Detroit Tigers vs. Kansas City Royals gametracker_new.mlb.expert-picks_description - August 22, 2026 Gametracker

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D. AndersonR	4-4 W-L	76.1 IP	4.01 ERA	3.00 SO/BB	1.30 WHIP
M. WachaR	6-8 W-L	155.2 IP	3.58 ERA	2.93 SO/BB	1.15 WHIP

.D. Anderson

4-4, 76.1 IP, 4.01 ERA

.M. Wacha

6-8, 155.2 IP, 3.58 ERA

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Justin Verlander	Hamstring	08-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 1
Burch Smith	Shoulder	08-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 28
Jack Flaherty	Forearm	08-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 1
Wenceel Perez	Orbital	09-03-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 4
Will Vest	Elbow	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Parker Meadows	Arm	08-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 22
Reese Olson	Shoulder	02-28-2027Expected to be out until at least Mar 1
James Outman	Concussion	08-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 22
Matt Vierling	Thigh	08-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 22
Riley Greene	Hamstring	08-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 22
Kerry Carpenter	Foot	08-27-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 28
Trey Sweeney	Shoulder	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Brant Hurter	Back	09-03-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 4
Bailey Horn	Elbow	08-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Sep 1, 2027

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Estevez	Shoulder	08-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 1
Cole Ragans	Elbow	05-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Jun 1
Maikel Garcia	Hamstring	08-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 1
Connor Seabold	Lat	08-29-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 30
James McArthur	Elbow	09-21-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 22
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	08-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 1
Beck Way	Back	08-24-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 25
Luinder Avila	Elbow	01-31-2028Expected to be out until at least Feb 1, 2028

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Tigers DET61-67	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Royals KC56-74	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Kauffman StadiumKansas City, MO

DETTigers

KCRoyals

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
K. McGonigle SS	124	476	82	135	53	13	78	78	.284	.386	.424	.810	22	3	12	1	402
D. Dingler C	119	456	65	115	82	26	31	112	.252	.316	.485	.801	24	2	0	0	356
R. Greene LF	117	422	65	115	54	16	61	133	.273	.366	.450	.816	25	1	3	1	312
S. Torkelson 1B	127	434	53	97	63	20	56	154	.224	.317	.410	.727	21	0	0	1	277
C. Keith 3B	118	334	46	91	32	9	26	67	.272	.329	.425	.754	16	4	5	0	225
G. Torres 2B	71	267	43	71	34	8	45	59	.266	.375	.393	.768	10	0	0	0	200
Z. McKinstry 2B	103	308	35	69	26	4	36	54	.224	.307	.331	.638	15	3	1	5	171
K. Carpenter RF	81	231	27	48	36	13	18	75	.208	.276	.416	.692	5	2	0	0	144
M. Vierling CF	92	266	24	55	31	5	19	49	.207	.255	.335	.590	13	3	4	2	144
H. Lee 2B	83	213	23	59	30	6	14	53	.277	.319	.423	.742	11	1	1	2	130
W. Perez RF	53	161	22	29	17	7	14	29	.180	.246	.348	.594	4	1	3	1	99
J. Outman CF	45	93	14	17	14	5	5	42	.183	.240	.366	.606	0	1	2	1	76
J. Baez SS	40	141	19	36	14	2	4	27	.255	.284	.355	.639	8	0	1	2	75
E. Valencia C	22	61	12	21	17	6	1	18	.344	.365	.738	1.103	6	0	0	0	67
B. Malgeri RF	32	60	9	15	10	3	11	15	.250	.370	.433	.803	2	0	0	0	49
M. Clark CF	19	73	9	19	9	1	5	17	.260	.316	.397	.713	3	2	0	0	44
P. Meadows CF	12	36	3	9	2	0	2	10	.250	.308	.333	.641	1	1	3	0	21
B. Callahan LF	5	13	2	4	5	1	0	3	.308	.308	.692	1.000	0	1	0	0	14
J. Jung DH	3	6	1	1	0	0	2	1	.167	.375	.167	.542	0	0	0	0	3
C. Julks RF	2	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.500	.750	1	0	0	0	2
T. Cruz RF	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	-1
Total	128	4322	579	1047	552	152	458	1094	.242	.319	.405	.724	196	26	36	18	2810

HITTING	G
K. McGonigle SS	124
D. Dingler C	119
R. Greene LF	117
S. Torkelson 1B	127
C. Keith 3B	118
G. Torres 2B	71
Z. McKinstry 2B	103
K. Carpenter RF	81
M. Vierling CF	92
H. Lee 2B	83
W. Perez RF	53
J. Outman CF	45
J. Baez SS	40
E. Valencia C	22
B. Malgeri RF	32
M. Clark CF	19
P. Meadows CF	12
B. Callahan LF	5
J. Jung DH	3
C. Julks RF	2
T. Cruz RF	2
Total	128

