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PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Martin Perez	Forearm	07-19-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 20
Mike Yastrzemski	Elbow	07-20-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 21
Joe Jimenez	Knee	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Ronald Acuna Jr.	Hamstring	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
Joey Wentz	Knee	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Sean Murphy	Finger	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
Spencer Strider	Elbow	08-24-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 25
Ha-seong Kim	Finger	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
Robert Suarez	Elbow	07-29-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 30
Spencer Schwellenbach	Elbow	08-24-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 25
A.J. Smith-Shawver	Elbow	07-25-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 26

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Shelby Miller	Elbow	09-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 15
Jameson Taillon	Hamstring	07-18-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 19
Tyler Austin	Knee	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
Hunter Harvey	Triceps	07-24-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 25
Justin Steele	Elbow	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Hoby Milner	Abdomen	07-26-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 27
Edward Cabrera	Hamstring	07-26-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 27
Ethan Roberts	Forearm	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
Daniel Palencia	Elbow	07-20-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 21
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	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
Riley Martin	Elbow	07-22-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 23

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HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
M. Olson 1B	95	371	64	99	58	25	40	99	.267	.339	.534	.873	24	0	2	0	316
O. Albies 2B	95	367	61	98	51	14	29	55	.267	.320	.439	.759	21	0	1	3	277
M. Harris CF	89	334	45	99	53	16	15	73	.296	.329	.488	.817	16	0	6	1	252
M. Dubon LF	91	343	42	91	51	10	25	53	.265	.319	.420	.739	19	2	3	2	241
D. Baldwin C	72	279	49	71	46	15	32	71	.254	.345	.437	.782	6	0	1	1	221
A. Riley 3B	95	343	38	71	42	9	32	113	.207	.288	.329	.617	13	1	6	1	187
R. Acuna Jr. RF	53	195	31	49	22	7	35	52	.251	.373	.421	.794	10	1	15	7	171
D. Smith DH	79	209	32	55	35	6	16	32	.263	.315	.388	.703	6	1	0	0	150
M. Yastrzemski LF	85	230	34	53	28	6	27	61	.230	.321	.365	.686	11	1	1	0	148
J. Mateo SS	62	126	27	30	11	4	8	41	.238	.284	.373	.657	5	0	9	1	89
E. White RF	56	115	15	26	15	4	8	27	.226	.280	.391	.671	5	1	4	0	78
J. Bart C	12	30	3	4	6	2	1	6	.133	.235	.367	.602	1	0	0	0	50
J. Jarvis SS	10	30	2	9	3	1	1	7	.300	.323	.467	.790	2	0	0	0	16
H. Kim SS	27	73	4	5	3	0	9	22	.068	.171	.068	.239	0	0	1	0	12
J. Azocar RF	11	17	2	6	0	0	1	4	.353	.389	.471	.860	2	0	1	0	11
K. Farmer 3B	11	15	2	4	3	0	0	4	.267	.250	.333	.583	1	0	0	0	8
B. Hicklen RF	1	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	.500	.500	.750	1.250	1	0	0	0	3
L. Williams 2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	1.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1
S. Murphy C	4	14	1	1	0	0	0	6	.071	.071	.071	.142	0	0	0	0	-1
S. Leon C	21	44	0	4	0	0	0	18	.091	.091	.091	.182	0	0	0	0	-5
Total	95	3229	460	795	443	121	286	765	.246	.313	.409	.722	149	7	50	16	2225

HITTING	G
M. Olson 1B	95
O. Albies 2B	95
M. Harris CF	89
M. Dubon LF	91
D. Baldwin C	72
A. Riley 3B	95
R. Acuna Jr. RF	53
D. Smith DH	79
M. Yastrzemski LF	85
J. Mateo SS	62
E. White RF	56
J. Bart C	12
J. Jarvis SS	10
H. Kim SS	27
J. Azocar RF	11
K. Farmer 3B	11
B. Hicklen RF	1
L. Williams 2B	2
S. Murphy C	4
S. Leon C	21
Total	95

