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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	07-19-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 20
Tyler Austin	Knee	07-17-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 18
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	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Edward Cabrera	Hamstring	08-10-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 11
Ethan Roberts	Forearm	07-17-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 18
Daniel Palencia	Elbow	08-13-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 14
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	07-26-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 27
Riley Martin	Elbow	07-22-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 23

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Estevez	Shoulder	08-09-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 10
Cole Ragans	Elbow	05-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Jun 1
Maikel Garcia	Hand	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Connor Seabold	Lat	07-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 28
Kris Bubic	Elbow	08-09-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 10
Kyle Isbel	Foot	07-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 28
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	08-03-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 4

	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	97	361	64	104	53	21	48	109	.288	.385	.526	.911	15	4	25	6	354
D. Swanson SS	93	316	59	66	58	16	37	85	.209	.291	.408	.699	11	2	12	0	265
M. Busch 1B	96	351	40	84	50	11	63	95	.239	.367	.393	.760	17	2	2	1	256
I. Happ LF	93	344	59	76	42	17	51	126	.221	.329	.430	.759	17	2	4	1	249
N. Hoerner 2B	95	378	37	89	38	4	36	33	.235	.307	.328	.635	23	0	14	3	248
A. Bregman 3B	95	373	45	89	41	9	50	68	.239	.336	.357	.693	15	1	2	1	245
S. Suzuki RF	81	305	48	82	48	15	36	89	.269	.349	.466	.815	15	0	1	0	234
C. Kelly C	71	224	35	60	32	6	28	43	.268	.357	.393	.750	10	0	0	1	163
M. Conforto RF	63	144	20	35	22	8	19	48	.243	.329	.479	.808	10	0	1	0	108
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	97	3305	486	804	453	121	421	817	.243	.336	.409	.745	155	15	69	15	2477

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. Rea SP	20	16	7-6	1	1	100.2	4.74	106	55	53	15	37	76	.270	1.42	172
C. Kelly C	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	18.00	2	2	2	2	0	0	.400	2.00	163
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	33	2	5-1	1	3	36.1	2.72	30	13	11	4	17	37	.236	1.29	106
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
J. Woodford RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	2.0	13.50	5	3	3	1	0	3	.500	2.50	34
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
D. Pomeranz RP	5	0	2-0	0	1	4.2	9.64	7	5	5	2	3	1	.350	2.14	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	9	0	0-0	0	0	10.1	2.61	6	3	3	2	8	11	.167	1.35	18
T. Ferguson RP	10	0	0-1	0	1	9.1	3.86	6	4	4	2	0	13	.176	0.64	13
T. Blach RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	2	.111	0.33	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	97	97	54-43	20	36	862.1	4.33	801	437	415	149	299	758	.246	1.28	2046

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	92	364	51	103	39	13	40	71	.283	.353	.456	.809	22	1	30	5	316
C. Jensen C	90	314	41	76	51	13	32	101	.242	.310	.430	.740	20	0	1	0	211
J. Caglianone RF	91	323	44	84	35	15	25	102	.260	.320	.458	.778	15	2	3	1	210
I. Collins LF	87	272	35	65	29	5	38	73	.239	.343	.360	.703	16	1	5	4	175
S. Perez C	90	352	32	74	37	11	14	77	.210	.253	.344	.597	14	0	0	0	173
M. Garcia 3B	69	268	32	70	30	3	24	45	.261	.320	.373	.693	17	2	5	3	170
V. Pasquantino 1B	71	265	30	59	32	6	34	54	.223	.309	.343	.652	10	2	4	0	169
L. Thomas CF	83	235	28	56	32	8	35	61	.238	.339	.404	.743	15	0	4	3	166
M. Massey 2B	78	232	31	62	33	7	14	42	.267	.305	.427	.732	16	0	2	0	160
N. Loftin 3B	60	180	27	44	29	4	21	27	.244	.335	.406	.741	15	1	1	0	143
K. Isbel CF	56	164	16	40	11	3	10	41	.244	.298	.354	.652	7	1	5	0	87
T. Tolbert SS	35	54	17	20	5	2	4	11	.370	.407	.500	.907	1	0	11	3	66
S. Marte RF	44	112	12	30	9	1	8	34	.268	.328	.330	.658	4	0	1	2	52
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
J. Rojas 3B	16	35	4	7	5	1	1	9	.200	.222	.343	.565	2	0	0	0	17
J. Rave RF	9	18	3	4	1	1	3	7	.222	.333	.611	.944	2	1	0	0	14
K. Misner CF	18	41	2	9	4	0	2	17	.220	.256	.244	.500	1	0	3	1	14
L. Maile C	2	6	2	1	3	1	1	2	.167	.286	.667	.953	0	0	0	0	9
Total	98	3305	418	817	398	98	315	792	.247	.317	.397	.714	180	11	75	22	2186

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	19	19	5-7	0	0	119.1	3.77	108	52	50	14	34	96	.243	1.19	245
S. Lugo SP	20	20	3-6	0	0	110.2	4.39	120	62	54	15	36	89	.280	1.41	186
N. Cameron SP	18	18	5-7	0	0	95.2	4.89	104	57	52	13	32	91	.272	1.42	157
L. Erceg RP	39	0	4-3	12	18	38.0	5.21	41	26	22	4	21	27	.283	1.63	137
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 IV RP	39	0	2-2	1	3	38.1	2.35	24	13	10	2	12	33	.173	0.94	94
L. Avila SP	18	9	4-3	0	0	56.2	5.08	58	32	32	6	34	50	.276	1.62	83
A. Lange RP	38	0	0-5	8	9	39.0	6.00	37	28	26	3	22	37	.252	1.51	76
T. Tolbert SS	4	0	0-0	0	0	3.2	17.18	11	7	7	2	2	0	.550	3.55	66
S. Cruz RP	30	2	2-2	0	1	32.1	4.73	27	18	17	9	16	41	.225	1.33	60
J. Schreiber RP	41	0	0-3	1	2	37.1	3.38	34	17	14	6	14	28	.250	1.29	55
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	35	0	3-3	0	3	31.1	7.18	34	25	25	9	13	25	.268	1.50	38
B. Way RP	16	0	1-0	0	0	19.2	3.20	22	7	7	4	9	17	.289	1.58	36
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
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	15	0	0-1	1	1	18.1	5.40	24	11	11	5	8	16	.308	1.75	20
R. Dobnak RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	9.2	1.86	9	2	2	1	4	4	.243	1.34	16
J. Cuas RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	6.1	2.84	8	2	2	0	2	9	.296	1.58	11
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	98	98	39-59	23	40	862.2	4.92	874	505	472	130	373	747	.264	1.45	1567

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