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PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Shelby Miller	Elbow	09-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 22
Tyler Austin	Knee	08-05-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 6
Hunter Harvey	Triceps	08-19-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 20
Justin Steele	Elbow	09-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 22
Hoby Milner	Abdomen	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Phil Maton	Knee	08-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 1
Trent Thornton	Heel	07-21-2026Probable for Jul 22
Edward Cabrera	Hamstring	08-11-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 12
Ethan Roberts	Forearm	07-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 22
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	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Riley Martin	Elbow	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1

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	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
Bobby Witt	Back	07-22-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 23
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
Jac Caglianone	Shoulder	07-21-2026Probable for Jul 22

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HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	101	376	66	107	55	21	52	114	.285	.384	.521	.905	16	5	25	6	366
D. Swanson SS	97	331	63	71	58	16	39	86	.215	.296	.414	.710	12	3	14	0	283
M. Busch 1B	100	369	46	90	54	13	65	104	.244	.368	.407	.775	17	2	2	1	276
N. Hoerner 2B	99	397	40	98	43	4	36	35	.247	.314	.340	.654	23	1	14	3	266
I. Happ LF	97	357	63	78	45	18	55	129	.218	.332	.429	.761	17	2	4	1	264
A. Bregman 3B	99	390	50	94	44	10	51	72	.241	.337	.362	.699	15	1	2	1	261
S. Suzuki RF	85	318	53	86	52	16	43	93	.270	.360	.472	.832	16	0	1	0	256
C. Kelly C	74	231	36	62	35	6	31	44	.268	.362	.390	.752	10	0	0	1	172
M. Conforto RF	66	148	21	36	24	9	20	49	.243	.331	.493	.824	10	0	1	0	115
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	54	138	26	32	15	3	18	39	.232	.350	.355	.705	8	0	0	0	95
P. Ramirez 2B	30	70	9	20	11	1	5	12	.286	.329	.443	.772	6	1	2	0	54
J. Dean RF	12	6	3	2	3	0	2	3	.333	.500	.667	1.167	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	19	20	3	4	3	0	1	9	.200	.238	.200	.438	0	0	0	1	5
D. Carlson LF	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	101	3450	519	849	485	127	447	856	.246	.340	.414	.754	162	18	71	15	2630

HITTING	G
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	101
D. Swanson SS	97
M. Busch 1B	100
N. Hoerner 2B	99
I. Happ LF	97
A. Bregman 3B	99
S. Suzuki RF	85
C. Kelly C	74
M. Conforto RF	66
M. Shaw RF	56
M. Ballesteros DH	59
M. Amaya C	54
P. Ramirez 2B	30
J. Dean RF	12
S. Kingery 2B	8
K. Alcantara DH	19
D. Carlson LF	3
Total	101

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
S. Imanaga SP	20	20	6-8	0	0	115.0	3.91	100	51	50	22	28	109	.232	1.11	244
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	172
J. Assad SP	16	8	6-1	0	0	62.1	4.04	56	29	28	12	16	39	.242	1.16	145
M. Boyd SP	10	10	6-1	0	0	52.0	4.15	49	25	24	6	14	51	.246	1.21	136
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	44	0	3-2	5	9	43.1	2.91	40	17	14	6	17	50	.241	1.32	130
D. Peterson SP	4	4	2-1	0	0	21.0	5.57	19	13	13	3	8	11	.244	1.29	113
R. Rolison RP	34	2	5-1	1	3	38.0	2.61	31	13	11	4	17	37	.233	1.26	110
J. Taillon SP	14	14	2-5	0	0	72.0	5.38	70	44	43	22	25	65	.250	1.32	109
A. Civale SP	1	0	0-0	0	0	2.1	7.71	4	2	2	1	2	2	.364	2.57	88
T. Thornton RP	27	0	3-3	3	3	30.0	2.70	21	11	9	4	10	13	.204	1.03	82
C. Thielbar RP	34	0	2-2	2	5	29.0	4.34	24	15	14	8	13	37	.218	1.28	72
H. Milner RP	38	0	1-0	1	2	35.2	3.53	34	14	14	4	9	18	.256	1.21	70
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
R. Martin P	8	1	0-0	0	0	8.1	2.16	5	2	2	1	2	10	.179	0.84	21
G. Hollowell RP	10	0	0-0	0	0	11.0	2.45	8	3	3	2	8	12	.200	1.45	19
P. Maton RP	31	0	0-1	0	2	27.2	6.18	34	19	19	5	16	31	.306	1.81	19
T. Ferguson RP	11	0	0-1	0	1	10.1	4.35	7	5	5	3	0	14	.184	0.68	14
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	101	101	57-44	20	36	899.1	4.26	836	450	426	155	310	786	.246	1.27	2210

