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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	08-03-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 4
Connor Seabold	Lat	08-03-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 4
Kris Bubic	Elbow	08-09-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 10
Kyle Isbel	Foot	07-28-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 29
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
Beck Way	Back	08-08-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 9
Vinnie Pasquantino	Hand	07-28-2026Probable for Jul 29

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Chris Devenski	Illness	07-30-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 31
Oneil Cruz	Hand	08-06-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 7
Evan Sisk	Elbow	07-30-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 31
Spencer Horwitz	Concussion	08-02-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 3
Rafael Flores	Concussion	07-30-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 31
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	94	369	51	103	39	13	41	73	.279	.350	.450	.800	22	1	30	5	316
C. Jensen C	100	350	44	83	52	14	36	115	.237	.306	.423	.729	23	0	1	0	225
J. Caglianone RF	99	349	46	87	37	16	27	108	.249	.310	.447	.757	17	2	3	1	221
S. Perez DH	100	388	38	82	45	15	17	86	.211	.261	.366	.627	15	0	0	0	210
I. Collins LF	97	304	38	73	34	6	41	83	.240	.340	.365	.705	18	1	6	5	195
L. Thomas CF	93	274	31	63	37	10	38	76	.230	.326	.398	.724	16	0	7	3	190
V. Pasquantino 1B	79	293	34	68	33	6	37	60	.232	.318	.345	.663	11	2	4	0	185
M. Massey 2B	88	263	36	71	36	8	16	50	.270	.307	.433	.740	19	0	2	0	181
M. Garcia 3B	69	268	32	70	30	3	24	45	.261	.320	.373	.693	17	2	5	3	170
N. Loftin 3B	70	211	30	53	34	5	24	34	.251	.337	.408	.745	16	1	1	0	164
K. Isbel CF	56	164	16	40	11	3	10	41	.244	.298	.354	.652	7	1	5	0	87
T. Tolbert SS	44	65	19	20	5	2	5	12	.308	.352	.415	.767	1	0	12	3	71
S. Marte RF	50	128	13	33	9	1	8	36	.258	.317	.313	.630	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	21	50	6	13	6	1	2	9	.260	.288	.380	.668	3	0	1	0	30
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	5	13	0	1	0	0	0	2	.077	.077	.077	.154	0	0	1	0	2
Total	108	3630	452	889	430	109	341	875	.245	.314	.395	.709	196	11	83	23	2365

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	22	22	4-6	0	0	123.2	4.22	129	66	58	15	40	96	.274	1.37	223
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	44	0	4-2	1	3	44.0	2.05	29	13	10	2	12	34	.181	0.93	121
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	42	0	1-6	10	13	42.2	6.33	42	32	30	4	24	44	.258	1.55	96
S. Cruz RP	36	2	2-3	2	3	38.0	4.50	32	20	19	10	17	46	.227	1.29	81
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
N. Pearson RP	1	0	1-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	1.00	54
J. Schreiber RP	45	0	0-3	1	3	40.2	3.76	39	20	17	7	17	29	.262	1.38	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 SP	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	108	108	45-63	27	47	950.1	4.83	955	549	510	141	409	808	.263	1.44	1826

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Reynolds LF	108	394	74	106	61	15	66	112	.269	.383	.459	.842	26	2	7	0	348
B. Lowe 2B	99	392	65	99	69	22	41	118	.253	.321	.487	.808	24	1	1	0	311
R. O'Hearn 1B	93	347	54	96	69	17	30	85	.277	.340	.467	.807	15	0	1	0	279
N. Gonzales 3B	102	387	59	122	47	6	28	75	.315	.370	.411	.781	17	1	4	2	267
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
J. Mangum CF	86	275	37	83	21	2	14	52	.302	.348	.371	.719	11	1	19	6	186
K. Griffin SS	59	225	35	62	25	5	16	65	.276	.332	.404	.736	10	2	20	1	177
E. Valdez RF	39	130	26	37	36	14	19	56	.285	.377	.685	1.062	8	1	0	1	142
M. Ozuna DH	68	244	21	50	29	8	27	80	.205	.289	.328	.617	6	0	0	0	119
H. Davis C	69	184	25	32	28	8	19	45	.174	.271	.332	.603	5	0	2	1	119
J. Triolo SS	73	217	23	52	19	1	19	54	.240	.310	.309	.619	12	0	7	1	117
E. Rodriguez C	37	108	16	28	17	5	21	32	.259	.380	.454	.834	6	0	3	0	93
J. Gonzalez SS	11	31	3	7	5	2	0	4	.226	.226	.452	.678	1	0	1	0	80
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	64	45	11	9	2	0	0	18	.200	.200	.267	.467	1	1	5	1	25
R. Flores C	8	15	2	4	2	1	4	2	.267	.421	.533	.954	1	0	0	0	15
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	108	3764	563	980	538	137	393	1025	.260	.337	.422	.759	173	12	93	17	2815

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
B. Ashcraft SP	21	21	10-4	0	0	122.1	4.05	115	60	55	16	30	135	.248	1.19	308
P. Skenes SP	22	22	9-9	0	0	120.2	3.65	100	56	49	11	28	149	.223	1.06	299
G. Soto RP	45	0	5-2	13	18	44.2	3.63	28	21	18	5	18	51	.175	1.03	208
M. Keller SP	21	21	6-7	0	0	113.2	4.83	111	66	61	13	38	87	.253	1.31	200
C. Mlodzinski RP	23	9	6-3	2	3	88.1	3.36	90	40	33	7	30	71	.260	1.36	189
B. Chandler SP	21	20	3-8	0	0	104.2	4.64	92	61	54	10	57	93	.232	1.42	142
Y. Ramirez RP	44	0	6-3	1	3	56.0	3.21	44	24	20	4	33	62	.215	1.38	126
M. Montgomery RP	44	5	4-3	2	4	43.1	3.95	33	20	19	5	20	66	.204	1.22	118
J. Jones SP	10	10	2-1	0	0	46.0	3.72	34	20	19	6	13	53	.200	1.02	113
E. Sisk RP	32	0	1-0	0	2	36.1	2.23	30	9	9	2	13	43	.231	1.18	79
R. Marinaccio RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	3.1	5.40	3	2	2	1	1	2	.231	1.20	75
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
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	12	0	1-3	0	0	24.1	4.44	21	13	12	2	10	25	.233	1.27	34
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 RP	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
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	108	108	55-53	21	39	969.0	4.29	891	523	462	110	384	998	.241	1.32	2080

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