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
K. Montero SP	27	21	9-8	1	1	133.2	3.30	103	53	49	14	30	89	.209	1.00	315
T. Melton SP	15	15	7-2	0	0	90.0	1.60	62	21	16	10	28	76	.191	1.00	263
F. Valdez SP	25	25	8-8	0	0	138.2	4.35	140	74	67	13	54	111	.258	1.40	249
K. Jansen RP	38	0	3-5	16	21	34.1	4.19	22	17	16	7	20	40	.180	1.22	173
Z. McKinstry 2B	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	18.00	2	2	2	0	3	0	.400	5.00	171
D. Anderson RP	43	5	4-4	2	7	76.1	4.01	70	37	34	11	29	87	.241	1.30	157
J. Flaherty SP	19	19	3-8	0	0	86.1	4.59	80	52	44	11	42	102	.240	1.41	124
K. Finnegan RP	53	0	2-0	2	10	52.1	3.27	50	19	19	8	31	40	.259	1.55	104
T. Holton RP	55	3	1-5	2	4	59.2	3.17	62	26	21	8	14	48	.267	1.27	98
E. De Jesus RP	30	0	2-0	1	1	42.1	3.83	38	21	18	3	15	39	.239	1.25	94
T. Madden RP	16	1	1-0	0	0	37.1	2.89	26	12	12	3	12	37	.188	1.02	86
B. Hurter RP	21	0	4-1	0	0	25.1	2.84	15	9	8	1	12	18	.174	1.07	72
J. Waguespack RP	21	0	1-1	0	0	27.2	1.95	14	7	6	5	9	16	.149	0.83	63
W. Vest RP	27	0	3-5	2	7	26.2	6.08	28	22	18	2	10	27	.275	1.43	45
D. Sommers RP	30	0	0-3	0	1	24.0	3.38	22	11	9	2	11	38	.244	1.38	33
B. Smith RP	13	1	0-2	0	0	17.0	3.18	18	8	6	2	7	20	.277	1.47	20
J. Jobe SP	3	3	1-1	0	0	14.0	4.50	14	7	7	2	5	11	.264	1.36	20
B. Hanifee RP	23	2	0-1	0	0	21.1	5.06	24	12	12	5	7	10	.286	1.45	20
B. Brieske RP	8	0	0-0	0	0	9.1	6.75	9	7	7	3	4	8	.257	1.39	12
T. Rainey RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	3.2	0.00	1	0	0	0	4	4	.091	1.36	8
J. Verlander SP	1	1	0-1	0	0	3.2	12.27	6	5	5	1	2	1	.353	2.18	-6
Y. Diaz RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	3	.250	2.00	-10
R. Vanasco RP	5	0	0-1	0	1	6.1	15.63	14	12	11	2	6	4	.412	3.16	-15
Total	128	128	61-67	26	53	1133.1	3.56	982	500	448	130	395	1047	.231	1.22	2096

PITCHING	GP
K. Montero SP	27
T. Melton SP	15
F. Valdez SP	25
K. Jansen RP	38
Z. McKinstry 2B	1
D. Anderson RP	43
J. Flaherty SP	19
K. Finnegan RP	53
T. Holton RP	55
E. De Jesus RP	30
T. Madden RP	16
B. Hurter RP	21
J. Waguespack RP	21
W. Vest RP	27
D. Sommers RP	30
B. Smith RP	13
J. Jobe SP	3
B. Hanifee RP	23
B. Brieske RP	8
T. Rainey RP	3
J. Verlander SP	1
Y. Diaz RP	1
R. Vanasco RP	5
Total	128

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	111	434	71	125	48	16	51	85	.288	.363	.463	.826	26	1	33	6	390
J. Caglianone RF	120	430	58	119	60	22	29	120	.277	.329	.491	.820	22	2	6	2	313
C. Jensen C	120	420	57	93	57	17	50	137	.221	.304	.407	.711	25	1	1	1	269
S. Perez DH	120	461	43	101	56	16	19	97	.219	.265	.367	.632	18	1	0	0	250
M. Massey 2B	108	335	46	93	43	11	18	62	.278	.310	.448	.758	22	1	2	0	230
I. Collins LF	117	365	41	83	38	6	50	94	.227	.328	.348	.676	20	3	6	5	222
V. Pasquantino 1B	84	312	39	77	37	8	39	60	.247	.331	.381	.712	14	2	4	0	214
N. Loftin 3B	91	276	33	63	36	5	34	51	.228	.322	.370	.692	20	2	2	1	188
M. Garcia 3B	73	283	34	76	32	3	24	47	.269	.324	.385	.709	18	3	5	4	181
K. Isbel CF	71	209	22	49	19	5	12	51	.234	.283	.354	.637	8	1	5	0	114
T. Tolbert SS	59	99	25	30	8	3	11	19	.303	.369	.444	.813	5	0	18	3	111
J. Rave RF	27	62	10	12	5	2	5	16	.194	.254	.403	.657	5	1	2	0	41
J. Rojas 3B	30	76	6	17	9	1	3	13	.224	.253	.303	.556	3	0	1	0	36
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
L. Maile C	9	25	2	5	5	1	1	10	.200	.231	.360	.591	1	0	0	0	12
Total	130	4351	546	1069	521	132	405	1018	.246	.314	.398	.712	232	18	98	28	2605

