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PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Shelby Miller	Elbow	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Tyler Austin	Knee	06-30-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 1
Hunter Harvey	Triceps	06-25-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 26
Matthew Boyd	Knee	06-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 15
Justin Steele	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Edward Cabrera	Finger	06-04-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 5
Cade Horton	Elbow	07-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Aug 1, 2027
Porter Hodge	Elbow	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Matt Shaw	Back	05-29-2026Expected to be out until at least May 30
Riley Martin	Elbow	06-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 22

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Estevez	Shoulder	06-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 15
Matt Strahm	Knee	05-30-2026Expected to be out until at least May 31
Cole Ragans	Elbow	06-08-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 9
Kris Bubic	Elbow	06-17-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 18
James McArthur	Elbow	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
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

	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
N. Hoerner 2B	55	219	24	56	32	4	26	20	.256	.341	.370	.711	13	0	10	1	176
I. Happ LF	52	195	36	42	26	11	37	75	.215	.346	.436	.782	8	1	2	0	152
M. Busch 1B	55	198	23	46	31	6	38	53	.232	.366	.389	.755	11	1	1	0	149
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	56	201	29	45	24	6	21	59	.224	.314	.363	.677	6	2	12	4	143
D. Swanson SS	53	179	32	34	27	7	26	46	.190	.292	.346	.638	5	1	4	0	133
A. Bregman 3B	55	222	24	58	16	4	25	43	.261	.343	.360	.703	8	1	2	1	129
S. Suzuki RF	42	154	23	36	17	7	20	46	.234	.331	.396	.727	4	0	0	0	101
C. Kelly C	42	134	18	41	17	2	15	27	.306	.388	.396	.784	6	0	0	0	92
M. Ballesteros DH	46	123	15	29	20	6	15	28	.236	.314	.423	.737	5	0	0	0	88
M. Conforto RF	34	72	12	20	13	4	13	22	.278	.384	.556	.940	8	0	0	0	67
M. Shaw RF	42	95	10	23	12	3	6	18	.242	.291	.400	.691	6	0	3	1	63
M. Amaya C	32	77	14	18	9	3	11	20	.234	.352	.377	.729	2	0	0	0	56
P. Ramirez 2B	4	7	1	2	1	0	1	0	.286	.375	.429	.804	1	0	0	0	6
S. Kingery 2B	8	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	1	0	5
D. Carlson LF	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
K. Alcantara CF	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0
Total	56	1891	265	451	245	63	255	463	.238	.336	.389	.725	83	6	35	7	1360

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
S. Imanaga SP	11	11	4-5	0	0	64.2	4.04	52	30	29	10	17	67	.215	1.07	149
E. Cabrera SP	10	10	3-2	0	0	54.0	4.00	53	29	24	8	20	47	.262	1.35	110
B. Brown RP	16	4	1-2	1	2	44.2	2.01	30	12	10	1	14	47	.186	0.99	109
C. Rea SP	11	8	4-3	1	1	54.0	4.83	57	30	29	8	17	44	.268	1.37	105
J. Taillon SP	11	11	2-4	0	0	60.1	5.37	57	37	36	19	20	51	.246	1.28	94
H. Milner RP	24	0	1-0	1	2	24.1	2.59	19	7	7	2	6	11	.216	1.03	58
J. Webb RP	24	0	1-1	1	3	23.2	2.66	24	10	7	3	8	30	.258	1.35	56
M. Boyd SP	5	5	2-1	0	0	24.0	6.00	25	17	16	2	6	31	.266	1.29	52
J. Assad RP	8	3	3-1	0	0	26.0	5.88	26	17	17	4	7	14	.263	1.27	51
D. Palencia RP	12	0	1-0	3	3	10.2	2.53	11	3	3	2	4	12	.262	1.41	48
R. Rolison RP	14	0	3-1	0	1	16.2	3.24	15	8	6	3	7	16	.250	1.32	46
C. Thielbar RP	14	0	2-2	2	3	11.2	3.09	9	5	4	2	6	13	.205	1.29	40
E. Roberts RP	10	0	0-0	0	0	13.1	0.68	5	1	1	0	7	8	.125	0.90	29
T. Thornton RP	8	0	2-1	0	0	9.2	2.79	7	3	3	2	3	5	.200	1.03	27
C. Horton P	2	2	1-0	0	0	7.1	2.45	4	2	2	1	2	4	.167	0.82	26
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	19	0	0-1	0	0	17.0	7.41	19	14	14	3	10	20	.288	1.71	10
T. Blach RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	2	.111	0.33	9
V. Velasquez SP	1	0	0-0	0	0	2.1	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	1	.125	0.43	6
Y. Rios RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.2	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0.00	6
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
G. Hollowell RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.2	10.80	2	2	2	1	4	1	.286	3.60	-2
J. Wicks SP	1	1	0-1	0	0	4.1	16.62	9	8	8	1	1	5	.409	2.31	-8
Total	56	56	30-26	10	16	496.1	4.22	447	251	233	78	170	451	.239	1.24	1042

