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J. FlahertyR	3-8 W-L	86.1 IP	4.59 ERA	2.43 SO/BB	1.41 WHIP
M. WachaR	5-8 W-L	150.2 IP	3.46 ERA	2.85 SO/BB	1.15 WHIP

.J. Flaherty

3-8, 86.1 IP, 4.59 ERA

.M. Wacha

5-8, 150.2 IP, 3.46 ERA

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Justin Verlander	Hamstring	08-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 1
Burch Smith	Shoulder	08-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 28
Jack Flaherty	Forearm	08-20-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 21
Wenceel Perez	Orbital	09-03-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 4
Will Vest	Elbow	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Parker Meadows	Arm	08-19-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 20
Reese Olson	Shoulder	02-28-2027Expected to be out until at least Mar 1
James Outman	Concussion	08-20-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 21
Matt Vierling	Thigh	08-20-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 21
Riley Greene	Hamstring	08-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 22
Kerry Carpenter	Foot	08-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 15
Trey Sweeney	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Brant Hurter	Back	08-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 15
Bailey Horn	Elbow	08-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Sep 1, 2027

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Salvador Perez	Elbow	08-14-2026Probable for Aug 15
Carlos Estevez	Shoulder	08-24-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 25
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	08-20-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 21
Beck Way	Back	08-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 15
Vinnie Pasquantino	Wrist	08-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 17
Luinder Avila	Elbow	01-31-2028Expected to be out until at least Feb 1, 2028

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Royals KC-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Kauffman StadiumKansas City, MO

DETTigers

KCRoyals

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
K. McGonigle SS	118	452	80	129	48	12	75	74	.285	.389	.425	.814	21	3	12	1	384
D. Dingler C	113	433	65	113	81	26	29	104	.261	.324	.503	.827	23	2	0	0	354
R. Greene LF	117	422	65	115	54	16	61	133	.273	.366	.450	.816	25	1	3	1	312
S. Torkelson 1B	121	418	53	97	63	20	52	146	.232	.322	.426	.748	21	0	0	1	277
C. Keith 3B	112	321	42	85	31	8	23	66	.265	.318	.411	.729	15	4	5	0	208
G. Torres 2B	65	242	40	63	32	8	42	56	.260	.374	.393	.767	8	0	0	0	184
Z. McKinstry 2B	97	293	32	64	24	4	33	50	.218	.300	.324	.624	13	3	1	5	158
K. Carpenter RF	81	231	27	48	36	13	18	75	.208	.276	.416	.692	5	2	0	0	144
M. Vierling CF	92	266	24	55	31	5	19	49	.207	.255	.335	.590	13	3	4	2	144
H. Lee 2B	77	200	19	53	28	6	10	52	.265	.297	.420	.717	11	1	1	2	115
W. Perez RF	53	161	22	29	17	7	14	29	.180	.246	.348	.594	4	1	3	1	99
J. Outman CF	45	93	14	17	14	5	5	42	.183	.240	.366	.606	0	1	2	1	76
J. Baez SS	35	123	19	35	14	2	4	24	.285	.310	.390	.700	7	0	1	2	74
E. Valencia C	17	48	11	19	15	5	1	13	.396	.420	.833	1.253	6	0	0	0	61
B. Malgeri RF	27	53	9	15	10	3	9	14	.283	.391	.491	.882	2	0	0	0	48
M. Clark CF	13	53	7	14	7	1	4	15	.264	.328	.434	.762	2	2	0	0	34
P. Meadows CF	12	36	3	9	2	0	2	10	.250	.308	.333	.641	1	1	3	0	21
J. Jung DH	3	6	1	1	0	0	2	1	.167	.375	.167	.542	0	0	0	0	3
C. Julks RF	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
T. Cruz RF	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	-1
Total	122	4120	557	1001	530	148	433	1050	.243	.319	.408	.727	186	25	36	18	2695

HITTING	G
K. McGonigle SS	118
D. Dingler C	113
R. Greene LF	117
S. Torkelson 1B	121
C. Keith 3B	112
G. Torres 2B	65
Z. McKinstry 2B	97
K. Carpenter RF	81
M. Vierling CF	92
H. Lee 2B	77
W. Perez RF	53
J. Outman CF	45
J. Baez SS	35
E. Valencia C	17
B. Malgeri RF	27
M. Clark CF	13
P. Meadows CF	12
J. Jung DH	3
C. Julks RF	1
T. Cruz RF	2
Total	122

