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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

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Correa	Ankle	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Michael Burrows	Elbow	08-06-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 7
Hayden Wesneski	Elbow	07-28-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 29
Brandon Walter	Elbow	01-31-2027Expected to be out until at least Feb 1
Spencer Arrighetti	Foot	08-08-2026Expected to be out until at least Aug 9
Brice Matthews	Knee	07-30-2026Expected to be out until at least Jul 31

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Royals KC-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Astros HOU-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	99	346	44	83	52	14	36	112	.240	.309	.428	.737	23	0	1	0	227
J. Caglianone RF	98	347	46	87	37	16	25	107	.251	.308	.450	.758	17	2	3	1	219
S. Perez C	99	384	38	80	44	15	17	86	.208	.259	.365	.624	15	0	0	0	207
I. Collins LF	96	300	38	73	34	6	41	80	.243	.344	.370	.714	18	1	6	5	197
L. Thomas CF	92	270	30	62	37	10	38	73	.230	.327	.400	.727	16	0	6	3	187
V. Pasquantino 1B	78	290	34	68	33	6	37	59	.234	.321	.348	.669	11	2	4	0	185
M. Massey 2B	87	259	36	71	36	8	16	48	.274	.312	.440	.752	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	69	209	30	52	34	5	22	34	.249	.331	.407	.738	16	1	1	0	161
K. Isbel CF	56	164	16	40	11	3	10	41	.244	.298	.354	.652	7	1	5	0	87
T. Tolbert SS	43	64	19	20	5	2	5	11	.313	.357	.422	.779	1	0	12	3	71
S. Marte RF	49	127	13	33	9	1	8	36	.260	.319	.315	.634	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	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	4	12	2	3	4	1	1	3	.250	.308	.583	.891	1	0	0	0	12
A. Velazquez SS	4	13	0	1	0	0	0	2	.077	.077	.077	.154	0	0	1	0	2
Total	107	3600	450	885	429	109	336	861	.246	.315	.397	.712	196	11	81	23	2355

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	41	0	4-3	12	18	39.1	5.26	43	27	23	5	23	27	.287	1.68	135
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	20	11	5-3	0	0	67.1	4.81	67	37	36	6	39	59	.269	1.57	110
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	35	2	2-3	2	3	37.0	4.62	31	20	19	10	17	45	.225	1.30	78
T. Tolbert SS	5	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	25.07	17	13	13	4	3	0	.586	4.29	71
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	44	0	0-3	1	3	40.1	3.79	39	20	17	7	16	29	.264	1.36	54
M. Strahm RP	39	0	3-3	0	3	34.2	6.75	36	27	26	10	14	29	.257	1.44	46
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	107	107	45-62	27	46	941.2	4.85	945	546	507	141	405	804	.262	1.43	1817

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
Y. Alvarez DH	105	381	72	123	77	34	70	79	.323	.431	.643	1.074	20	0	1	0	431
I. Paredes 3B	100	365	43	95	57	14	40	64	.260	.352	.430	.782	18	1	0	0	279
C. Walker 1B	103	380	51	88	61	20	34	101	.232	.307	.447	.754	20	1	0	0	273
C. Smith RF	105	344	41	71	36	13	33	92	.206	.284	.363	.647	13	1	10	1	214
J. Pena SS	59	226	47	72	30	11	17	40	.319	.373	.504	.877	9	0	8	1	207
J. Altuve 2B	82	319	48	74	30	12	29	76	.232	.297	.395	.692	14	1	2	2	198
Y. Diaz C	50	189	20	44	23	6	7	32	.233	.261	.376	.637	9	0	0	1	105
C. Vazquez C	65	187	18	40	23	5	14	38	.214	.267	.332	.599	7	0	1	0	100
B. Matthews LF	82	208	23	41	22	7	15	71	.197	.250	.332	.582	5	1	4	4	97
C. Correa SS	32	122	22	34	16	3	18	26	.279	.369	.418	.787	8	0	1	0	96
T. Trammell CF	51	126	16	30	13	4	9	46	.238	.299	.389	.688	5	1	3	1	71
J. Meyers CF	52	136	14	28	11	3	10	30	.206	.264	.316	.580	6	0	1	2	64
J. Loperfido LF	39	102	13	22	12	1	14	31	.216	.314	.333	.647	7	1	1	1	59
N. Allen SS	55	96	14	24	11	1	6	23	.250	.295	.313	.608	3	0	2	0	54
L. Wade Jr. LF	19	55	9	10	10	2	12	14	.182	.328	.327	.655	2	0	0	0	42
D. Harris LF	11	31	4	7	4	0	2	6	.226	.286	.290	.576	0	1	2	0	35
Z. Dezenzo LF	31	69	11	16	3	1	7	27	.232	.303	.333	.636	4	0	1	0	32
Z. Cole LF	19	51	4	8	8	3	1	21	.157	.189	.353	.542	1	0	0	0	21
R. Delgado 3B	17	33	3	9	4	1	2	5	.273	.314	.394	.708	1	0	0	0	19
S. Whitcomb 3B	17	23	2	3	5	2	1	11	.130	.167	.391	.558	0	0	0	0	11
L. Spence CF	8	28	2	5	1	0	2	11	.179	.258	.214	.472	1	0	0	1	5
C. Salazar C	9	18	0	1	1	0	3	3	.056	.227	.056	.283	0	0	0	0	4
C. Price C	7	12	1	2	0	0	1	6	.167	.231	.250	.481	1	0	0	0	2
Total	107	3593	489	869	467	146	351	869	.242	.316	.412	.728	158	8	37	14	2419