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	56	221	27	64	25	9	23	44	.290	.354	.484	.838	14	1	16	3	189
M. Garcia 3B	54	217	27	57	20	3	19	34	.263	.319	.382	.701	15	1	4	3	137
V. Pasquantino 1B	53	196	21	39	23	5	24	42	.199	.284	.327	.611	6	2	2	0	116
S. Perez C	54	206	21	44	25	9	10	45	.214	.260	.369	.629	5	0	0	0	113
C. Jensen C	52	162	20	36	23	6	20	54	.222	.306	.383	.689	8	0	0	0	99
I. Collins LF	49	151	18	32	16	3	23	48	.212	.328	.311	.639	6	0	3	3	87
J. Caglianone RF	51	166	18	39	11	5	14	55	.235	.302	.392	.694	9	1	1	1	83
K. Isbel CF	46	136	15	34	11	3	8	36	.250	.304	.375	.679	6	1	5	0	80
M. Massey 2B	41	106	11	24	13	3	4	22	.226	.248	.396	.644	9	0	1	0	61
L. Thomas CF	42	93	8	20	9	1	21	25	.215	.359	.280	.639	3	0	3	3	55
N. Loftin 2B	24	59	9	13	13	0	8	9	.220	.333	.339	.672	7	0	0	0	48
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
S. Marte RF	23	53	3	15	2	0	4	16	.283	.339	.340	.679	3	0	0	1	19
E. Diaz C	10	22	3	5	5	2	1	5	.227	.261	.591	.852	2	0	0	0	19
T. Tolbert SS	11	6	2	1	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.334	0	0	3	1	7
Total	56	1842	211	431	204	51	187	449	.234	.308	.375	.683	94	6	38	15	1147

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	11	11	4-2	0	0	70.1	2.69	50	22	21	8	22	60	.200	1.02	190
S. Lugo SP	11	11	2-4	0	0	65.0	3.74	67	28	27	3	23	54	.271	1.38	120
K. Bubic SP	9	9	3-2	0	0	50.1	4.11	36	23	23	4	26	51	.200	1.23	113
L. Erceg RP	22	0	3-2	11	15	21.1	5.06	23	14	12	0	13	18	.288	1.69	113
S. Kolek SP	4	4	3-0	0	0	26.0	2.77	17	8	8	3	5	14	.185	0.85	84
N. Cameron SP	10	10	2-4	0	0	52.2	4.61	57	30	27	5	17	48	.271	1.41	84
D. Lynch RP	22	0	1-0	1	2	22.2	1.59	13	7	4	1	7	27	.159	0.88	69
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	23	0	0-2	1	1	21.1	2.95	19	7	7	3	10	12	.250	1.36	30
M. Strahm RP	17	0	1-1	0	1	16.1	3.86	14	7	7	3	7	17	.222	1.29	30
A. Lange RP	22	0	0-2	0	0	24.1	4.81	21	14	13	2	13	23	.241	1.40	25
N. Mears RP	21	0	2-3	0	2	19.1	5.12	18	11	11	2	11	15	.257	1.50	24
L. Avila RP	10	1	0-2	0	0	21.1	5.06	27	12	12	1	12	20	.325	1.83	13
E. Morgan RP	10	0	0-1	1	1	13.1	6.08	18	9	9	4	7	9	.316	1.88	12
M. Black RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	6.2	2.70	8	2	2	1	3	7	.296	1.65	10
T. Tolbert SS	2	0	0-0	0	0	1.2	10.80	4	2	2	1	1	0	.500	3.00	7
S. Cruz RP	12	0	0-2	0	1	12.0	8.25	13	12	11	6	9	18	.265	1.83	2
E. Cerantola RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	9.00	2	3	3	1	4	5	.200	2.00	2
M. Spence RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	13.50	4	6	6	1	5	3	.267	2.25	-1
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
Total	56	56	22-34	14	24	497.0	4.44	466	258	245	64	226	452	.249	1.39	966

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