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M. BoydL	6-1 W-L	66.0 IP	3.41 ERA	3.16 SO/BB	1.20 WHIP
S. LugoR	4-6 W-L	123.2 IP	4.22 ERA	2.40 SO/BB	1.37 WHIP

.M. Boyd

6-1, 66.0 IP, 3.41 ERA

.S. Lugo

4-6, 123.2 IP, 4.22 ERA

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
Edward Cabrera	Hamstring	08-11-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 12
Ethan Roberts	Forearm	07-30-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 31
Daniel Palencia	Elbow	08-10-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 11
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	08-06-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 7
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
Kyle Isbel	Foot	07-30-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 31
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	07-30-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 31
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

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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	109	410	71	117	63	24	55	128	.285	.382	.541	.923	21	6	26	7	403
D. Swanson SS	104	357	68	77	61	16	41	94	.216	.295	.403	.698	13	3	15	0	298
N. Hoerner 2B	107	428	45	110	50	5	37	39	.257	.320	.350	.670	23	1	16	3	296
A. Bregman 3B	106	420	57	104	47	11	54	78	.248	.341	.381	.722	21	1	2	1	290
M. Busch 1B	108	408	48	99	58	13	66	112	.243	.359	.392	.751	18	2	2	1	289
S. Suzuki RF	93	352	59	95	60	18	48	106	.270	.361	.474	.835	18	0	1	0	287
I. Happ LF	105	389	65	85	48	18	59	141	.219	.330	.422	.752	21	2	4	1	278
C. Kelly C	81	254	38	66	37	6	32	48	.260	.349	.370	.719	10	0	0	1	179
M. Conforto RF	73	165	24	39	24	9	23	53	.236	.332	.467	.799	11	0	1	0	124
M. Amaya C	58	149	28	36	18	3	18	41	.242	.354	.356	.710	8	0	0	0	104
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
P. Ramirez 2B	36	90	14	28	14	1	8	16	.311	.364	.456	.820	8	1	4	0	77
J. Dean RF	16	8	3	3	3	0	2	4	.375	.500	.625	1.125	0	1	0	0	11
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
J. Triantos 2B	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	2
D. Carlson LF	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	109	3751	564	933	529	134	473	936	.249	.340	.415	.755	184	19	77	16	2850

HITTING	G
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	109
D. Swanson SS	104
N. Hoerner 2B	107
A. Bregman 3B	106
M. Busch 1B	108
S. Suzuki RF	93
I. Happ LF	105
C. Kelly C	81
M. Conforto RF	73
M. Amaya C	58
M. Shaw RF	56
M. Ballesteros DH	59
P. Ramirez 2B	36
J. Dean RF	16
S. Kingery 2B	8
K. Alcantara DH	19
J. Triantos 2B	2
D. Carlson LF	3
Total	109

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
S. Imanaga SP	21	21	7-8	0	0	121.0	3.72	104	51	50	22	29	113	.230	1.10	269
C. Rea SP	22	18	8-7	1	1	111.2	4.67	116	60	58	17	40	83	.267	1.40	195
B. Brown RP	20	8	4-2	1	2	68.0	1.85	45	16	14	2	19	65	.186	0.94	190
C. Kelly C	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	18.00	2	2	2	2	0	0	.400	2.00	179
M. Boyd SP	12	12	6-1	0	0	66.0	3.41	60	26	25	6	19	60	.240	1.20	171
J. Assad SP	18	9	6-1	1	1	69.2	3.75	63	30	29	12	18	48	.243	1.16	168
J. Webb RP	48	0	4-2	5	9	47.2	2.64	43	17	14	6	17	55	.236	1.26	149
E. Cabrera SP	14	14	5-4	0	0	72.1	5.10	72	46	41	14	29	65	.262	1.40	133
D. Peterson SP	5	5	3-1	0	0	26.2	5.06	22	15	15	4	10	14	.224	1.20	131
R. Rolison RP	38	2	5-1	1	3	42.1	2.55	35	14	12	4	20	43	.236	1.30	118
A. Civale RP	3	0	0-0	1	1	5.0	3.60	5	2	2	1	2	6	.250	1.40	104
C. Thielbar RP	38	0	3-2	2	6	33.0	4.09	27	16	15	9	13	43	.216	1.21	90
T. Thornton RP	30	0	3-4	3	4	32.2	3.03	25	14	11	4	11	15	.219	1.10	79
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
G. Hollowell RP	14	0	0-0	1	1	14.1	2.51	11	5	4	2	8	13	.208	1.33	32
C. Horton P	2	2	1-0	0	0	7.1	2.45	4	2	2	1	2	4	.167	0.82	26
D. Pomeranz RP	6	0	2-0	0	1	5.2	7.94	7	5	5	2	4	1	.304	1.94	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
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	13	0	0-1	0	1	12.1	4.38	9	6	6	3	0	15	.196	0.73	18
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	109	109	62-47	23	41	972.2	4.15	900	475	449	162	330	846	.245	1.26	2333