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
C. Sale SP	17	17	9-6	0	0	98.0	2.20	84	29	24	8	25	117	.230	1.11	273
B. Elder SP	18	18	5-6	0	0	102.2	4.12	96	52	47	15	32	86	.243	1.25	209
R. Iglesias RP	31	0	0-2	19	20	32.1	2.23	28	10	8	2	7	36	.233	1.08	195
G. Holmes SP	18	17	5-4	0	0	87.1	3.61	76	37	35	15	39	76	.230	1.32	177
M. Perez SP	18	14	6-6	0	0	81.1	3.54	65	33	32	10	32	62	.221	1.19	162
D. Lee RP	44	0	4-0	0	1	43.0	1.47	21	8	7	1	7	53	.143	0.65	148
R. Suarez RP	31	0	4-0	4	5	32.0	0.56	21	2	2	1	6	26	.184	0.84	136
R. Lopez RP	22	9	4-2	0	0	61.2	3.50	53	28	24	8	25	54	.228	1.26	130
D. Fuentes RP	31	1	4-0	1	3	37.1	2.65	33	11	11	1	12	44	.237	1.21	111
J. Mateo SS	2	0	0-0	0	0	2.0	4.50	4	1	1	0	1	0	.444	2.50	89
S. Strider SP	8	8	4-2	0	0	39.0	5.31	33	24	23	9	20	46	.232	1.36	87
D. Dodd RP	22	0	2-0	1	1	26.1	2.39	13	7	7	3	9	27	.144	0.84	84
T. Kinley RP	38	0	5-3	0	3	33.2	3.48	27	14	13	6	13	35	.220	1.19	84
J. Ritchie SP	11	7	1-2	1	1	49.1	4.38	39	27	24	7	30	44	.215	1.40	80
J. Karinchak RP	9	0	0-0	0	0	9.2	1.86	4	2	2	1	5	8	.129	0.93	22
C. Carrasco RP	8	0	0-0	0	2	16.2	5.94	21	11	11	3	3	7	.318	1.44	16
V. Mederos RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	5	.067	0.40	15
O. Murphy RP	2	0	0-1	0	0	4.0	2.25	1	2	1	0	0	4	.077	0.25	6
A. Molina RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	5.40	6	4	3	1	1	2	.300	1.40	6
I. Hamilton RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	7.71	6	4	4	0	3	4	.300	1.93	3
C. Thomas RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	3.2	9.82	5	4	4	1	1	2	.313	1.64	2
D. Young RP	5	1	0-1	0	0	4.0	4.50	3	2	2	1	3	4	.214	1.50	1
R. Munoz RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	2.0	13.50	5	3	3	1	1	3	.455	3.00	-1
J. Payamps RP	12	0	0-2	0	1	7.2	8.22	9	9	7	2	4	9	.281	1.70	-2
H. Waldrep SP	3	2	0-1	0	0	10.2	8.44	13	10	10	3	10	9	.295	2.16	-3
Total	95	95	55-40	28	39	841.2	3.60	715	368	337	106	317	804	.228	1.23	2030

PITCHING	GP
C. Sale SP	17
B. Elder SP	18
R. Iglesias RP	31
G. Holmes SP	18
M. Perez SP	18
D. Lee RP	44
R. Suarez RP	31
R. Lopez RP	22
D. Fuentes RP	31
J. Mateo SS	2
S. Strider SP	8
D. Dodd RP	22
T. Kinley RP	38
J. Ritchie SP	11
J. Karinchak RP	9
C. Carrasco RP	8
V. Mederos RP	3
O. Murphy RP	2
A. Molina RP	3
I. Hamilton RP	4
C. Thomas RP	1
D. Young RP	5
R. Munoz RP	1
J. Payamps RP	12
H. Waldrep SP	3
Total	95

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	96	358	63	104	53	21	47	108	.291	.386	.531	.917	15	4	24	6	351
D. Swanson SS	92	313	59	66	58	16	37	84	.211	.293	.412	.705	11	2	12	0	266
M. Busch 1B	95	347	40	83	49	11	63	94	.239	.368	.395	.763	17	2	2	1	255
I. Happ LF	92	341	59	75	42	17	50	125	.220	.327	.431	.758	17	2	4	1	247
N. Hoerner 2B	94	374	37	87	38	4	36	33	.233	.305	.326	.631	23	0	14	3	246
A. Bregman 3B	94	370	45	89	41	9	49	66	.241	.336	.359	.695	15	1	2	1	245
S. Suzuki RF	80	302	47	81	48	15	35	88	.268	.347	.464	.811	14	0	1	0	231
C. Kelly C	70	220	35	60	32	6	28	42	.273	.363	.400	.763	10	0	0	1	164
M. Conforto RF	62	140	20	34	22	8	19	47	.243	.331	.486	.817	10	0	1	0	107
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	52	131	25	30	13	3	18	36	.229	.353	.351	.704	7	0	0	0	91
P. Ramirez 2B	26	57	8	14	7	1	4	10	.246	.290	.386	.676	3	1	2	0	40
J. Dean RF	10	5	3	2	3	0	1	2	.400	.500	.800	1.300	0	1	0	0	10
K. Alcantara DH	17	17	3	4	3	0	1	6	.235	.278	.235	.513	0	0	0	1	7
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
Total	96	3274	484	798	452	121	417	808	.244	.336	.411	.747	154	15	68	15	2467

