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PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Carlos Estevez	Foot	05-11-2026Expected to be out until at least May 12
Stephen Kolek	Oblique	04-29-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 30
James McArthur	Elbow	05-23-2026Expected to be out until at least May 24
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
Bailey Falter	Elbow	04-29-2026Expected to be out until at least Apr 30
Vinnie Pasquantino	Back	04-30-2026Probable for May 1

PLAYERS	INJURY	EXPECTED RETURN
Jared Triolo	Knee	04-30-2026Expected to be out until at least May 1
Jared Jones	Elbow	05-24-2026Expected to be out until at least May 25

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Royals KC-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pirates PIT-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	30	118	10	35	15	2	14	22	.297	.366	.441	.807	9	1	10	2	98
C. Jensen C	28	86	13	23	16	6	11	27	.267	.354	.500	.854	2	0	0	0	70
M. Garcia 3B	28	108	15	28	10	2	12	22	.259	.331	.389	.720	6	1	2	2	70
V. Pasquantino 1B	28	102	11	17	14	3	16	24	.167	.276	.324	.600	3	2	0	0	63
K. Isbel CF	25	72	11	21	8	3	4	19	.292	.354	.458	.812	3	0	5	0	59
S. Perez C	29	116	10	23	11	5	4	25	.198	.230	.353	.583	3	0	0	0	54
I. Collins LF	25	75	12	16	8	2	12	28	.213	.337	.307	.644	1	0	1	2	43
J. Caglianone 1B	26	87	11	21	4	2	9	33	.241	.327	.391	.718	5	1	0	1	42
L. Thomas RF	24	57	6	14	5	1	13	12	.246	.386	.316	.702	1	0	3	1	41
J. India 2B	17	48	8	8	8	2	8	13	.167	.310	.313	.623	1	0	0	0	34
N. Loftin 1B	10	29	7	8	7	0	5	3	.276	.382	.379	.761	3	0	0	0	28
M. Massey 2B	19	49	5	11	7	1	2	12	.224	.245	.388	.633	5	0	0	0	27
S. Marte RF	11	29	2	7	1	0	0	10	.241	.258	.345	.603	3	0	0	0	9
E. Diaz C	3	7	1	3	2	0	1	1	.429	.500	.714	1.214	2	0	0	0	8
T. Tolbert SS	8	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	1	1	2
Total	30	988	123	236	116	29	111	252	.239	.320	.385	.705	47	5	22	9	648

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Wacha SP	6	6	2-2	0	0	37.1	3.13	28	13	13	4	14	33	.212	1.13	88
S. Lugo SP	6	6	1-1	0	0	37.2	2.63	33	12	11	1	11	31	.241	1.17	87
K. Bubic SP	6	6	2-1	0	0	33.2	3.74	23	14	14	3	17	35	.193	1.19	81
L. Erceg RP	13	0	2-1	7	9	12.1	4.38	10	7	6	0	10	10	.238	1.62	74
N. Cameron P	5	5	2-1	0	0	26.1	5.13	31	17	15	5	9	23	.287	1.52	47
C. Ragans RP	6	6	1-4	0	0	27.0	5.00	22	16	15	7	18	33	.229	1.48	38
D. Lynch SP	11	0	0-0	0	0	11.1	0.79	3	4	1	0	3	13	.079	0.53	32
N. Mears RP	12	0	2-1	0	2	11.0	2.45	6	3	3	0	6	9	.167	1.09	31
E. Morgan RP	7	0	0-1	1	1	10.1	2.61	8	3	3	2	6	9	.205	1.35	20
M. Strahm RP	11	0	0-0	0	1	10.2	4.22	10	5	5	2	5	12	.238	1.41	17
M. Black P	4	0	0-0	0	0	4.2	0.00	6	0	0	0	2	5	.300	1.71	8
J. Schreiber RP	12	0	0-2	1	1	10.0	4.50	9	5	5	2	6	5	.257	1.50	8
A. Lange RP	11	0	0-2	0	0	12.2	7.11	13	11	10	2	10	19	.260	1.82	3
T. Tolbert SS	1	0	0-0	0	0	0.2	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	1.50	2
S. Cruz RP	5	0	0-0	0	0	5.0	14.40	7	8	8	4	4	7	.318	2.20	0
M. Spence SP	1	0	0-0	0	0	4.0	13.50	4	6	6	1	5	3	.267	2.25	-1
B. Falter SP	2	0	0-0	0	0	3.1	13.50	8	5	5	1	2	4	.444	3.00	-3
L. Avila SP	3	1	0-1	0	0	7.0	9.00	16	7	7	1	4	8	.471	2.86	-7
C. Estevez RP	1	0	0-1	0	1	0.1	162.00	4	6	6	1	2	0	.800	18.00	-16
Total	30	30	12-18	9	15	265.1	4.51	242	142	133	36	134	259	.244	1.42	509

