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PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Shelby Miller	Elbow	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Tyler Austin	Knee	06-30-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 1
Caleb Thielbar	Hamstring	05-15-2026Expected to be out until at least May 16
Hunter Harvey	Triceps	06-25-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 26
Matthew Boyd	Knee	06-18-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 19
Justin Steele	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Jordan Wicks	Elbow	05-14-2026Expected to be out until at least May 15
Cade Horton	Elbow	07-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Aug 1, 2027
Porter Hodge	Elbow	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Riley Martin	Elbow	06-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 22

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Estevez	Shoulder	06-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Jun 15
Cole Ragans	Elbow	05-21-2026Expected to be out until at least May 22
James McArthur	Elbow	05-23-2026Expected to be out until at least May 24
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
Bailey Falter	Elbow	05-13-2026Expected to be out until at least May 14

	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
N. Hoerner 2B	42	169	20	46	29	4	17	15	.272	.347	.414	.761	12	0	8	0	148
I. Happ LF	41	151	32	34	18	9	32	58	.225	.368	.457	.825	6	1	2	0	128
D. Swanson SS	42	139	26	27	25	6	23	34	.194	.307	.360	.667	3	1	3	0	114
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	43	157	24	37	17	4	13	45	.236	.306	.369	.675	5	2	10	3	109
M. Busch 3B	42	152	17	35	23	3	27	40	.230	.350	.355	.705	8	1	1	0	105
A. Bregman 3B	42	167	17	41	14	4	22	32	.246	.335	.359	.694	5	1	2	0	102
S. Suzuki RF	29	106	19	29	16	7	18	31	.274	.386	.500	.886	3	0	0	0	92
M. Ballesteros C	38	105	14	26	20	6	10	22	.248	.308	.467	.775	5	0	0	0	82
C. Kelly C	31	102	15	29	13	2	14	19	.284	.376	.382	.758	4	0	0	0	72
M. Shaw SS	36	86	10	23	10	3	5	16	.267	.304	.442	.746	6	0	2	1	58
M. Conforto RF	25	48	9	16	8	2	10	15	.333	.441	.604	1.045	7	0	0	0	48
M. Amaya C	23	57	11	13	8	2	10	16	.228	.371	.351	.722	1	0	0	0	44
S. Kingery 2B	8	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	1	0	5
N. Lopez 3B	4	5	1	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
D. Carlson CF	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	43	1452	218	357	201	52	201	347	.246	.342	.406	.748	65	6	29	4	1107

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
S. Imanaga RP	9	9	4-3	0	0	54.1	2.32	36	15	14	5	13	59	.183	0.90	160
E. Cabrera SP	8	8	3-1	0	0	46.1	3.88	46	22	20	7	15	43	.266	1.32	106
J. Taillon SP	8	8	2-2	0	0	45.2	3.94	36	21	20	11	16	40	.214	1.14	96
C. Rea SP	9	6	4-2	1	1	42.1	4.68	47	23	22	6	13	36	.276	1.42	90
B. Brown SP	13	1	1-1	1	2	29.2	1.82	18	8	6	1	9	27	.175	0.91	78
M. Boyd SP	5	5	2-1	0	0	24.0	6.00	25	17	16	2	6	31	.266	1.29	52
J. Assad RP	7	3	3-1	0	0	24.0	6.00	23	16	16	3	7	13	.253	1.25	48
R. Rolison RP	8	0	3-0	0	0	10.2	3.38	9	4	4	1	5	12	.237	1.31	41
H. Milner RP	19	0	0-0	1	2	18.1	2.45	13	5	5	2	6	6	.203	1.04	39
D. Palencia RP	8	0	1-0	2	2	7.0	2.57	6	2	2	1	2	7	.231	1.14	35
C. Thielbar RP	11	0	2-2	2	3	8.2	3.12	6	4	3	2	5	11	.182	1.27	35
J. Webb RP	18	0	0-1	1	3	17.1	3.63	18	10	7	3	8	19	.265	1.50	30
C. Horton P	2	2	1-0	0	0	7.1	2.45	4	2	2	1	2	4	.167	0.82	26
R. Martin P	8	1	0-0	0	0	8.1	2.16	5	2	2	1	2	10	.179	0.84	21
E. Roberts RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	5.2	0.00	1	0	0	0	3	2	.063	0.71	12
T. Thornton RP	3	0	1-0	0	0	3.0	0.00	3	0	0	0	1	1	.273	1.33	12
V. Velasquez SP	1	0	0-0	0	0	2.1	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	1	.125	0.43	6
Y. Rios RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.2	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0.00	6
P. Maton RP	12	0	0-1	0	0	10.2	8.44	13	10	10	2	5	14	.310	1.69	3
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
G. Hollowell RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.2	10.80	2	2	2	1	4	1	.286	3.60	-2
Total	43	43	27-16	9	14	382.0	3.86	328	177	164	54	131	349	.231	1.20	894

