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PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Shelby Miller	Elbow	09-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 22
Tyler Austin	Knee	08-05-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 6
Hunter Harvey	Triceps	08-19-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 20
Justin Steele	Elbow	09-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 22
Hoby Milner	Abdomen	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Phil Maton	Knee	08-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 1
Trent Thornton	Heel	07-23-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 24
Edward Cabrera	Hamstring	08-11-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 12
Ethan Roberts	Forearm	07-23-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 24
Daniel Palencia	Elbow	08-13-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 14
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	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Riley Martin	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1

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
Jac Caglianone	Shoulder	07-22-2026Probable for Jul 23

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HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	102	379	66	107	55	21	52	116	.282	.383	.517	.900	16	5	25	6	366
D. Swanson SS	98	334	63	71	58	16	39	86	.213	.294	.410	.704	12	3	14	0	283
M. Busch 1B	101	373	46	91	54	13	65	105	.244	.367	.405	.772	17	2	2	1	276
I. Happ LF	98	360	63	80	45	18	56	130	.222	.336	.433	.769	18	2	4	1	268
N. Hoerner 2B	100	401	40	98	43	4	36	36	.244	.311	.337	.648	23	1	14	3	266
S. Suzuki RF	86	322	54	87	53	17	43	95	.270	.358	.478	.836	16	0	1	0	261
A. Bregman 3B	100	394	50	94	44	10	51	74	.239	.334	.358	.692	15	1	2	1	260
C. Kelly C	75	234	36	62	35	6	31	44	.265	.358	.385	.743	10	0	0	1	172
M. Conforto RF	67	151	21	36	24	9	20	52	.238	.326	.483	.809	10	0	1	0	114
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	54	138	26	32	15	3	18	39	.232	.350	.355	.705	8	0	0	0	95
P. Ramirez 2B	30	70	9	20	11	1	5	12	.286	.329	.443	.772	6	1	2	0	54
J. Dean RF	12	6	3	2	3	0	2	3	.333	.500	.667	1.167	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	19	20	3	4	3	0	1	9	.200	.238	.200	.438	0	0	0	1	5
D. Carlson LF	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	102	3481	520	853	486	128	448	868	.245	.338	.413	.751	163	18	71	15	2637

HITTING	G
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	102
D. Swanson SS	98
M. Busch 1B	101
I. Happ LF	98
N. Hoerner 2B	100
S. Suzuki RF	86
A. Bregman 3B	100
C. Kelly C	75
M. Conforto RF	67
M. Shaw RF	56
M. Ballesteros DH	59
M. Amaya C	54
P. Ramirez 2B	30
J. Dean RF	12
S. Kingery 2B	8
K. Alcantara DH	19
D. Carlson LF	3
Total	102

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
S. Imanaga SP	20	20	6-8	0	0	115.0	3.91	100	51	50	22	28	109	.232	1.11	244
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	21	17	7-7	1	1	105.2	4.85	112	59	57	17	38	81	.271	1.42	173
C. Kelly C	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	18.00	2	2	2	2	0	0	.400	2.00	172
J. Assad SP	16	8	6-1	0	0	62.1	4.04	56	29	28	12	16	39	.242	1.16	145
M. Boyd SP	10	10	6-1	0	0	52.0	4.15	49	25	24	6	14	51	.246	1.21	136
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	44	0	3-2	5	9	43.1	2.91	40	17	14	6	17	50	.241	1.32	130
R. Rolison RP	35	2	5-1	1	3	39.0	2.54	31	13	11	4	17	40	.228	1.23	115
D. Peterson SP	4	4	2-1	0	0	21.0	5.57	19	13	13	3	8	11	.244	1.29	113
J. Taillon SP	14	14	2-5	0	0	72.0	5.38	70	44	43	22	25	65	.250	1.32	109
A. Civale SP	1	0	0-0	0	0	2.1	7.71	4	2	2	1	2	2	.364	2.57	88
T. Thornton RP	27	0	3-3	3	3	30.0	2.70	21	11	9	4	10	13	.204	1.03	82
C. Thielbar RP	35	0	2-2	2	5	30.0	4.20	25	15	14	8	13	39	.219	1.27	75
H. Milner RP	38	0	1-0	1	2	35.2	3.53	34	14	14	4	9	18	.256	1.21	70
D. Palencia RP	19	0	2-1	3	3	16.2	2.70	17	5	5	2	6	19	.266	1.38	61
J. Woodford RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	2.0	13.50	5	3	3	1	0	3	.500	2.50	34
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
G. Hollowell RP	11	0	0-0	0	0	12.0	2.25	8	3	3	2	8	13	.186	1.33	22
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	31	0	0-1	0	2	27.2	6.18	34	19	19	5	16	31	.306	1.81	19
T. Ferguson RP	11	0	0-1	0	1	10.1	4.35	7	5	5	3	0	14	.184	0.68	15
T. Blach RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	2	.111	0.33	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	102	102	57-45	20	36	908.1	4.27	845	455	431	157	311	798	.246	1.27	2223

