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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	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	08-09-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 10
Beck Way	Back	08-08-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 9
Vinnie Pasquantino	Wrist	08-07-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 8
Luinder Avila	Elbow	01-31-2028Expected to be out until at least Feb 1, 2028

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Chris Devenski	Illness	08-04-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 5
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	08-06-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 7
Evan Sisk	Elbow	08-04-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 5
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	95	374	53	106	41	13	41	74	.283	.353	.455	.808	23	1	30	5	324
J. Caglianone RF	105	375	49	95	43	18	27	112	.253	.310	.456	.766	18	2	4	1	245
C. Jensen C	106	373	49	86	54	15	41	124	.231	.305	.421	.726	24	1	1	0	242
S. Perez DH	106	412	40	89	47	16	17	93	.216	.262	.379	.641	17	1	0	0	224
I. Collins LF	102	321	40	77	34	6	44	85	.240	.340	.371	.711	18	3	6	5	207
M. Massey 2B	93	282	36	74	38	8	16	51	.262	.297	.418	.715	20	0	2	0	186
V. Pasquantino 1B	79	293	34	68	33	6	37	60	.232	.318	.345	.663	11	2	4	0	185
N. Loftin 3B	76	229	31	57	35	5	26	37	.249	.333	.402	.735	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	49	80	22	26	6	3	6	15	.325	.368	.475	.843	3	0	15	3	91
K. Isbel CF	57	168	17	42	12	3	10	41	.250	.302	.357	.659	7	1	5	0	91
S. Marte RF	54	137	14	35	12	1	8	37	.255	.311	.314	.625	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	25	61	6	14	6	1	3	9	.230	.266	.328	.594	3	0	1	0	32
J. Rave RF	14	34	6	10	2	2	3	8	.294	.351	.647	.998	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
Total	114	3833	475	942	452	115	354	911	.246	.313	.398	.711	209	15	88	23	2311

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	22	22	5-8	0	0	138.1	3.51	122	58	54	16	38	111	.236	1.16	291
S. Lugo SP	23	23	4-7	0	0	128.2	4.41	134	71	63	15	45	99	.274	1.39	219
N. Cameron SP	21	20	5-8	0	0	115.2	4.59	116	64	59	14	39	107	.258	1.34	197
L. Erceg RP	43	0	4-3	12	18	41.0	6.37	48	33	29	5	25	29	.302	1.78	127
D. Lynch IV RP	46	0	4-2	1	3	46.0	1.96	31	13	10	2	12	35	.185	0.93	125
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	21	12	5-4	0	0	70.0	5.53	71	43	43	7	42	61	.272	1.61	100
A. Lange RP	43	0	1-6	10	13	44.2	6.25	44	33	31	5	25	47	.257	1.54	99
T. Tolbert SS	5	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	25.07	17	13	13	4	3	0	.586	4.29	91
S. Cruz RP	39	2	2-3	2	3	41.0	4.39	34	21	20	11	17	47	.224	1.24	87
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	4	0	1-0	0	0	4.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	1	.083	0.50	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
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
A. Bummer RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	27.00	4	3	3	1	0	0	.571	4.00	8
E. McGee RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	2.1	3.86	5	1	1	0	0	2	.455	2.14	6
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	114	114	47-67	27	48	1001.0	4.85	1001	578	539	147	427	845	.261	1.43	1809

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Reynolds LF	115	422	76	113	63	15	69	120	.268	.379	.445	.824	26	2	7	0	358
B. Lowe 2B	106	421	69	108	71	23	42	130	.257	.322	.485	.807	25	1	2	0	327
R. O'Hearn 1B	96	359	54	97	69	17	31	86	.270	.334	.454	.788	15	0	1	0	281
N. Gonzales 3B	109	415	61	127	50	6	28	78	.306	.359	.398	.757	18	1	5	2	280
O. Cruz CF	64	250	45	66	44	14	30	98	.264	.350	.472	.822	10	0	21	4	229
S. Horwitz 1B	77	258	36	70	36	10	40	45	.271	.375	.442	.817	12	1	1	0	210
J. Mangum CF	92	298	40	90	24	3	17	60	.302	.355	.376	.731	11	1	20	7	204
K. Griffin SS	59	225	35	62	25	5	16	65	.276	.332	.404	.736	10	2	20	1	177
E. Valdez RF	46	150	28	38	38	14	27	65	.253	.367	.607	.974	9	1	0	1	151
J. Triolo SS	80	227	23	55	20	1	22	55	.242	.320	.308	.628	12	0	9	1	128
H. Davis C	73	197	27	34	30	8	21	47	.173	.271	.320	.591	5	0	2	1	126
M. Ozuna DH	70	251	22	51	29	8	27	80	.203	.286	.327	.613	7	0	0	0	122
E. Rodriguez C	42	127	19	34	18	6	23	38	.268	.380	.457	.837	6	0	6	1	110
J. Gonzalez SS	16	45	5	10	7	3	0	6	.222	.217	.467	.684	2	0	1	0	90
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	9	19	2	4	2	1	4	3	.211	.348	.421	.769	1	0	0	0	14
J. Garcia CF	16	45	2	8	2	0	1	14	.178	.213	.200	.413	1	0	0	0	8
J. Brannigan 3B	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	115	3993	584	1027	559	141	416	1087	.257	.334	.414	.748	179	12	101	19	2931

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
B. Ashcraft SP	22	22	11-4	0	0	127.1	3.96	117	61	56	17	31	140	.243	1.16	328
P. Skenes SP	23	23	9-9	0	0	124.2	3.90	107	61	54	13	32	156	.230	1.11	299
G. Soto RP	48	0	5-3	14	19	47.2	3.59	30	22	19	5	21	56	.176	1.07	215
C. Mlodzinski RP	25	9	6-3	2	3	94.1	3.15	93	40	33	7	31	76	.254	1.31	206
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	47	1	6-3	1	3	61.0	2.95	45	24	20	4	36	70	.204	1.33	141
M. Montgomery RP	47	5	4-3	3	5	46.0	3.72	34	20	19	5	21	72	.198	1.20	134
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	2	0	0-0	0	0	2.0	4.50	1	1	1	1	0	2	.143	0.50	88
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	4	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	0.00	3	0	0	0	3	1	.250	2.00	58
B. Eisert RP	7	0	0-1	0	0	7.0	7.71	10	6	6	0	4	8	.345	2.00	55
K. Yates RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	51
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	115	115	57-58	23	42	1028.2	4.30	947	555	491	119	418	1067	.241	1.33	2219

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