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C. ReaR	7-7 W-L	105.2 IP	4.85 ERA	2.13 SO/BB	1.42 WHIP
L. AvilaR	5-3 W-L	63.0 IP	4.86 ERA	1.63 SO/BB	1.56 WHIP

.C. Rea

7-7, 105.2 IP, 4.85 ERA

.L. Avila

5-3, 63.0 IP, 4.86 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
Trent Thornton	Heel	07-26-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 27
Edward Cabrera	Hamstring	08-11-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 12
Ethan Roberts	Forearm	07-26-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 27
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	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	07-30-2026Expected 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	08-03-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 4

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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	104	388	70	113	59	23	53	119	.291	.390	.544	.934	19	5	26	6	390
D. Swanson SS	100	342	65	74	60	16	40	89	.216	.297	.412	.709	13	3	14	0	290
M. Busch 1B	103	384	46	94	56	13	65	109	.245	.365	.401	.766	17	2	2	1	279
I. Happ LF	100	367	64	81	45	18	57	134	.221	.334	.428	.762	18	2	4	1	269
N. Hoerner 2B	102	409	41	100	43	4	36	38	.244	.310	.335	.645	23	1	14	3	268
S. Suzuki RF	88	331	54	88	56	17	44	100	.266	.356	.468	.824	16	0	1	0	265
A. Bregman 3B	102	402	50	94	44	10	53	76	.234	.331	.351	.682	15	1	2	1	261
C. Kelly C	76	237	36	62	35	6	31	44	.262	.354	.380	.734	10	0	0	1	172
M. Conforto RF	69	153	21	36	24	9	20	52	.235	.322	.477	.799	10	0	1	0	114
M. Shaw RF	56	130	20	32	20	4	12	27	.246	.322	.415	.737	6	2	4	1	102
M. Amaya C	56	142	28	34	17	3	18	40	.239	.357	.359	.716	8	0	0	0	102
M. Ballesteros DH	59	156	16	36	23	6	17	36	.231	.303	.385	.688	6	0	1	0	100
P. Ramirez 2B	32	78	12	23	12	1	6	14	.295	.341	.449	.790	7	1	3	0	64
J. Dean RF	13	7	3	2	3	0	2	4	.286	.444	.571	1.015	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
J. Triantos 3B	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	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	104	3560	534	875	500	130	455	895	.246	.339	.413	.752	168	18	73	15	2698

HITTING	G
P. Crow-Armstrong CF	104
D. Swanson SS	100
M. Busch 1B	103
I. Happ LF	100
N. Hoerner 2B	102
S. Suzuki RF	88
A. Bregman 3B	102
C. Kelly C	76
M. Conforto RF	69
M. Shaw RF	56
M. Amaya C	56
M. Ballesteros DH	59
P. Ramirez 2B	32
J. Dean RF	13
S. Kingery 2B	8
K. Alcantara DH	19
J. Triantos 3B	1
D. Carlson LF	3
Total	104

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
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	21	17	7-7	1	1	105.2	4.85	112	59	57	17	38	81	.271	1.42	173
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	17	8	6-1	1	1	65.1	3.86	57	29	28	12	16	42	.237	1.12	161
M. Boyd SP	11	11	6-1	0	0	59.0	3.81	56	26	25	6	17	55	.249	1.24	151
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	45	0	3-2	5	9	44.1	2.84	41	17	14	6	17	51	.241	1.31	132
R. Rolison RP	35	2	5-1	1	3	39.0	2.54	31	13	11	4	17	40	.228	1.23	115
D. Peterson SP	4	4	2-1	0	0	21.0	5.57	19	13	13	3	8	11	.244	1.29	113
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
C. Thielbar RP	36	0	3-2	2	5	31.0	4.06	25	15	14	8	13	40	.214	1.23	86
T. Thornton RP	27	0	3-3	3	3	30.0	2.70	21	11	9	4	10	13	.204	1.03	82
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	12	0	0-0	1	1	13.0	2.08	8	4	3	2	8	13	.174	1.23	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	12	0	0-1	0	1	11.1	4.76	9	6	6	3	0	15	.209	0.79	15
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	104	104	59-45	22	38	927.1	4.19	858	457	432	157	315	811	.245	1.26	2328

PITCHING	GP
S. Imanaga SP	21
B. Brown RP	20
C. Rea SP	21
C. Kelly C	1
J. Assad SP	17
M. Boyd SP	11
E. Cabrera SP	14
J. Webb RP	45
R. Rolison RP	35
D. Peterson SP	4
J. Taillon SP	14
A. Civale SP	1
C. Thielbar RP	36
T. Thornton RP	27
H. Milner RP	38
D. Palencia RP	19
J. Woodford RP	1
G. Hollowell RP	12
C. Horton P	2
D. Pomeranz RP	6
E. Roberts RP	23
R. Martin P	8
P. Maton RP	31
T. Ferguson RP	12
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	104