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	43	170	22	52	22	7	21	33	.306	.378	.506	.884	11	1	12	2	156
M. Garcia 3B	41	159	22	44	17	3	19	28	.277	.350	.421	.771	12	1	4	3	116
V. Pasquantino 1B	41	153	16	32	21	5	18	34	.209	.290	.359	.649	4	2	1	0	96
C. Jensen C	40	124	18	29	18	6	17	45	.234	.326	.411	.737	4	0	0	0	82
S. Perez C	41	161	15	31	18	6	6	38	.193	.233	.335	.568	5	0	0	0	77
I. Collins LF	37	115	16	27	13	3	17	38	.235	.346	.357	.703	5	0	2	3	72
K. Isbel CF	35	101	13	27	10	3	6	25	.267	.327	.396	.723	4	0	5	0	69
J. Caglianone 1B	39	127	17	30	8	4	11	42	.236	.307	.402	.709	7	1	0	1	67
M. Massey 2B	29	76	10	17	12	3	3	18	.224	.247	.434	.681	7	0	1	0	51
N. Loftin 1B	18	45	9	12	13	0	8	5	.267	.375	.400	.775	6	0	0	0	46
L. Thomas RF	34	75	8	15	7	1	17	19	.200	.351	.253	.604	1	0	3	2	46
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
S. Marte RF	16	39	2	12	2	0	2	12	.308	.349	.385	.734	3	0	0	1	15
E. Diaz C	8	19	2	4	3	1	1	4	.211	.250	.474	.724	2	0	0	0	13
T. Tolbert SS	8	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	1	1	2
Total	43	1417	179	341	172	44	154	355	.241	.319	.392	.711	72	5	29	13	942

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	8	8	4-2	0	0	51.1	2.63	34	15	15	5	17	42	.188	0.99	143
K. Bubic SP	8	8	3-1	0	0	46.1	3.50	31	18	18	3	23	47	.190	1.17	117
L. Erceg RP	17	0	3-1	10	12	16.1	3.31	11	7	6	0	12	14	.200	1.41	113
S. Lugo SP	9	9	1-3	0	0	52.2	3.76	56	23	22	1	19	46	.281	1.42	91
D. Lynch SP	17	0	1-0	1	2	17.1	2.08	8	7	4	1	5	23	.131	0.75	58
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
N. Cameron P	7	7	2-2	0	0	35.2	5.55	44	25	22	5	14	32	.293	1.63	50
N. Mears RP	17	0	2-2	0	2	14.2	3.07	11	5	5	1	7	11	.216	1.23	30
M. Strahm RP	16	0	1-1	0	1	15.2	4.02	13	7	7	3	6	16	.217	1.21	30
S. Kolek RP	2	2	1-0	0	0	10.2	6.75	9	8	8	3	3	9	.214	1.13	26
E. Morgan RP	7	0	0-1	1	1	10.1	2.61	8	3	3	2	6	9	.205	1.35	20
J. Schreiber RP	18	0	0-2	1	1	17.0	3.71	16	7	7	3	10	7	.262	1.53	17
A. Lange RP	17	0	0-2	0	0	19.2	5.49	15	13	12	2	13	21	.214	1.42	17
S. Cruz RP	8	0	0-0	0	0	8.0	9.00	8	8	8	4	6	13	.242	1.75	8
M. Black P	4	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	0.00	7	0	0	0	2	5	.350	1.93	7
T. Tolbert SS	1	0	0-0	0	0	0.2	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	1.50	2
L. Avila SP	7	1	0-2	0	0	13.1	6.08	19	9	9	1	7	14	.345	1.95	2
E. Cerantola P	2	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	9.00	2	3	3	1	4	5	.200	2.00	2
M. Spence SP	1	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	13.50	4	6	6	1	5	3	.267	2.25	-1
B. Falter SP	2	0	0-0	0	0	3.1	13.50	8	5	5	1	2	4	.444	3.00	-3
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
Total	43	43	19-24	13	20	380.1	4.38	336	195	185	48	186	366	.237	1.37	768

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