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
K. Montero SP	26	20	9-7	1	1	128.2	3.22	99	50	46	13	29	86	.208	0.99	312
T. Melton SP	13	13	7-1	0	0	80.0	1.46	48	15	13	8	24	69	.171	0.90	255
F. Valdez SP	24	24	7-8	0	0	133.0	4.26	135	69	63	13	50	106	.259	1.39	236
K. Jansen RP	36	0	3-4	15	19	32.2	3.86	20	15	14	5	20	37	.174	1.22	168
Z. McKinstry 2B	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	18.00	2	2	2	0	3	0	.400	5.00	158
D. Anderson RP	42	4	4-4	2	7	71.1	3.91	66	34	31	10	27	82	.243	1.30	149
J. Flaherty SP	19	19	3-8	0	0	86.1	4.59	80	52	44	11	42	102	.240	1.41	124
T. Holton RP	52	3	1-4	2	3	57.0	2.68	56	22	17	6	12	44	.257	1.19	105
K. Finnegan RP	50	0	2-0	2	10	49.0	3.49	49	19	19	8	28	37	.271	1.57	96
E. De Jesus RP	28	0	2-0	1	1	41.0	3.95	37	21	18	3	15	39	.239	1.27	92
T. Madden RP	14	1	1-0	0	0	34.1	2.62	23	10	10	3	12	35	.183	1.02	81
B. Hurter RP	21	0	4-1	0	0	25.1	2.84	15	9	8	1	12	18	.174	1.07	72
J. Waguespack RP	19	0	1-1	0	0	25.0	1.44	12	5	4	3	9	15	.143	0.84	58
W. Vest RP	27	0	3-5	2	7	26.2	6.08	28	22	18	2	10	27	.275	1.43	45
D. Sommers RP	27	0	0-2	0	1	20.0	3.60	20	10	8	2	10	30	.263	1.50	26
B. Smith RP	13	1	0-2	0	0	17.0	3.18	18	8	6	2	7	20	.277	1.47	20
B. Hanifee RP	23	2	0-1	0	0	21.1	5.06	24	12	12	5	7	10	.286	1.45	20
J. Jobe SP	2	2	1-1	0	0	8.2	6.23	10	6	6	2	2	8	.286	1.38	12
B. Brieske RP	8	0	0-0	0	0	9.1	6.75	9	7	7	3	4	8	.257	1.39	12
T. Rainey RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.2	0.00	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	1.20	3
J. Verlander SP	1	1	0-1	0	0	3.2	12.27	6	5	5	1	2	1	.353	2.18	-6
Y. Diaz RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	3	.250	2.00	-10
R. Vanasco RP	5	0	0-1	0	1	6.1	15.63	14	12	11	2	6	4	.412	3.16	-15
Total	122	122	60-62	25	50	1081.2	3.52	933	471	423	120	373	1000	.231	1.21	2013

PITCHING	GP
K. Montero SP	26
T. Melton SP	13
F. Valdez SP	24
K. Jansen RP	36
Z. McKinstry 2B	1
D. Anderson RP	42
J. Flaherty SP	19
T. Holton RP	52
K. Finnegan RP	50
E. De Jesus RP	28
T. Madden RP	14
B. Hurter RP	21
J. Waguespack RP	19
W. Vest RP	27
D. Sommers RP	27
B. Smith RP	13
B. Hanifee RP	23
J. Jobe SP	2
B. Brieske RP	8
T. Rainey RP	1
J. Verlander SP	1
Y. Diaz RP	1
R. Vanasco RP	5
Total	122

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	104	407	62	116	42	13	47	80	.285	.358	.447	.805	25	1	32	6	352
J. Caglianone RF	114	410	56	112	58	22	28	115	.273	.325	.495	.820	21	2	5	2	299
C. Jensen C	114	401	54	88	55	16	46	133	.219	.298	.404	.702	24	1	1	0	253
S. Perez DH	113	436	41	94	52	16	18	94	.216	.262	.369	.631	17	1	0	0	237
I. Collins LF	110	347	40	81	35	6	46	88	.233	.332	.360	.692	20	3	6	5	215
M. Massey 2B	102	314	41	83	41	10	16	61	.264	.296	.430	.726	20	1	2	0	206
V. Pasquantino 1B	79	293	34	68	33	6	37	60	.232	.318	.345	.663	11	2	4	0	185
N. Loftin 3B	85	258	33	62	35	5	29	45	.240	.327	.384	.711	20	1	2	1	182
M. Garcia 3B	69	268	32	70	30	3	24	45	.261	.320	.373	.693	17	2	5	3	170
T. Tolbert SS	55	90	24	28	6	3	9	18	.311	.370	.467	.837	5	0	17	3	103
K. Isbel CF	65	192	19	44	15	4	11	48	.229	.279	.339	.618	7	1	5	0	99
S. Marte RF	58	150	15	37	14	2	9	39	.247	.303	.320	.623	5	0	2	2	72
J. Rojas 3B	30	76	6	17	9	1	3	13	.224	.253	.303	.556	3	0	1	0	36
J. Rave RF	22	50	7	11	2	2	5	13	.220	.291	.460	.751	4	1	2	0	34
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
L. Maile C	7	19	2	5	5	1	1	6	.263	.300	.474	.774	1	0	0	0	14
A. Velazquez SS	6	15	0	1	0	0	0	2	.067	.067	.067	.134	0	0	1	0	2
Total	123	4122	510	1005	486	124	379	973	.244	.311	.395	.706	220	16	95	26	2493

