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PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Justin Verlander	Hamstring	08-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 1
Javier Baez	Ankle	07-30-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 31
Burch Smith	Shoulder	08-07-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 8
Jack Flaherty	Forearm	08-04-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 5
Wenceel Perez	Orbital	08-15-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 16
Will Vest	Elbow	08-26-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 27
Parker Meadows	Arm	07-29-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 30
Reese Olson	Shoulder	02-28-2027Expected to be out until at least Mar 1
Kerry Carpenter	Heel	07-26-2026Probable for Jul 27
Jackson Jobe	Elbow	08-10-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 11
Trey Sweeney	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Brant Hurter	Back	08-10-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 11
Bailey Horn	Elbow	08-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Sep 1, 2027

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
Bobby Witt	Back	07-30-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 31
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

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Tigers DET-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Royals KC-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
K. McGonigle SS	102	385	62	108	35	9	64	62	.281	.387	.418	.805	20	3	11	1	315
D. Dingler C	97	357	54	98	68	22	26	85	.275	.342	.532	.874	22	2	0	0	307
R. Greene LF	105	380	55	107	52	15	54	118	.282	.370	.463	.833	22	1	2	1	283
S. Torkelson 1B	105	355	43	73	50	19	45	133	.206	.302	.417	.719	18	0	0	1	223
C. Keith 3B	96	280	39	71	24	8	16	59	.254	.299	.393	.692	11	2	4	0	170
K. Carpenter RF	81	231	27	48	36	13	18	75	.208	.276	.416	.692	5	2	0	0	144
M. Vierling CF	90	261	23	53	30	5	19	48	.203	.254	.322	.576	12	2	4	2	138
G. Torres 2B	49	178	28	48	18	4	34	41	.270	.389	.371	.760	6	0	0	0	127
Z. McKinstry 2B	81	245	21	49	20	4	27	46	.200	.277	.298	.575	8	2	1	4	116
H. Lee 2B	64	179	17	49	23	6	9	46	.274	.309	.441	.750	10	1	1	2	105
W. Perez RF	53	161	22	29	17	7	14	29	.180	.246	.348	.594	4	1	3	1	99
J. Outman CF	31	81	11	13	13	4	5	37	.160	.209	.333	.542	0	1	2	1	66
J. Rogers C	36	93	11	15	9	3	13	31	.161	.266	.301	.567	2	1	1	0	48
J. Baez SS	24	78	10	20	6	2	2	16	.256	.280	.397	.677	5	0	1	1	43
P. Meadows CF	12	36	3	9	2	0	2	10	.250	.308	.333	.641	1	1	3	0	21
E. Valencia DH	6	12	3	5	3	2	0	4	.417	.462	.917	1.379	0	0	0	0	16
B. Malgeri RF	17	33	2	8	4	0	5	9	.242	.333	.303	.636	2	0	0	0	16
G. Workman 3B	16	38	3	6	5	2	0	16	.158	.158	.395	.553	3	0	0	0	15
J. Jung DH	3	6	1	1	0	0	2	1	.167	.375	.167	.542	0	0	0	0	3
T. Cruz RF	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	-1
Total	106	3529	445	830	424	127	372	917	.235	.312	.398	.710	155	19	33	16	2254

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
K. Montero SP	22	16	7-5	1	1	106.0	3.14	80	39	37	10	22	78	.206	0.96	267
T. Skubal SP	15	15	7-5	0	0	90.0	2.70	70	30	27	10	13	110	.213	0.92	259
C. Mize SP	16	16	4-6	0	0	86.2	2.70	67	27	26	5	19	85	.213	0.99	211
F. Valdez SP	21	21	5-7	0	0	113.1	4.53	115	63	57	12	41	92	.257	1.38	191
T. Melton SP	10	10	5-1	0	0	60.0	1.95	38	14	13	8	19	55	.178	0.95	180
K. Jansen RP	31	0	2-4	12	16	27.2	3.90	17	13	12	5	17	31	.173	1.23	130
D. Anderson RP	37	2	4-4	2	6	59.1	4.25	56	31	28	9	23	74	.245	1.33	126
J. Flaherty SP	19	19	3-8	0	0	86.1	4.59	80	52	44	11	42	102	.240	1.41	124
Z. McKinstry 2B	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	18.00	2	2	2	0	3	0	.400	5.00	116
K. Finnegan RP	45	0	2-0	2	9	46.0	2.54	42	13	13	6	25	36	.255	1.46	103
E. De Jesus RP	22	0	2-0	1	1	31.2	3.98	27	17	14	1	13	31	.227	1.26	77
T. Holton RP	44	2	1-4	1	2	47.0	2.87	51	20	15	5	10	37	.277	1.30	74
B. Hurter RP	21	0	4-1	0	0	25.1	2.84	15	9	8	1	12	18	.174	1.07	72
T. Madden RP	9	1	0-0	0	0	25.0	2.88	17	8	8	2	10	29	.185	1.08	53
J. Rogers C	3	0	0-0	0	0	2.1	0.00	3	0	0	0	1	3	.300	1.71	48
W. Vest RP	27	0	3-5	2	7	26.2	6.08	28	22	18	2	10	27	.275	1.43	45
J. Waguespack RP	13	0	0-1	0	0	16.1	1.65	9	3	3	3	4	11	.153	0.80	32
B. Hanifee RP	19	2	0-0	0	0	19.1	3.72	20	8	8	3	6	8	.270	1.34	27
B. Smith RP	13	1	0-2	0	0	17.0	3.18	18	8	6	2	7	20	.277	1.47	20
D. Sommers RP	21	0	0-1	0	1	13.2	5.27	15	8	8	2	8	19	.283	1.68	13
B. Brieske RP	8	0	0-0	0	0	9.1	6.75	9	7	7	3	4	8	.257	1.39	12
J. Verlander SP	1	1	0-1	0	0	3.2	12.27	6	5	5	1	2	1	.353	2.18	-6
R. Vanasco RP	5	0	0-1	0	1	6.1	15.63	14	12	11	2	6	4	.412	3.16	-15
Total	106	106	50-56	21	44	935.2	3.61	816	417	375	105	322	893	.232	1.22	2159