PITCHING	GP
S. Imanaga SP	20
B. Brown RP	20
C. Rea SP	21
C. Kelly C	1
J. Assad SP	16
M. Boyd SP	10
E. Cabrera SP	14
J. Webb RP	44
R. Rolison RP	35
D. Peterson SP	4
J. Taillon SP	14
A. Civale SP	1
T. Thornton RP	27
C. Thielbar RP	35
H. Milner RP	38
D. Palencia RP	19
J. Woodford RP	1
C. Horton P	2
E. Roberts RP	23
G. Hollowell RP	11
R. Martin P	8
P. Maton RP	31
T. Ferguson RP	11
T. Blach RP	1
Y. Rios RP	1
J. Wicks SP	4
J. Murray RP	2
H. Harvey RP	4
L. Little RP	1
Total	102

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	95	333	44	80	52	14	34	106	.240	.308	.432	.740	22	0	1	0	224
J. Caglianone RF	95	337	46	87	37	16	25	105	.258	.316	.463	.779	17	2	3	1	220
S. Perez C	95	369	36	78	43	14	15	83	.211	.258	.363	.621	14	0	0	0	196
I. Collins LF	92	287	36	70	32	5	39	77	.244	.344	.362	.706	17	1	6	5	185
L. Thomas CF	88	254	29	61	36	9	36	69	.240	.337	.409	.746	16	0	6	3	181
V. Pasquantino 1B	75	278	33	63	33	6	36	55	.227	.316	.345	.661	11	2	4	0	180
M. Garcia 3B	69	268	32	70	30	3	24	45	.261	.320	.373	.693	17	2	5	3	170
M. Massey 2B	83	248	34	67	33	7	15	45	.270	.308	.427	.735	18	0	2	0	169
N. Loftin 3B	65	194	28	48	32	4	21	29	.247	.332	.397	.729	15	1	1	0	150
K. Isbel CF	56	164	16	40	11	3	10	41	.244	.298	.354	.652	7	1	5	0	87
T. Tolbert SS	39	61	17	20	5	2	4	11	.328	.364	.443	.807	1	0	11	3	66
S. Marte RF	46	119	13	32	9	1	8	35	.269	.331	.328	.659	4	0	2	2	57
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
J. Rojas 3B	19	45	5	11	5	1	1	9	.244	.261	.356	.617	2	0	0	0	22
J. Rave RF	9	18	3	4	1	1	3	7	.222	.333	.611	.944	2	1	0	0	14
L. Maile C	3	10	2	2	3	1	1	3	.200	.273	.500	.773	0	0	0	0	9
A. Velazquez SS	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.666	0	0	1	0	3
Total	103	3468	438	859	418	104	324	828	.248	.316	.399	.715	189	11	80	23	2283

HITTING	G
B. Witt SS	94
C. Jensen C	95
J. Caglianone RF	95
S. Perez C	95
I. Collins LF	92
L. Thomas CF	88
V. Pasquantino 1B	75
M. Garcia 3B	69
M. Massey 2B	83
N. Loftin 3B	65
K. Isbel CF	56
T. Tolbert SS	39
S. Marte RF	46
J. India 2B	17
J. Rojas 3B	19
J. Rave RF	9
L. Maile C	3
A. Velazquez SS	1
Total	103

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	20	20	5-7	0	0	125.1	3.66	111	53	51	15	36	101	.239	1.17	262
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	19	19	5-8	0	0	100.2	5.27	113	64	59	14	34	92	.279	1.46	150
L. Erceg RP	40	0	4-3	12	18	38.1	5.40	42	27	23	5	23	27	.286	1.70	133
K. Bubic SP	9	9	3-2	0	0	50.1	4.11	36	23	23	4	26	51	.200	1.23	113
D. Lynch IV RP	42	0	3-2	1	3	42.1	2.13	27	13	10	2	12	34	.176	0.92	111
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	19	10	5-3	0	0	63.0	4.86	63	34	34	6	35	57	.272	1.56	106
A. Lange RP	40	0	1-5	9	11	41.0	6.15	39	30	28	4	23	41	.252	1.51	93
S. Cruz RP	33	2	2-2	1	2	35.0	4.63	28	19	18	10	16	42	.219	1.26	74
T. Tolbert SS	5	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	25.07	17	13	13	4	3	0	.586	4.29	66
J. Schreiber RP	42	0	0-3	1	2	38.1	3.29	34	17	14	6	15	28	.245	1.28	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	18	0	1-0	0	0	22.1	3.22	24	11	8	4	10	21	.276	1.52	42
M. Strahm RP	37	0	3-3	0	3	33.0	7.09	35	26	26	10	13	27	.263	1.45	42
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
R. Dobnak RP	3	1	0-0	0	0	14.0	1.93	13	3	3	2	8	7	.241	1.50	21
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	103	103	43-60	25	43	907.2	4.93	914	534	497	139	391	780	.263	1.44	1688

PITCHING	GP
M. Wacha SP	20
S. Lugo SP	21
N. Cameron SP	19
L. Erceg RP	40
K. Bubic SP	9
D. Lynch IV RP	42
S. Kolek SP	10
L. Avila SP	19
A. Lange RP	40
S. Cruz RP	33
T. Tolbert SS	5
J. Schreiber RP	42
C. Ragans RP	8
B. Way RP	18
M. Strahm RP	37
C. Seabold RP	5
N. Mears RP	21
E. Morgan RP	16
R. Dobnak RP	3
M. Black RP	12
J. Cuas RP	5
C. Estevez RP	1
B. Falter RP	5
M. Spence RP	3
Total	103

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