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PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Shelby Miller	Elbow	09-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 15
Jameson Taillon	Hamstring	07-10-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 11
Tyler Austin	Knee	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
Hunter Harvey	Triceps	07-06-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 7
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
Phil Maton	Knee	07-10-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 11
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	07-06-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 7

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Salvador Perez	Elbow	07-04-2026Probable for Jul 5
Carlos Estevez	Shoulder	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
Cole Ragans	Elbow	08-01-2027Expected to be out until at least Aug 2, 2027
Maikel Garcia	Hand	07-04-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 5
Connor Seabold	Lat	07-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 28
Kris Bubic	Elbow	07-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 28
Kyle Isbel	Foot	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
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
Alec Marsh	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Nick Mears	Shoulder	07-04-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 5
Vinnie Pasquantino	Hand	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17

	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
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	89	332	56	96	49	19	41	98	.289	.380	.527	.907	14	4	21	6	317
D. Swanson SS	85	286	55	59	57	16	37	78	.206	.296	.423	.719	10	2	10	0	252
I. Happ LF	85	317	59	70	41	17	47	118	.221	.328	.445	.773	16	2	4	0	241
N. Hoerner 2B	87	349	35	84	36	4	35	30	.241	.316	.338	.654	22	0	12	2	236
M. Busch 1B	88	323	36	75	47	11	60	91	.232	.363	.390	.753	14	2	2	0	235
A. Bregman 3B	87	341	41	82	31	7	47	62	.240	.341	.343	.684	12	1	2	1	215
S. Suzuki RF	73	273	43	73	42	13	34	83	.267	.351	.454	.805	12	0	0	0	204
C. Kelly C	64	200	30	56	30	4	24	36	.280	.366	.390	.756	10	0	0	1	146
M. Conforto RF	58	128	19	32	21	7	19	42	.250	.345	.492	.837	10	0	1	0	103
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	49	121	21	27	13	3	17	34	.223	.352	.347	.699	6	0	0	0	83
P. Ramirez 2B	24	55	8	14	6	1	3	9	.255	.293	.400	.693	3	1	2	0	38
J. Dean RF	8	5	3	2	3	0	1	2	.400	.500	.800	1.300	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	15	13	3	3	1	0	1	5	.231	.286	.231	.517	0	0	0	1	4
D. Carlson LF	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	89	3042	449	742	420	112	395	755	.244	.338	.411	.749	141	15	60	12	2291

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
S. Imanaga SP	18	18	5-7	0	0	103.0	4.28	87	50	49	21	26	100	.227	1.10	215
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	18	14	6-5	1	1	89.1	4.74	94	48	47	13	34	68	.269	1.43	150
C. Kelly C	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	18.00	2	2	2	2	0	0	.400	2.00	146
E. Cabrera SP	14	14	5-4	0	0	72.1	5.10	72	46	41	14	29	65	.262	1.40	133
J. Assad RP	13	6	6-1	0	0	51.2	4.53	45	26	26	10	13	31	.237	1.12	125
R. Rolison RP	28	2	5-1	1	2	32.2	1.93	23	9	7	4	14	32	.209	1.13	107
J. Taillon SP	13	13	2-5	0	0	67.2	5.19	65	40	39	20	23	59	.248	1.30	104
J. Webb RP	37	0	3-2	2	6	36.1	3.47	35	17	14	6	14	45	.245	1.35	93
D. Peterson SP	2	2	1-1	0	0	9.1	11.57	14	12	12	2	3	5	.359	1.82	76
M. Boyd SP	7	7	3-1	0	0	33.2	5.08	37	20	19	4	10	37	.276	1.40	71
H. Milner RP	38	0	1-0	1	2	35.2	3.53	34	14	14	4	9	18	.256	1.21	70
T. Thornton RP	21	0	3-2	1	1	26.1	2.73	17	9	8	4	10	12	.191	1.03	67
C. Thielbar RP	28	0	2-2	2	5	24.2	4.01	17	12	11	5	13	30	.189	1.22	66
D. Palencia RP	19	0	2-1	3	3	16.2	2.70	17	5	5	2	6	19	.266	1.38	61
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
D. Pomeranz RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	14
T. Ferguson RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	5.1	1.69	4	1	1	1	0	8	.200	0.75	13
T. Blach RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	2	.111	0.33	9
G. Hollowell RP	6	0	0-0	0	0	6.2	4.05	5	3	3	2	6	5	.208	1.65	7
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	89	89	49-40	15	28	792.1	4.36	731	405	384	136	276	700	.244	1.27	1825