HITTING	G
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	96
D. Swanson SS	92
M. Busch 1B	95
I. Happ LF	92
N. Hoerner 2B	94
A. Bregman 3B	94
S. Suzuki RF	80
C. Kelly C	70
M. Conforto RF	62
M. Shaw RF	56
M. Ballesteros DH	59
M. Amaya C	52
P. Ramirez 2B	26
J. Dean RF	10
K. Alcantara DH	17
S. Kingery 2B	8
D. Carlson LF	3
Total	96

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
S. Imanaga SP	19	19	5-8	0	0	108.0	4.17	94	51	50	22	27	105	.232	1.12	218
B. Brown RP	20	8	4-2	1	2	68.0	1.85	45	16	14	2	19	65	.186	0.94	190
C. Kelly C	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	18.00	2	2	2	2	0	0	.400	2.00	164
C. Rea SP	19	15	7-5	1	1	94.2	4.75	101	51	50	14	36	70	.273	1.45	162
J. Assad SP	15	8	6-1	0	0	61.1	4.11	54	28	28	12	15	37	.240	1.13	144
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	42	0	3-2	5	9	41.1	3.05	37	17	14	6	16	48	.233	1.28	127
M. Boyd SP	9	9	5-1	0	0	46.0	4.50	46	24	23	5	13	47	.257	1.28	111
R. Rolison RP	32	2	5-1	1	3	35.1	2.80	29	13	11	4	17	36	.234	1.30	104
J. Taillon SP	13	13	2-5	0	0	67.2	5.19	65	40	39	20	23	59	.248	1.30	104
T. Thornton RP	25	0	3-2	3	3	29.0	2.48	19	9	8	4	10	13	.194	1.00	87
D. Peterson SP	3	3	1-1	0	0	14.1	8.16	16	13	13	3	7	7	.291	1.60	85
H. Milner RP	38	0	1-0	1	2	35.2	3.53	34	14	14	4	9	18	.256	1.21	70
C. Thielbar RP	32	0	2-2	2	5	27.2	4.23	23	14	13	7	13	35	.219	1.30	69
D. Palencia RP	19	0	2-1	3	3	16.2	2.70	17	5	5	2	6	19	.266	1.38	61
D. Pomeranz RP	4	0	2-0	0	1	4.1	8.31	6	4	4	2	1	1	.333	1.62	27
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
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	30	0	0-1	0	2	26.2	6.08	32	18	18	5	15	31	.299	1.76	20
G. Hollowell RP	8	0	0-0	0	0	9.2	2.79	6	3	3	2	8	9	.176	1.45	15
T. Blach RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	2	.111	0.33	9
T. Ferguson RP	9	0	0-1	0	1	8.1	4.32	6	4	4	2	0	12	.194	0.72	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	96	96	54-42	20	36	853.1	4.33	794	432	411	148	296	748	.246	1.28	1997

PITCHING	GP
S. Imanaga SP	19
B. Brown RP	20
C. Kelly C	1
C. Rea SP	19
J. Assad SP	15
E. Cabrera SP	14
J. Webb RP	42
M. Boyd SP	9
R. Rolison RP	32
J. Taillon SP	13
T. Thornton RP	25
D. Peterson SP	3
H. Milner RP	38
C. Thielbar RP	32
D. Palencia RP	19
D. Pomeranz RP	4
C. Horton P	2
E. Roberts RP	23
R. Martin P	8
P. Maton RP	30
G. Hollowell RP	8
T. Blach RP	1
T. Ferguson RP	9
Y. Rios RP	1
J. Wicks SP	4
J. Murray RP	2
H. Harvey RP	4
L. Little RP	1
Total	96

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