HITTING	G
B. Witt SS	111
J. Caglianone RF	120
C. Jensen C	120
S. Perez DH	120
M. Massey 2B	108
I. Collins LF	117
V. Pasquantino 1B	84
N. Loftin 3B	91
M. Garcia 3B	73
K. Isbel CF	71
T. Tolbert SS	59
J. Rave RF	27
J. Rojas 3B	30
J. India 2B	17
L. Maile C	9
Total	130

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	25	25	6-8	0	0	155.2	3.58	138	66	62	21	41	120	.237	1.15	331
N. Cameron SP	25	24	8-8	0	0	143.1	4.02	128	69	64	14	46	128	.236	1.21	293
S. Lugo SP	26	26	5-7	0	0	145.1	4.71	155	84	76	16	46	111	.278	1.38	249
D. Lynch IV RP	49	3	4-4	1	3	54.0	2.83	39	21	17	4	16	41	.196	1.02	123
S. Cruz RP	46	2	2-3	5	6	48.2	4.25	41	24	23	12	18	52	.227	1.21	122
L. Erceg RP	47	0	4-4	12	18	43.1	6.23	53	35	30	5	29	31	.312	1.89	119
S. Kolek SP	10	10	4-3	0	0	54.0	4.50	55	30	27	8	12	34	.262	1.24	111
A. Lange RP	48	0	2-7	10	13	49.2	5.98	49	35	33	6	26	53	.258	1.51	111
T. Tolbert SS	5	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	25.07	17	13	13	4	3	0	.586	4.29	111
L. Avila SP	21	12	5-4	0	0	70.0	5.53	71	43	43	7	42	61	.272	1.61	100
R. Dobnak SP	9	7	2-1	0	0	45.2	1.58	44	8	8	2	20	29	.254	1.40	91
N. Pearson RP	12	0	1-1	2	3	11.2	0.77	5	1	1	0	5	10	.128	0.86	88
J. Schreiber RP	52	0	0-3	1	4	46.2	3.86	41	23	20	7	22	34	.243	1.35	65
C. Kimbrel RP	4	0	1-0	0	0	4.1	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	1	.091	0.46	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. Rojas 3B	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	1.00	36
M. Black RP	15	0	0-0	0	0	28.2	3.77	27	12	12	5	19	19	.250	1.60	35
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
J. Cuas RP	11	0	0-0	0	0	12.0	1.50	12	2	2	0	6	13	.261	1.50	22
E. Morgan RP	16	0	0-1	1	1	19.1	5.12	24	11	11	5	9	16	.300	1.71	22
C. Duran RP	2	0	1-0	0	0	1.1	13.50	2	2	2	0	3	1	.333	3.75	4
E. McGee RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	5.1	11.81	11	7	7	2	3	6	.423	2.63	2
A. Bummer RP	2	0	0-1	0	0	1.1	40.50	6	6	6	1	1	0	.600	5.25	-1
C. Thomas RP	2	0	1-0	0	0	2.2	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	3	.222	0.75	-5
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	130	130	56-74	32	55	1142.1	4.74	1127	643	602	161	483	949	.259	1.41	2188

PITCHING	GP
M. Wacha SP	25
N. Cameron SP	25
S. Lugo SP	26
D. Lynch IV RP	49
S. Cruz RP	46
L. Erceg RP	47
S. Kolek SP	10
A. Lange RP	48
T. Tolbert SS	5
L. Avila SP	21
R. Dobnak SP	9
N. Pearson RP	12
J. Schreiber RP	52
C. Kimbrel RP	4
C. Ragans RP	8
J. Rojas 3B	1
M. Black RP	15
B. Way RP	19
C. Seabold RP	5
N. Mears RP	21
J. Cuas RP	11
E. Morgan RP	16
C. Duran RP	2
E. McGee RP	4
A. Bummer RP	2
C. Thomas RP	2
C. Estevez RP	1
M. Spence RP	3
Total	130

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