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	83	325	44	93	36	12	37	62	.286	.358	.465	.823	20	1	29	4	292
C. Jensen C	82	283	41	70	47	13	27	87	.247	.310	.445	.755	17	0	1	0	200
J. Caglianone RF	82	284	39	74	30	14	25	94	.261	.329	.465	.794	12	2	3	1	188
M. Garcia 3B	69	268	32	70	30	3	24	45	.261	.320	.373	.693	17	2	5	3	170
V. Pasquantino 1B	68	254	28	57	32	6	32	51	.224	.309	.350	.659	10	2	3	0	162
I. Collins LF	78	244	31	56	25	4	34	67	.230	.336	.336	.672	14	0	4	4	148
S. Perez C	81	318	29	64	30	10	12	69	.201	.241	.327	.568	10	0	0	0	146
M. Massey 2B	70	206	24	52	27	7	10	39	.252	.283	.422	.705	14	0	2	0	132
L. Thomas CF	74	201	21	43	23	5	30	53	.214	.319	.338	.657	10	0	4	3	122
N. Loftin 3B	52	151	21	34	25	3	19	23	.225	.322	.377	.699	12	1	1	0	116
K. Isbel CF	56	164	16	40	11	3	10	41	.244	.298	.354	.652	7	1	5	0	87
S. Marte RF	41	103	11	27	7	1	8	32	.262	.328	.330	.658	4	0	1	1	48
T. Tolbert SS	30	37	10	9	1	0	4	10	.243	.310	.243	.553	0	0	9	2	35
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
J. Rave RF	9	18	3	4	1	1	3	7	.222	.333	.611	.944	2	1	0	0	14
K. Misner CF	16	37	1	9	4	0	1	15	.243	.263	.270	.533	1	0	3	1	13
J. Rojas 3B	9	16	2	4	4	1	0	3	.250	.250	.500	.750	1	0	0	0	12
Total	89	2979	364	719	346	87	285	716	.241	.312	.387	.699	154	10	70	19	1919

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	18	18	5-6	0	0	114.2	3.45	102	46	44	13	31	91	.239	1.16	249
S. Lugo SP	17	17	3-6	0	0	96.1	4.20	103	49	45	12	30	76	.278	1.38	168
N. Cameron SP	16	16	4-6	0	0	83.2	4.95	93	51	46	10	25	75	.277	1.41	135
L. Erceg RP	35	0	3-3	12	18	33.2	5.35	37	22	20	3	21	25	.287	1.72	123
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
D. Lynch RP	36	0	2-2	1	3	35.0	2.57	24	13	10	2	11	31	.186	1.00	84
A. Lange RP	35	0	0-4	7	7	36.1	4.95	33	22	20	2	21	37	.244	1.49	78
L. Avila RP	16	7	3-3	0	0	46.2	5.40	48	28	28	5	30	43	.276	1.67	60
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
M. Strahm RP	30	0	3-1	0	3	27.2	5.53	25	17	17	8	10	20	.234	1.27	55
J. Schreiber RP	37	0	0-3	1	2	34.0	3.18	30	14	12	6	12	26	.246	1.24	52
S. Cruz RP	25	1	2-2	0	1	27.1	5.27	24	17	16	8	15	35	.233	1.43	48
T. Tolbert SS	4	0	0-0	0	0	3.2	17.18	11	7	7	2	2	0	.550	3.55	35
C. Seabold RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	9.00	7	6	5	0	4	5	.318	2.20	31
B. Way RP	12	0	0-0	0	0	16.0	3.38	16	6	6	3	8	16	.258	1.50	26
N. Mears RP	21	0	2-3	0	2	19.1	5.12	18	11	11	2	11	15	.257	1.50	24
M. Black RP	12	0	0-0	0	0	17.2	3.57	19	7	7	3	11	15	.279	1.70	21
E. Morgan RP	14	0	0-1	1	1	17.1	5.19	23	10	10	4	8	15	.311	1.79	18
R. Dobnak RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	4.50	6	2	2	1	1	2	.353	1.75	4
J. Cuas RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	6.00	4	2	2	0	0	3	.308	1.33	4
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	89	89	35-54	22	38	785.2	4.88	792	452	426	116	339	679	.263	1.44	1426

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