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
P. Lambert SP	17	17	8-5	0	0	98.0	3.03	72	33	33	11	38	94	.201	1.12	246
S. Arrighetti SP	17	17	7-5	0	0	88.0	4.60	68	47	45	12	50	87	.215	1.34	172
J. Hader RP	22	0	3-1	12	12	20.0	1.35	10	3	3	1	8	33	.143	0.90	155
S. Okert RP	51	1	3-1	0	0	51.2	2.09	31	13	12	5	12	52	.173	0.83	140
A. Blubaugh RP	39	0	4-2	0	0	65.0	3.74	51	28	27	8	32	68	.218	1.28	136
T. Imai SP	14	14	6-4	0	0	58.0	5.59	49	36	36	9	36	71	.227	1.47	121
E. De Los Santos RP	46	0	1-3	5	7	49.0	4.41	47	27	24	6	12	47	.250	1.20	114
K. Teng RP	25	10	5-6	0	0	68.1	4.35	62	37	33	10	30	67	.238	1.35	113
B. King RP	43	0	2-3	6	10	45.2	3.74	46	21	19	6	16	36	.263	1.36	110
H. Brown SP	9	9	2-1	0	0	47.0	3.45	32	20	18	5	28	50	.192	1.28	105
M. Burrows SP	18	17	4-9	0	0	94.2	5.99	112	69	63	21	35	75	.292	1.55	102
B. Abreu RP	39	0	2-3	6	6	35.2	5.05	29	22	20	7	28	46	.227	1.60	91
J. Meyers CF	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	64
A. Santa RP	10	0	0-1	0	0	15.1	1.17	8	6	2	1	6	9	.160	0.91	29
C. Bolton RP	8	3	0-1	1	1	20.0	5.40	21	12	12	3	14	22	.269	1.75	25
L. VanWey RP	5	0	1-0	0	0	6.0	1.50	5	2	1	0	0	5	.250	0.83	21
J. Alexander SP	4	2	1-1	0	0	18.1	9.33	21	19	19	4	8	14	.280	1.58	18
M. Ullola RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	5.40	4	3	3	2	1	7	.211	1.00	10
R. Blanco RP	2	2	0-1	0	0	10.0	8.10	6	9	9	4	6	12	.171	1.20	10
B. Sousa RP	8	0	0-0	0	0	6.0	4.50	6	4	3	0	5	6	.261	1.83	7
J. France RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	6.2	8.10	6	6	6	1	5	4	.240	1.65	4
C. Salazar C	1	0	0-0	0	0	1.0	9.00	1	1	1	1	0	0	.250	1.00	4
C. Javier SP	7	4	0-1	0	0	16.1	9.37	21	17	17	3	15	14	.318	2.20	-4
R. Munoz RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	15.75	7	7	7	3	6	6	.368	3.25	-5
Total	107	107	52-55	31	37	947.1	4.74	854	536	499	147	462	939	.240	1.39	1788

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