HITTING	G
B. Witt SS	104
J. Caglianone RF	114
C. Jensen C	114
S. Perez DH	113
I. Collins LF	110
M. Massey 2B	102
V. Pasquantino 1B	79
N. Loftin 3B	85
M. Garcia 3B	69
T. Tolbert SS	55
K. Isbel CF	65
S. Marte RF	58
J. Rojas 3B	30
J. Rave RF	22
J. India 2B	17
L. Maile C	7
A. Velazquez SS	6
Total	123

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	24	24	5-8	0	0	150.2	3.46	132	62	58	18	41	117	.235	1.15	317
S. Lugo SP	25	25	5-7	0	0	139.1	4.59	146	79	71	16	46	108	.274	1.38	244
N. Cameron SP	23	22	6-8	0	0	129.1	4.45	125	69	64	14	42	118	.251	1.29	236
L. Erceg RP	46	0	4-4	12	18	43.1	6.02	52	34	29	5	27	31	.308	1.82	123
D. Lynch IV RP	48	2	4-4	1	3	50.0	2.88	37	20	16	4	14	40	.199	1.02	116
S. Kolek SP	10	10	4-3	0	0	54.0	4.50	55	30	27	8	12	34	.262	1.24	111
S. Cruz RP	43	2	2-3	4	5	45.1	4.17	37	22	21	11	18	51	.220	1.21	110
A. Lange RP	46	0	2-7	10	13	47.2	6.23	49	35	33	6	26	51	.266	1.57	104
T. Tolbert SS	5	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	25.07	17	13	13	4	3	0	.586	4.29	103
L. Avila SP	21	12	5-4	0	0	70.0	5.53	71	43	43	7	42	61	.272	1.61	100
N. Pearson RP	7	0	1-0	1	2	6.2	0.00	3	0	0	0	2	6	.136	0.75	80
R. Dobnak SP	7	5	2-1	0	0	36.0	2.00	34	8	8	2	14	19	.248	1.33	73
J. Schreiber RP	49	0	0-3	1	4	44.0	3.68	40	21	18	7	21	33	.250	1.39	60
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
C. Kimbrel RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	1.00	44
J. Rojas 3B	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	1.00	36
B. Way RP	19	1	1-1	0	0	23.1	3.86	27	13	10	4	10	21	.293	1.59	34
M. Black RP	14	0	0-0	0	0	25.2	3.51	25	10	10	5	16	18	.258	1.60	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
J. Cuas RP	10	0	0-0	0	0	11.0	1.64	12	2	2	0	4	13	.279	1.45	21
E. McGee RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	5.1	11.81	11	7	7	2	3	6	.423	2.63	2
A. Bummer RP	2	0	0-1	0	0	1.1	40.50	6	6	6	1	1	0	.600	5.25	-1
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
M. Spence RP	3	1	0-2	0	0	9.1	21.21	19	22	22	3	9	6	.413	3.00	-29
Total	123	123	50-73	30	53	1080.1	4.85	1082	623	582	157	457	910	.261	1.42	2011

PITCHING	GP
M. Wacha SP	24
S. Lugo SP	25
N. Cameron SP	23
L. Erceg RP	46
D. Lynch IV RP	48
S. Kolek SP	10
S. Cruz RP	43
A. Lange RP	46
T. Tolbert SS	5
L. Avila SP	21
N. Pearson RP	7
R. Dobnak SP	7
J. Schreiber RP	49
C. Ragans RP	8
C. Kimbrel RP	1
J. Rojas 3B	1
B. Way RP	19
M. Black RP	14
C. Seabold RP	5
N. Mears RP	21
J. Cuas RP	10
E. McGee RP	4
A. Bummer RP	2
C. Estevez RP	1
M. Spence RP	3
Total	123

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