PITCHING	GP
S. Imanaga SP	21
C. Rea SP	22
B. Brown RP	20
C. Kelly C	1
M. Boyd SP	12
J. Assad SP	18
J. Webb RP	48
E. Cabrera SP	14
D. Peterson SP	5
R. Rolison RP	38
A. Civale RP	3
C. Thielbar RP	38
T. Thornton RP	30
H. Milner RP	38
D. Palencia RP	19
J. Woodford RP	1
G. Hollowell RP	14
C. Horton P	2
D. Pomeranz RP	6
E. Roberts RP	23
R. Martin P	8
P. Maton RP	31
T. Ferguson RP	13
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	109

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
J. Caglianone RF	101	358	47	91	40	17	27	109	.254	.313	.455	.768	17	2	3	1	231
C. Jensen C	102	358	46	84	53	14	38	119	.235	.306	.419	.725	24	0	1	0	230
S. Perez DH	102	397	39	84	45	15	17	91	.212	.260	.368	.628	15	1	0	0	212
I. Collins LF	99	310	38	75	34	6	43	83	.242	.343	.365	.708	18	1	6	5	199
L. Thomas CF	95	280	31	64	37	10	38	78	.229	.323	.393	.716	16	0	7	3	190
V. Pasquantino 1B	79	293	34	68	33	6	37	60	.232	.318	.345	.663	11	2	4	0	185
M. Massey 2B	90	271	36	72	36	8	16	50	.266	.302	.424	.726	19	0	2	0	182
M. Garcia 3B	69	268	32	70	30	3	24	45	.261	.320	.373	.693	17	2	5	3	170
N. Loftin 3B	72	218	30	55	35	5	24	34	.252	.335	.408	.743	17	1	1	0	168
K. Isbel CF	56	164	16	40	11	3	10	41	.244	.298	.354	.652	7	1	5	0	87
T. Tolbert SS	46	72	21	24	6	3	6	13	.333	.380	.486	.866	2	0	14	3	86
S. Marte RF	51	129	13	33	9	1	8	36	.256	.315	.310	.625	4	0	2	2	58
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
J. Rojas 3B	23	56	6	14	6	1	2	9	.250	.276	.357	.633	3	0	1	0	31
J. Rave RF	10	21	4	6	1	1	3	7	.286	.375	.714	1.089	4	1	1	0	21
L. Maile C	4	12	2	3	4	1	1	3	.250	.308	.583	.891	1	0	0	0	12
A. Velazquez SS	5	13	0	1	0	0	0	2	.077	.077	.077	.154	0	0	1	0	2
Total	110	3700	459	909	436	111	346	888	.246	.314	.396	.710	201	12	86	23	2414

HITTING	G
B. Witt SS	94
J. Caglianone RF	101
C. Jensen C	102
S. Perez DH	102
I. Collins LF	99
L. Thomas CF	95
V. Pasquantino 1B	79
M. Massey 2B	90
M. Garcia 3B	69
N. Loftin 3B	72
K. Isbel CF	56
T. Tolbert SS	46
S. Marte RF	51
J. India 2B	17
J. Rojas 3B	23
J. Rave RF	10
L. Maile C	4
A. Velazquez SS	5
Total	110

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	21	21	5-7	0	0	132.1	3.60	117	55	53	16	38	104	.238	1.17	278
S. Lugo SP	22	22	4-6	0	0	123.2	4.22	129	66	58	15	40	96	.274	1.37	223
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	42	0	4-3	12	18	40.0	5.85	44	30	26	5	24	28	.288	1.70	132
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	20	11	5-3	0	0	67.1	4.95	67	37	37	6	39	59	.269	1.57	109
A. Lange RP	42	0	1-6	10	13	42.2	6.33	42	32	30	4	24	44	.258	1.55	96
T. Tolbert SS	5	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	25.07	17	13	13	4	3	0	.586	4.29	86
S. Cruz RP	37	2	2-3	2	3	39.0	4.38	32	20	19	10	17	46	.222	1.26	84
R. Dobnak SP	5	3	1-0	0	0	26.0	1.04	21	3	3	2	10	14	.219	1.19	61
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
N. Pearson RP	1	0	1-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	1.00	54
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	40	0	3-4	0	4	34.2	7.27	38	28	28	11	14	29	.270	1.50	37
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
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	110	110	46-64	27	48	968.0	4.80	964	553	516	142	413	820	.261	1.42	1888

PITCHING	GP
M. Wacha SP	21
S. Lugo SP	22
N. Cameron SP	21
L. Erceg RP	42
D. Lynch IV RP	45
K. Bubic SP	9
S. Kolek SP	10
L. Avila SP	20
A. Lange RP	42
T. Tolbert SS	5
S. Cruz RP	37
R. Dobnak SP	5
C. Ragans RP	8
N. Pearson RP	1
J. Schreiber RP	45
M. Strahm RP	40
B. Way RP	19
C. Seabold RP	5
N. Mears RP	21
E. Morgan RP	16
M. Black RP	12
J. Cuas RP	5
C. Estevez RP	1
B. Falter RP	5
M. Spence RP	3
Total	110

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