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	98	345	44	83	52	14	35	111	.241	.308	.429	.737	23	0	1	0	226
J. Caglianone RF	97	342	46	87	37	16	25	105	.254	.312	.456	.768	17	2	3	1	220
S. Perez C	98	381	38	80	44	15	16	85	.210	.257	.367	.624	15	0	0	0	205
I. Collins LF	95	297	37	72	34	6	40	80	.242	.342	.370	.712	18	1	6	5	194
V. Pasquantino 1B	78	290	34	68	33	6	37	59	.234	.321	.348	.669	11	2	4	0	185
L. Thomas CF	91	266	29	61	36	9	37	73	.229	.326	.391	.717	16	0	6	3	180
M. Massey 2B	86	257	35	70	34	7	16	48	.272	.310	.428	.738	19	0	2	0	175
M. Garcia 3B	69	268	32	70	30	3	24	45	.261	.320	.373	.693	17	2	5	3	170
N. Loftin 3B	68	204	29	51	34	5	22	32	.250	.333	.412	.745	16	1	1	0	160
K. Isbel CF	56	164	16	40	11	3	10	41	.244	.298	.354	.652	7	1	5	0	87
T. Tolbert SS	42	63	18	20	5	2	4	11	.317	.353	.429	.782	1	0	12	3	69
S. Marte RF	48	123	13	32	9	1	8	35	.260	.321	.317	.638	4	0	2	2	57
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
J. Rojas 3B	20	49	5	13	6	1	1	9	.265	.280	.388	.668	3	0	0	0	26
J. Rave RF	9	18	3	4	1	1	3	7	.222	.333	.611	.944	2	1	0	0	14
L. Maile C	3	10	2	2	3	1	1	3	.200	.273	.500	.773	0	0	0	0	9
A. Velazquez SS	3	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	.111	.111	.111	.222	0	0	1	0	2
Total	106	3566	445	879	425	107	331	853	.246	.315	.397	.712	195	11	81	23	2329

HITTING	G
B. Witt SS	94
C. Jensen C	98
J. Caglianone RF	97
S. Perez C	98
I. Collins LF	95
V. Pasquantino 1B	78
L. Thomas CF	91
M. Massey 2B	86
M. Garcia 3B	69
N. Loftin 3B	68
K. Isbel CF	56
T. Tolbert SS	42
S. Marte RF	48
J. India 2B	17
J. Rojas 3B	20
J. Rave RF	9
L. Maile C	3
A. Velazquez SS	3
Total	106

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	21	21	4-6	0	0	117.2	4.36	123	65	57	15	38	94	.274	1.37	211
N. Cameron SP	20	19	5-8	0	0	107.2	4.93	115	64	59	14	37	100	.270	1.41	170
L. Erceg RP	40	0	4-3	12	18	38.1	5.40	42	27	23	5	23	27	.286	1.70	133
D. Lynch IV RP	43	0	4-2	1	3	43.1	2.08	28	13	10	2	12	34	.178	0.92	120
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	19	10	5-3	0	0	63.0	4.86	63	34	34	6	35	57	.272	1.56	106
A. Lange RP	41	0	1-5	10	12	42.0	6.00	40	30	28	4	23	43	.252	1.50	103
S. Cruz RP	34	2	2-3	1	2	36.0	4.75	30	20	19	10	16	43	.224	1.28	69
T. Tolbert SS	5	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	25.07	17	13	13	4	3	0	.586	4.29	69
C. Ragans RP	8	8	1-4	0	0	35.1	4.84	27	20	19	10	23	45	.213	1.42	55
J. Schreiber RP	43	0	0-3	1	3	39.1	3.89	38	20	17	7	15	29	.262	1.35	53
M. Strahm RP	38	0	3-3	0	3	34.0	6.88	35	26	26	10	14	28	.257	1.44	45
B. Way RP	19	1	1-1	0	0	23.1	3.86	27	13	10	4	10	21	.293	1.59	34
R. Dobnak RP	4	2	0-0	0	0	19.0	1.42	17	3	3	2	9	10	.239	1.37	33
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	106	106	44-62	26	45	932.2	4.87	937	542	505	141	398	799	.262	1.43	1744

PITCHING	GP
M. Wacha SP	21
S. Lugo SP	21
N. Cameron SP	20
L. Erceg RP	40
D. Lynch IV RP	43
K. Bubic SP	9
S. Kolek SP	10
L. Avila SP	19
A. Lange RP	41
S. Cruz RP	34
T. Tolbert SS	5
C. Ragans RP	8
J. Schreiber RP	43
M. Strahm RP	38
B. Way RP	19
R. Dobnak RP	4
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	106

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