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PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Shelby Miller	Elbow	09-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 15
Jameson Taillon	Hamstring	07-18-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 19
Tyler Austin	Knee	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
Hunter Harvey	Triceps	07-24-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 25
Justin Steele	Elbow	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Hoby Milner	Abdomen	07-26-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 27
Edward Cabrera	Hamstring	07-26-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 27
Ethan Roberts	Forearm	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
Daniel Palencia	Elbow	07-20-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 21
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	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
Riley Martin	Elbow	07-22-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 23

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Estevez	Shoulder	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
Cole Ragans	Elbow	08-01-2027Expected to be out until at least Aug 2, 2027
Maikel Garcia	Hand	07-19-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 20
Connor Seabold	Lat	07-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 28
Kris Bubic	Elbow	07-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 28
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	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17

	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
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	95	355	61	103	52	21	45	108	.290	.383	.532	.915	15	4	23	6	343
D. Swanson SS	91	309	58	65	58	16	37	82	.210	.293	.411	.704	10	2	12	0	264
M. Busch 1B	94	343	39	81	48	11	63	93	.236	.367	.388	.755	15	2	2	1	249
I. Happ LF	91	338	59	75	42	17	49	123	.222	.328	.435	.763	17	2	4	1	247
N. Hoerner 2B	93	370	37	87	38	4	36	33	.235	.308	.330	.638	23	0	14	3	246
A. Bregman 3B	93	365	43	86	37	8	49	66	.236	.333	.345	.678	14	1	2	1	232
S. Suzuki RF	79	297	46	80	48	15	35	88	.269	.349	.468	.817	14	0	1	0	229
C. Kelly C	69	216	34	60	32	6	27	41	.278	.366	.407	.773	10	0	0	1	162
M. Conforto RF	62	140	20	34	22	8	19	47	.243	.331	.486	.817	10	0	1	0	107
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
M. Amaya C	52	131	25	30	13	3	18	36	.229	.353	.351	.704	7	0	0	0	91
P. Ramirez 2B	25	56	8	14	7	1	3	9	.250	.283	.393	.676	3	1	2	0	39
J. Dean RF	10	5	3	2	3	0	1	2	.400	.500	.800	1.300	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	16	15	3	3	1	0	1	6	.200	.250	.200	.450	0	0	0	1	4
D. Carlson LF	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	95	3239	476	789	444	120	412	801	.244	.336	.410	.746	150	15	67	15	2430

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
S. Imanaga SP	19	19	5-8	0	0	108.0	4.17	94	51	50	22	27	105	.232	1.12	218
B. Brown RP	20	8	4-2	1	2	68.0	1.85	45	16	14	2	19	65	.186	0.94	190
C. Rea SP	19	15	7-5	1	1	94.2	4.75	101	51	50	14	36	70	.273	1.45	162
C. Kelly C	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	18.00	2	2	2	2	0	0	.400	2.00	162
J. Assad SP	15	8	6-1	0	0	61.1	4.11	54	28	28	12	15	37	.240	1.13	144
E. Cabrera SP	14	14	5-4	0	0	72.1	5.10	72	46	41	14	29	65	.262	1.40	133
J. Webb RP	41	0	3-2	4	8	40.2	3.10	37	17	14	6	16	48	.236	1.30	118
R. Rolison RP	32	2	5-1	1	3	35.1	2.80	29	13	11	4	17	36	.234	1.30	104
J. Taillon SP	13	13	2-5	0	0	67.2	5.19	65	40	39	20	23	59	.248	1.30	104
M. Boyd SP	8	8	4-1	0	0	39.2	4.31	40	20	19	4	12	44	.260	1.31	97
T. Thornton RP	25	0	3-2	3	3	29.0	2.48	19	9	8	4	10	13	.194	1.00	87
D. Peterson SP	3	3	1-1	0	0	14.1	8.16	16	13	13	3	7	7	.291	1.60	85
H. Milner RP	38	0	1-0	1	2	35.2	3.53	34	14	14	4	9	18	.256	1.21	70
C. Thielbar RP	31	0	2-2	2	5	27.1	4.28	21	14	13	7	13	35	.206	1.24	70
D. Palencia RP	19	0	2-1	3	3	16.2	2.70	17	5	5	2	6	19	.266	1.38	61
D. Pomeranz RP	3	0	1-0	0	0	3.1	8.10	4	3	3	1	0	1	.286	1.20	27
C. Horton P	2	2	1-0	0	0	7.1	2.45	4	2	2	1	2	4	.167	0.82	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	30	0	0-1	0	2	26.2	6.08	32	18	18	5	15	31	.299	1.76	20
G. Hollowell RP	7	0	0-0	0	0	8.0	3.38	5	3	3	2	8	6	.179	1.63	10
T. Blach RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	2	.111	0.33	9
T. Ferguson RP	9	0	0-1	0	1	8.1	4.32	6	4	4	2	0	12	.194	0.72	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	95	95	53-42	19	35	844.1	4.34	785	428	407	147	295	742	.246	1.28	1968

