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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	08-13-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 14
Connor Seabold	Lat	08-03-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 4
Kris Bubic	Elbow	08-09-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 10
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
Bobby Witt	Back	08-03-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 4
Alec Marsh	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Nick Mears	Shoulder	08-09-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 10
Beck Way	Back	08-08-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 9
Vinnie Pasquantino	Wrist	08-07-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 8
Luinder Avila	Forearm	08-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 17

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Correa	Ankle	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Michael Burrows	Elbow	08-13-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 14
Brandon Walter	Elbow	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Spencer Arrighetti	Foot	08-08-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 9
Brice Matthews	Knee	08-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 15

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Royals KC-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Astros HOU-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	105	370	48	86	54	15	39	122	.232	.304	.424	.728	24	1	1	0	240
J. Caglianone RF	104	371	48	93	42	18	27	111	.251	.308	.456	.764	18	2	3	1	239
S. Perez DH	105	409	40	88	46	16	17	93	.215	.262	.377	.639	16	1	0	0	221
I. Collins LF	101	318	39	77	34	6	43	85	.242	.341	.374	.715	18	3	6	5	205
V. Pasquantino 1B	79	293	34	68	33	6	37	60	.232	.318	.345	.663	11	2	4	0	185
M. Massey 2B	92	278	36	73	37	8	16	51	.263	.298	.417	.715	19	0	2	0	183
N. Loftin 3B	75	226	30	57	35	5	25	36	.252	.335	.407	.742	18	1	1	0	171
M. Garcia 3B	69	268	32	70	30	3	24	45	.261	.320	.373	.693	17	2	5	3	170
T. Tolbert SS	48	80	22	26	6	3	6	15	.325	.368	.475	.843	3	0	15	3	91
K. Isbel CF	56	164	16	40	11	3	10	41	.244	.298	.354	.652	7	1	5	0	87
S. Marte RF	53	136	13	34	10	1	8	37	.250	.307	.301	.608	4	0	2	2	59
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
J. Rojas 3B	25	61	6	14	6	1	3	9	.230	.266	.328	.594	3	0	1	0	32
J. Rave RF	13	32	6	10	2	2	3	8	.313	.371	.688	1.059	4	1	1	0	31
L. Maile C	5	15	2	4	5	1	1	5	.267	.313	.533	.846	1	0	0	0	13
A. Velazquez SS	6	15	0	1	0	0	0	2	.067	.067	.067	.134	0	0	1	0	2
Total	113	3801	467	932	444	115	350	906	.245	.313	.398	.711	205	15	87	23	2279

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	22	22	5-8	0	0	138.1	3.51	122	58	54	16	38	111	.236	1.16	291
S. Lugo SP	23	23	4-7	0	0	128.2	4.41	134	71	63	15	45	99	.274	1.39	219
N. Cameron SP	21	20	5-8	0	0	115.2	4.59	116	64	59	14	39	107	.258	1.34	197
L. Erceg RP	43	0	4-3	12	18	41.0	6.37	48	33	29	5	25	29	.302	1.78	127
D. Lynch IV RP	45	0	4-2	1	3	45.0	2.00	30	13	10	2	12	34	.183	0.93	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
L. Avila SP	21	12	5-4	0	0	70.0	5.53	71	43	43	7	42	61	.272	1.61	100
A. Lange RP	43	0	1-6	10	13	44.2	6.25	44	33	31	5	25	47	.257	1.54	99
T. Tolbert SS	5	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	25.07	17	13	13	4	3	0	.586	4.29	91
S. Cruz RP	38	2	2-3	2	3	40.0	4.28	32	20	19	10	17	47	.218	1.23	87
R. Dobnak SP	5	3	1-0	0	0	26.0	1.04	21	3	3	2	10	14	.219	1.19	61
N. Pearson RP	3	0	1-0	0	0	3.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	0.33	60
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	45	0	0-3	1	3	40.2	3.76	39	20	17	7	17	29	.262	1.38	54
M. Strahm RP	41	0	3-4	0	4	35.2	7.32	39	29	29	12	14	30	.269	1.49	39
B. Way RP	19	1	1-1	0	0	23.1	3.86	27	13	10	4	10	21	.293	1.59	34
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
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
E. McGee RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	2.1	3.86	5	1	1	0	0	2	.455	2.14	6
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	113	113	46-67	27	48	992.0	4.87	994	576	537	146	423	841	.262	1.43	1931