PITCHING	GP
S. Imanaga SP	20
B. Brown RP	20
C. Rea SP	20
C. Kelly C	1
J. Assad SP	16
M. Boyd SP	10
E. Cabrera SP	14
J. Webb RP	44
D. Peterson SP	4
R. Rolison RP	34
J. Taillon SP	14
A. Civale SP	1
T. Thornton RP	27
C. Thielbar RP	34
H. Milner RP	38
D. Palencia RP	19
J. Woodford RP	1
C. Horton P	2
E. Roberts RP	23
R. Martin P	8
G. Hollowell RP	10
P. Maton RP	31
T. Ferguson RP	11
T. Blach RP	1
Y. Rios RP	1
J. Wicks SP	4
J. Murray RP	2
H. Harvey RP	4
L. Little RP	1
Total	101

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	94	330	44	80	52	14	33	105	.242	.309	.436	.745	22	0	1	0	223
J. Caglianone RF	95	337	46	87	37	16	25	105	.258	.316	.463	.779	17	2	3	1	220
S. Perez C	94	365	35	77	41	13	15	82	.211	.258	.356	.614	14	0	0	0	190
I. Collins LF	91	283	36	70	32	5	39	77	.247	.348	.367	.715	17	1	6	5	185
L. Thomas CF	87	250	29	60	34	9	36	66	.240	.338	.412	.750	16	0	5	3	178
V. Pasquantino 1B	74	274	32	62	33	6	36	55	.226	.316	.343	.659	10	2	4	0	177
M. Garcia 3B	69	268	32	70	30	3	24	45	.261	.320	.373	.693	17	2	5	3	170
M. Massey 2B	82	244	33	65	33	7	15	43	.266	.305	.422	.727	17	0	2	0	166
N. Loftin 3B	64	193	27	47	31	4	21	29	.244	.329	.394	.723	15	1	1	0	147
K. Isbel CF	56	164	16	40	11	3	10	41	.244	.298	.354	.652	7	1	5	0	87
T. Tolbert SS	38	61	17	20	5	2	4	11	.328	.364	.443	.807	1	0	11	3	66
S. Marte RF	45	115	12	31	9	1	8	34	.270	.333	.330	.663	4	0	1	2	54
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
J. Rojas 3B	18	43	5	10	5	1	1	9	.233	.250	.349	.599	2	0	0	0	21
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	3	10	2	2	3	1	1	3	.200	.273	.500	.773	0	0	0	0	9
Total	102	3435	433	850	413	103	323	820	.247	.317	.398	.715	187	11	77	23	2271

HITTING	G
B. Witt SS	94
C. Jensen C	94
J. Caglianone RF	95
S. Perez C	94
I. Collins LF	91
L. Thomas CF	87
V. Pasquantino 1B	74
M. Garcia 3B	69
M. Massey 2B	82
N. Loftin 3B	64
K. Isbel CF	56
T. Tolbert SS	38
S. Marte RF	45
J. India 2B	17
J. Rojas 3B	18
J. Rave RF	9
K. Misner CF	18
L. Maile C	3
Total	102

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	20	20	5-7	0	0	125.1	3.66	111	53	51	15	36	101	.239	1.17	262
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	19	19	5-8	0	0	100.2	5.27	113	64	59	14	34	92	.279	1.46	150
L. Erceg RP	40	0	4-3	12	18	38.1	5.40	42	27	23	5	23	27	.286	1.70	133
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	41	0	3-2	1	3	41.1	2.18	27	13	10	2	12	34	.180	0.94	108
L. Avila SP	19	10	5-3	0	0	63.0	4.86	63	34	34	6	35	57	.272	1.56	106
A. Lange RP	40	0	1-5	9	11	41.0	6.15	39	30	28	4	23	41	.252	1.51	93
T. Tolbert SS	5	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	25.07	17	13	13	4	3	0	.586	4.29	66
S. Cruz RP	32	2	2-2	0	1	34.0	4.50	27	18	17	9	16	41	.218	1.26	65
J. Schreiber RP	42	0	0-3	1	2	38.1	3.29	34	17	14	6	15	28	.245	1.28	57
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
B. Way RP	18	0	1-0	0	0	22.1	3.22	24	11	8	4	10	21	.276	1.52	42
M. Strahm RP	37	0	3-3	0	3	33.0	7.09	35	26	26	10	13	27	.263	1.45	42
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
R. Dobnak RP	3	1	0-0	0	0	14.0	1.93	13	3	3	2	8	7	.241	1.50	21
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
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	102	102	42-60	24	42	898.2	4.94	910	530	493	138	389	774	.264	1.45	1651

PITCHING	GP
M. Wacha SP	20
S. Lugo SP	20
N. Cameron SP	19
L. Erceg RP	40
K. Bubic SP	9
S. Kolek SP	10
D. Lynch IV RP	41
L. Avila SP	19
A. Lange RP	40
T. Tolbert SS	5
S. Cruz RP	32
J. Schreiber RP	42
C. Ragans RP	8
B. Way RP	18
M. Strahm RP	37
C. Seabold RP	5
N. Mears RP	21
E. Morgan RP	16
R. Dobnak RP	3
M. Black RP	12
J. Cuas RP	5
C. Estevez RP	1
B. Falter RP	5
M. Spence RP	3
Total	102

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