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PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Martin Perez	Forearm	07-19-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 20
Joe Jimenez	Knee	07-31-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 1
Ronald Acuna Jr.	Hamstring	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
Joey Wentz	Knee	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Sean Murphy	Finger	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
Spencer Strider	Elbow	08-24-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 25
Ha-seong Kim	Finger	07-10-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 11
Robert Suarez	Elbow	07-29-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 30
Spencer Schwellenbach	Elbow	08-24-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 25
A.J. Smith-Shawver	Elbow	07-25-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 26

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Shelby Miller	Elbow	09-14-2026Expected to be out until at least Sep 15
Jameson Taillon	Hamstring	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
Tyler Austin	Knee	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
Hunter Harvey	Triceps	07-11-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 12
Justin Steele	Elbow	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Hoby Milner	Abdomen	07-26-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 27
Phil Maton	Knee	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
Edward Cabrera	Hamstring	07-26-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 27
Ethan Roberts	Forearm	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
Daniel Palencia	Elbow	07-20-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 21
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	07-16-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 17
Riley Martin	Elbow	07-11-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 12

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Braves ATL-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cubs CHC-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
M. Olson 1B	92	359	64	97	58	25	40	94	.270	.342	.546	.888	24	0	2	0	316
O. Albies 2B	92	356	60	97	51	14	27	51	.272	.322	.447	.769	20	0	1	3	274
M. Harris CF	86	322	45	98	53	16	15	70	.304	.335	.503	.838	16	0	6	1	252
M. Dubon LF	88	330	41	90	50	9	25	51	.273	.328	.424	.752	19	2	2	2	234
D. Baldwin C	69	269	49	69	45	15	29	71	.257	.343	.446	.789	6	0	1	1	215
A. Riley 3B	92	334	37	69	41	9	30	111	.207	.284	.332	.616	13	1	5	1	179
R. Acuna Jr. RF	53	195	31	49	22	7	35	52	.251	.373	.421	.794	10	1	15	7	171
D. Smith DH	76	205	31	55	35	6	15	32	.268	.314	.395	.709	6	1	0	0	147
M. Yastrzemski LF	84	227	33	52	28	6	27	60	.229	.320	.361	.681	10	1	1	0	146
J. Mateo SS	60	124	27	30	11	4	8	41	.242	.288	.379	.667	5	0	9	1	89
E. White RF	53	110	15	24	15	4	7	26	.218	.269	.382	.651	4	1	4	0	75
J. Bart C	7	19	2	3	4	1	0	2	.158	.273	.368	.641	1	0	0	0	52
J. Jarvis SS	7	24	1	7	3	1	1	5	.292	.320	.458	.778	1	0	0	0	13
H. Kim SS	27	73	4	5	3	0	9	22	.068	.171	.068	.239	0	0	1	0	12
K. Farmer 3B	11	15	2	4	3	0	0	4	.267	.250	.333	.583	1	0	0	0	8
L. Williams 2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	1.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1
S. Murphy C	4	14	1	1	0	0	0	6	.071	.071	.071	.142	0	0	0	0	-1
S. Leon C	21	44	0	4	0	0	0	18	.091	.091	.091	.182	0	0	0	0	-5
Total	92	3133	454	779	439	120	277	741	.249	.314	.414	.728	144	7	48	16	2178

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
C. Sale SP	16	16	9-6	0	0	95.0	2.27	82	29	24	8	24	112	.230	1.12	265
B. Elder SP	18	18	5-6	0	0	102.2	4.12	96	52	47	15	32	86	.243	1.25	209
R. Iglesias RP	30	0	0-2	18	19	31.1	2.30	28	10	8	2	7	35	.239	1.12	184
G. Holmes SP	18	17	5-4	0	0	87.1	3.61	76	37	35	15	39	76	.230	1.32	177
M. Perez SP	18	14	6-6	0	0	81.1	3.54	65	33	32	10	32	62	.221	1.19	162
D. Lee RP	43	0	4-0	0	1	41.1	1.52	21	8	7	1	7	51	.148	0.68	142
R. Suarez RP	31	0	4-0	4	5	32.0	0.56	21	2	2	1	6	26	.184	0.84	136
R. Lopez RP	21	8	4-1	0	0	56.2	3.18	48	24	20	7	24	51	.226	1.27	128
D. Fuentes RP	29	1	4-0	1	1	35.2	2.52	30	10	10	1	11	41	.229	1.15	109
J. Mateo SS	2	0	0-0	0	0	2.0	4.50	4	1	1	0	1	0	.444	2.50	89
S. Strider SP	8	8	4-2	0	0	39.0	5.31	33	24	23	9	20	46	.232	1.36	87
D. Dodd RP	21	0	2-0	1	1	26.0	2.08	12	6	6	3	8	27	.136	0.77	86
T. Kinley RP	36	0	4-3	0	3	32.1	3.62	27	14	13	6	12	33	.225	1.21	73
J. Ritchie SP	10	7	1-2	1	1	45.0	4.60	38	26	23	7	28	42	.228	1.47	70
J. Karinchak RP	9	0	0-0	0	0	9.2	1.86	4	2	2	1	5	8	.129	0.93	22
C. Carrasco RP	8	0	0-0	0	2	16.2	5.94	21	11	11	3	3	7	.318	1.44	16
V. Mederos RP	2	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	2	.111	0.67	8
D. Young RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	2.1	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	2	.143	0.86	6
A. Molina RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	5.40	6	4	3	1	1	2	.300	1.40	6
I. Hamilton RP	4	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	7.71	6	4	4	0	3	4	.300	1.93	3
C. Thomas RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	3.2	9.82	5	4	4	1	1	2	.313	1.64	2
R. Munoz RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	2.0	13.50	5	3	3	1	1	3	.455	3.00	-1
J. Payamps RP	12	0	0-2	0	1	7.2	8.22	9	9	7	2	4	9	.281	1.70	-2
H. Waldrep SP	3	2	0-1	0	0	10.2	8.44	13	10	10	3	10	9	.295	2.16	-3
O. Murphy RP	1	0	0-1	0	0	1.0	9.00	1	2	1	0	0	1	.250	1.00	-4
Total	92	92	54-38	27	36	816.2	3.61	701	359	328	104	308	778	.230	1.24	1970