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	94	369	51	103	39	13	41	73	.279	.350	.450	.800	22	1	30	5	316
C. Jensen C	99	346	44	83	52	14	36	112	.240	.309	.428	.737	23	0	1	0	227
J. Caglianone RF	98	347	46	87	37	16	25	107	.251	.308	.450	.758	17	2	3	1	219
S. Perez C	99	384	38	80	44	15	17	86	.208	.259	.365	.624	15	0	0	0	207
I. Collins LF	96	300	38	73	34	6	41	80	.243	.344	.370	.714	18	1	6	5	197
L. Thomas CF	92	270	30	62	37	10	38	73	.230	.327	.400	.727	16	0	6	3	187
V. Pasquantino 1B	78	290	34	68	33	6	37	59	.234	.321	.348	.669	11	2	4	0	185
M. Massey 2B	87	259	36	71	36	8	16	48	.274	.312	.440	.752	19	0	2	0	182
M. Garcia 3B	69	268	32	70	30	3	24	45	.261	.320	.373	.693	17	2	5	3	170
N. Loftin 3B	69	209	30	52	34	5	22	34	.249	.331	.407	.738	16	1	1	0	161
K. Isbel CF	56	164	16	40	11	3	10	41	.244	.298	.354	.652	7	1	5	0	87
T. Tolbert SS	43	64	19	20	5	2	5	11	.313	.357	.422	.779	1	0	12	3	71
S. Marte RF	49	127	13	33	9	1	8	36	.260	.319	.315	.634	4	0	2	2	58
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
J. Rojas 3B	20	49	5	13	6	1	1	9	.265	.280	.388	.668	3	0	0	0	26
J. Rave RF	9	18	3	4	1	1	3	7	.222	.333	.611	.944	2	1	0	0	14
L. Maile C	4	12	2	3	4	1	1	3	.250	.308	.583	.891	1	0	0	0	12
A. Velazquez SS	4	13	0	1	0	0	0	2	.077	.077	.077	.154	0	0	1	0	2
Total	107	3600	450	885	429	109	336	861	.246	.315	.397	.712	196	11	81	23	2355

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	21	21	5-7	0	0	132.1	3.60	117	55	53	16	38	104	.238	1.17	278
S. Lugo SP	21	21	4-6	0	0	117.2	4.36	123	65	57	15	38	94	.274	1.37	211
N. Cameron SP	20	19	5-8	0	0	107.2	4.93	115	64	59	14	37	100	.270	1.41	170
L. Erceg RP	41	0	4-3	12	18	39.1	5.26	43	27	23	5	23	27	.287	1.68	135
D. Lynch IV RP	43	0	4-2	1	3	43.1	2.08	28	13	10	2	12	34	.178	0.92	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	10	10	4-3	0	0	54.0	4.50	55	30	27	8	12	34	.262	1.24	111
L. Avila SP	20	11	5-3	0	0	67.1	4.81	67	37	36	6	39	59	.269	1.57	110
A. Lange RP	41	0	1-5	10	12	42.0	6.00	40	30	28	4	23	43	.252	1.50	103
S. Cruz RP	35	2	2-3	2	3	37.0	4.62	31	20	19	10	17	45	.225	1.30	78
T. Tolbert SS	5	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	25.07	17	13	13	4	3	0	.586	4.29	71
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
J. Schreiber RP	44	0	0-3	1	3	40.1	3.79	39	20	17	7	16	29	.264	1.36	54
M. Strahm RP	39	0	3-3	0	3	34.2	6.75	36	27	26	10	14	29	.257	1.44	46
B. Way RP	19	1	1-1	0	0	23.1	3.86	27	13	10	4	10	21	.293	1.59	34
R. Dobnak RP	4	2	0-0	0	0	19.0	1.42	17	3	3	2	9	10	.239	1.37	33
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
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	107	107	45-62	27	46	941.2	4.85	945	546	507	141	405	804	.262	1.43	1763

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