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	90	355	50	101	39	13	39	69	.285	.354	.459	.813	21	1	30	5	312
J. Caglianone RF	89	315	44	82	35	15	25	101	.260	.322	.463	.785	15	2	3	1	208
C. Jensen C	88	304	41	73	49	13	31	97	.240	.308	.428	.736	18	0	1	0	205
M. Garcia 3B	69	268	32	70	30	3	24	45	.261	.320	.373	.693	17	2	5	3	170
I. Collins LF	85	263	35	63	27	5	38	71	.240	.346	.357	.703	16	0	5	4	170
S. Perez C	88	345	31	72	37	11	13	74	.209	.249	.342	.591	13	0	0	0	169
V. Pasquantino 1B	69	257	28	57	32	6	33	51	.222	.308	.346	.654	10	2	3	0	163
M. Massey 2B	76	223	30	59	31	7	14	41	.265	.304	.430	.734	16	0	2	0	154
L. Thomas CF	81	227	26	51	30	7	34	60	.225	.328	.379	.707	14	0	4	3	153
N. Loftin 3B	59	175	26	43	29	4	21	26	.246	.338	.411	.749	15	1	1	0	142
K. Isbel CF	56	164	16	40	11	3	10	41	.244	.298	.354	.652	7	1	5	0	87
T. Tolbert SS	34	54	17	20	5	2	4	11	.370	.407	.500	.907	1	0	10	3	64
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	14	30	3	6	5	1	1	7	.200	.226	.367	.593	2	0	0	0	16
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	96	3227	409	794	390	97	310	772	.246	.316	.397	.713	175	10	73	22	2136

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	18	18	3-6	0	0	100.2	4.56	112	58	51	14	32	80	.286	1.43	166
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	37	0	3-3	12	18	36.0	5.00	38	22	20	3	21	25	.277	1.64	129
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	39	0	2-2	1	3	38.1	2.35	24	13	10	2	12	33	.173	0.94	94
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	37	0	0-5	8	8	38.0	5.92	36	27	25	2	22	37	.252	1.53	75
T. Tolbert SS	4	0	0-0	0	0	3.2	17.18	11	7	7	2	2	0	.550	3.55	64
S. Cruz RP	28	2	2-2	0	1	30.1	5.04	26	18	17	9	16	40	.228	1.38	56
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	34	0	3-2	0	3	31.0	5.81	30	20	20	9	12	24	.246	1.35	52
J. Schreiber RP	39	0	0-3	1	2	35.2	3.53	33	17	14	6	13	27	.252	1.29	51
B. Way RP	15	0	1-0	0	0	18.2	3.38	20	7	7	4	9	17	.282	1.55	35
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
M. Black RP	12	0	0-0	0	0	17.2	3.57	19	7	7	3	11	15	.279	1.70	21
E. Morgan RP	15	0	0-1	1	1	18.1	5.40	24	11	11	5	8	16	.308	1.75	20
R. Dobnak RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	9.2	1.86	9	2	2	1	4	4	.243	1.34	16
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	96	96	38-58	23	39	844.2	4.91	854	491	461	127	367	733	.263	1.45	1541

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