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	93	348	61	103	52	21	43	103	.296	.387	.543	.930	15	4	23	6	343
D. Swanson SS	89	302	58	64	58	16	37	80	.212	.297	.417	.714	10	2	12	0	264
N. Hoerner 2B	91	363	37	87	38	4	36	32	.240	.313	.336	.649	23	0	14	3	247
M. Busch 1B	92	335	38	78	48	11	63	91	.233	.367	.385	.752	14	2	2	0	246
I. Happ LF	89	332	59	73	41	17	47	121	.220	.325	.434	.759	16	2	4	1	242
A. Bregman 3B	91	357	42	85	35	7	48	63	.238	.336	.342	.678	14	1	2	1	225
S. Suzuki RF	77	289	45	77	47	15	34	85	.266	.347	.467	.814	13	0	1	0	223
C. Kelly C	67	209	33	58	31	5	27	40	.278	.368	.397	.765	10	0	0	1	156
M. Conforto RF	61	137	20	34	22	8	19	44	.248	.338	.496	.834	10	0	1	0	109
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	51	127	24	29	13	3	18	35	.228	.355	.354	.709	7	0	0	0	89
P. Ramirez 2B	25	56	8	14	7	1	3	9	.250	.283	.393	.676	3	1	2	0	39
J. Dean RF	10	5	3	2	3	0	1	2	.400	.500	.800	1.300	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	16	15	3	3	1	0	1	6	.200	.250	.200	.450	0	0	0	1	4
D. Carlson LF	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	93	3174	471	776	439	118	406	778	.244	.337	.412	.749	147	15	67	14	2404

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
S. Imanaga SP	18	18	5-7	0	0	103.0	4.28	87	50	49	21	26	100	.227	1.10	215
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	19	15	7-5	1	1	94.2	4.75	101	51	50	14	36	70	.273	1.45	162
C. Kelly C	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	18.00	2	2	2	2	0	0	.400	2.00	156
J. Assad SP	14	7	6-1	0	0	56.1	4.15	47	26	26	10	15	33	.229	1.10	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	40	0	3-2	4	8	39.2	3.18	37	17	14	6	15	47	.240	1.31	115
J. Taillon SP	13	13	2-5	0	0	67.2	5.19	65	40	39	20	23	59	.248	1.30	104
R. Rolison RP	31	2	5-1	1	3	34.2	2.86	28	13	11	4	16	35	.231	1.27	103
M. Boyd SP	8	8	4-1	0	0	39.2	4.31	40	20	19	4	12	44	.260	1.31	97
D. Peterson SP	2	2	1-1	0	0	9.1	11.57	14	12	12	2	3	5	.359	1.82	85
T. Thornton RP	23	0	3-2	2	2	27.2	2.60	18	9	8	4	10	13	.191	1.01	77
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	30	0	2-2	2	5	26.1	4.44	20	14	13	7	13	33	.204	1.25	67
D. Palencia RP	19	0	2-1	3	3	16.2	2.70	17	5	5	2	6	19	.266	1.38	61
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
D. Pomeranz RP	3	0	1-0	0	0	3.1	8.10	4	3	3	1	0	1	.286	1.20	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	7	0	0-0	0	0	8.0	3.38	5	3	3	2	8	6	.179	1.63	10
T. Blach RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	2	.111	0.33	9
T. Ferguson RP	8	0	0-0	0	1	8.0	2.25	6	2	2	2	0	11	.200	0.75	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	93	93	52-41	18	33	827.1	4.35	761	421	400	142	291	726	.244	1.27	1928

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