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
Y. Alvarez DH	111	403	77	133	84	35	77	83	.330	.442	.650	1.092	24	0	1	0	466
C. Walker 1B	109	404	55	96	64	22	38	109	.238	.315	.460	.775	22	1	0	0	296
I. Paredes 3B	106	389	44	99	60	15	44	66	.254	.351	.422	.773	18	1	0	0	295
J. Pena SS	65	255	53	82	36	13	17	52	.322	.375	.529	.904	12	1	8	1	236
C. Smith RF	111	367	46	78	39	13	33	100	.213	.285	.371	.656	15	2	10	1	229
J. Altuve 2B	88	344	51	80	31	12	31	80	.233	.297	.384	.681	14	1	2	2	208
Y. Diaz C	54	203	24	52	26	8	7	33	.256	.282	.419	.701	9	0	0	1	125
C. Vazquez C	68	197	18	43	23	5	15	41	.218	.272	.330	.602	7	0	1	0	102
B. Matthews LF	82	208	23	41	22	7	15	71	.197	.250	.332	.582	5	1	4	4	97
C. Correa SS	32	122	22	34	16	3	18	26	.279	.369	.418	.787	8	0	1	0	96
T. Trammell LF	57	145	21	35	16	5	15	51	.241	.329	.400	.729	6	1	3	2	92
J. Meyers CF	52	136	14	28	11	3	10	30	.206	.264	.316	.580	6	0	1	2	64
N. Allen SS	61	101	17	26	11	1	7	23	.257	.306	.327	.633	4	0	2	0	61
J. Loperfido LF	39	102	13	22	12	1	14	31	.216	.314	.333	.647	7	1	1	1	59
L. Wade Jr. LF	24	66	10	13	14	2	14	18	.197	.338	.333	.671	3	0	0	0	51
D. Harris LF	11	31	4	7	4	0	2	6	.226	.286	.290	.576	0	1	2	0	35
Z. Dezenzo LF	34	74	11	16	3	1	7	30	.216	.284	.311	.595	4	0	1	0	31
Z. Cole LF	19	51	4	8	8	3	1	21	.157	.189	.353	.542	1	0	0	0	21
R. Delgado 2B	17	33	3	9	4	1	2	5	.273	.314	.394	.708	1	0	0	0	19
S. Whitcomb 3B	17	23	2	3	5	2	1	11	.130	.167	.391	.558	0	0	0	0	11
L. Spence CF	14	37	4	6	3	0	3	15	.162	.244	.189	.433	1	0	0	1	9
C. Salazar C	9	18	0	1	1	0	3	3	.056	.227	.056	.283	0	0	0	0	4
C. Price C	7	12	1	2	0	0	1	6	.167	.231	.250	.481	1	0	0	0	2
Total	113	3813	528	936	502	155	379	927	.245	.321	.418	.739	172	10	37	15	2609

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
P. Lambert SP	19	19	8-5	0	0	108.2	3.06	82	37	37	11	41	108	.206	1.13	267
J. Hader RP	25	0	3-1	15	15	23.0	1.17	10	3	3	1	10	34	.127	0.87	184
S. Arrighetti SP	17	17	7-5	0	0	88.0	4.60	68	47	45	12	50	87	.215	1.34	172
S. Okert RP	55	1	5-1	0	1	55.1	2.28	36	15	14	6	12	57	.187	0.87	159
A. Blubaugh RP	42	0	4-2	1	1	69.2	3.62	53	30	28	9	32	71	.211	1.22	154
H. Brown SP	10	10	3-1	0	0	52.2	3.42	38	22	20	6	30	55	.202	1.29	121
E. De Los Santos RP	49	0	1-3	5	7	51.1	4.38	49	28	25	7	12	50	.249	1.19	120
B. Abreu RP	43	0	3-3	7	7	39.2	4.54	29	22	20	7	29	51	.207	1.46	118
T. Imai SP	15	15	6-4	0	0	58.2	5.83	50	38	38	9	40	72	.229	1.53	117
B. King RP	45	0	2-3	6	10	47.1	3.61	48	21	19	6	16	37	.262	1.35	113
K. Teng RP	25	10	5-6	0	0	68.1	4.35	62	37	33	10	30	67	.238	1.35	113
M. Burrows SP	18	17	4-9	0	0	94.2	5.99	112	69	63	21	35	75	.292	1.55	102
J. Meyers CF	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	64
A. Santa RP	10	0	0-1	0	0	15.1	1.17	8	6	2	1	6	9	.160	0.91	29
C. Bolton RP	8	3	0-1	1	1	20.0	5.40	21	12	12	3	14	22	.269	1.75	25
L. VanWey RP	5	0	1-0	0	0	6.0	1.50	5	2	1	0	0	5	.250	0.83	21
C. Javier SP	8	4	1-1	0	0	21.1	7.17	24	17	17	3	15	21	.286	1.83	18
J. Alexander SP	4	2	1-1	0	0	18.1	9.33	21	19	19	4	8	14	.280	1.58	18
R. Blanco SP	3	3	0-1	0	0	14.2	7.36	11	12	12	5	8	16	.208	1.30	16
B. Sousa RP	11	0	0-0	0	0	8.1	3.24	6	4	3	0	7	8	.200	1.56	13
H. Wesneski SP	1	1	1-0	0	0	5.2	4.76	7	3	3	0	2	4	.333	1.59	13
M. Ullola RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	5.40	4	3	3	2	1	7	.211	1.00	10
C. Salazar C	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	9.00	1	1	1	1	0	0	.250	1.00	4
R. Munoz RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	15.75	7	7	7	3	6	6	.368	3.25	-5
Total	113	113	58-55	36	43	1001.1	4.65	897	555	517	152	480	994	.239	1.38	1966

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