HITTING	G	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	2B	3B	SB	CS	FPTS
O. Cruz SS	29	121	21	31	26	9	10	46	.256	.318	.521	.839	5	0	10	2	116
R. O'Hearn 1B	29	104	16	33	20	5	14	22	.317	.402	.500	.902	4	0	1	0	95
B. Lowe 2B	26	102	15	25	19	7	13	29	.245	.336	.520	.856	7	0	0	0	86
B. Reynolds LF	31	110	20	26	17	3	24	37	.236	.380	.355	.735	2	1	1	0	85
N. Gonzales 2B	28	102	13	33	15	0	5	21	.324	.361	.373	.734	5	0	2	1	64
K. Griffin SS	25	87	10	20	13	2	6	28	.230	.292	.345	.637	2	1	7	0	61
S. Horwitz 1B	28	81	11	21	9	3	14	15	.259	.367	.395	.762	2	0	0	0	59
J. Mangum CF	25	67	11	18	3	0	5	16	.269	.319	.299	.618	2	0	5	0	41
N. Yorke 2B	22	67	6	15	6	1	7	15	.224	.312	.313	.625	3	0	0	0	34
M. Ozuna DH	26	99	6	16	8	2	7	29	.162	.224	.242	.466	2	0	0	0	31
H. Davis RF	24	62	7	10	3	0	6	14	.161	.257	.210	.467	3	0	1	0	26
J. Bart C	16	41	5	8	3	1	2	17	.195	.244	.293	.537	1	0	0	0	14
B. Cook OF	19	11	5	3	0	0	0	4	.273	.273	.273	.546	0	0	2	1	9
J. Triolo 3B	6	23	2	5	1	0	2	5	.217	.308	.261	.569	1	0	0	0	9
Total	31	1077	148	264	143	33	115	298	.245	.325	.377	.702	39	2	29	4	730

PITCHING	GP	GS	W-L	SV	SVO	IP	ERA	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BAA	WHIP	FPTS
P. Skenes P	6	6	4-1	0	0	29.0	2.48	14	8	8	2	7	30	.141	0.72	103
M. Keller SP	6	6	2-1	0	0	34.0	3.18	28	12	12	1	11	25	.226	1.15	83
B. Ashcraft P	6	6	1-2	0	0	34.0	3.71	27	17	14	3	12	39	.221	1.15	73
G. Soto RP	15	0	2-0	1	2	14.2	1.84	6	3	3	1	6	20	.122	0.82	59
Y. Ramirez RP	13	0	2-1	1	2	18.2	1.93	12	6	4	1	10	21	.182	1.18	55
D. Santana RP	15	0	2-2	2	4	14.2	3.07	9	6	5	2	8	10	.173	1.16	44
C. Mlodzinski RP	6	5	1-2	0	0	28.1	4.13	30	14	13	0	11	30	.270	1.45	42
B. Chandler P	6	6	1-3	0	0	29.0	4.97	23	17	16	5	20	27	.213	1.48	35
I. Mattson RP	16	0	0-0	0	1	16.0	1.13	12	2	2	0	7	12	.211	1.19	33
M. Montgomery SP	13	2	1-0	0	0	12.1	3.65	11	5	5	1	6	22	.229	1.38	33
E. Sisk P	8	0	0-0	0	0	10.1	2.61	10	3	3	0	4	14	.256	1.35	18
J. Lawrence RP	14	0	0-1	0	1	14.0	5.14	12	10	8	3	5	16	.222	1.21	18
W. Dotel SP	3	0	0-0	0	0	6.2	1.35	2	1	1	1	3	4	.091	0.75	16
J. Urquidy SP	5	0	0-1	1	1	6.1	8.53	15	10	6	1	2	6	.441	2.68	1
C. Sanders RP	3	0	0-0	0	0	3.0	12.00	4	4	4	0	2	4	.333	2.00	1
C. Devenski RP	1	0	0-0	0	0	0.2	13.50	2	1	1	0	0	1	.500	3.00	0
H. Barco P	5	0	0-1	0	1	11.2	7.71	14	12	10	3	9	8	.292	1.97	-1
Total	31	31	16-15	5	12	283.1	3.65	231	131	115	24	123	289	.220	1.25	613

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