraft SP	23	23	11-5	0	0	132.1	4.08	121	65	60	19	32	145	.242	1.16	331
P. Skenes SP	24	24	9-10	0	0	129.2	3.96	109	64	57	13	36	162	.226	1.12	303
G. Soto RP	49	0	5-3	14	19	48.2	3.70	33	23	20	5	21	59	.188	1.11	215
C. Mlodzinski RP	26	10	6-4	2	3	97.1	3.51	100	45	38	8	32	77	.262	1.36	197
M. Keller SP	22	22	6-8	0	0	115.2	5.29	117	73	68	15	42	89	.259	1.37	185
B. Chandler SP	22	21	4-8	0	0	110.1	4.49	95	64	55	10	61	98	.228	1.41	161
Y. Ramirez RP	48	1	6-3	1	3	64.1	2.80	46	24	20	4	37	74	.199	1.29	151
M. Montgomery RP	47	5	4-3	3	5	46.0	3.72	34	20	19	5	21	72	.198	1.20	134
L. Bachar RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	2.0	4.50	2	1	1	1	1	2	.250	1.50	127
L. Weaver RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	.250	2.00	124
J. Jones SP	12	12	2-3	0	0	56.0	4.02	46	26	25	9	16	62	.217	1.11	120
C. Doval RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	3.00	1	1	1	1	1	2	.111	0.67	90
E. Sisk RP	34	0	1-0	0	2	39.0	2.31	31	10	10	2	14	47	.223	1.15	85
T. Callihan RF	4	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	0.00	3	0	0	0	3	1	.250	2.00	58
K. Yates RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	2.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0.00	55
B. Eisert RP	7	0	0-1	0	0	7.0	7.71	10	6	6	0	4	8	.345	2.00	55
I. Mattson RP	36	0	0-0	0	2	34.2	4.93	38	19	19	3	16	33	.275	1.56	46
W. Dotel RP	14	0	1-4	0	1	26.2	5.06	27	17	15	2	11	29	.262	1.43	28
K. Curtis RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	0.00	2	0	0	0	2	4	.133	0.80	13
A. Kelly RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	7.1	6.14	8	5	5	2	4	4	.286	1.64	7
N. Murdock RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	0.00	3	0	0	0	3	4	.300	2.00	5
C. Devenski RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	2.1	7.71	5	2	2	1	0	3	.417	2.14	1
H. Barco RP	6	0	0-1	0	1	14.2	7.36	19	14	12	3	12	10	.317	2.11	-1
Total	118	118	57-61	23	42	1053.2	4.32	968	570	506	123	429	1094	.241	1.33	2490

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